Student Engagement

The Marchand Public Engagement Internship Program

two women, seated and smiling - Faith Bennett and Nina Gonzalez
Current Marchand Interns Faith Bennett (left) and Nina Gonzalez (right).

 

Started in August 2021, the internship program currently employs two history Ph.D. Students, Faith Bennet and Nina Gonzalez, as Graduate Student Researchers.  By no means an exhaustive list, here is a glimpse into what our interns do:

    Resources
    • Nina and Faith write brief articles every month that highlight teaching resources, recent scholarship, and picture books to support teachers' engagement with various historical topics.
    • The interns also work with CHSSP staff to develop new resources. (For example, see the Teach the Election series, which they have helped develop to contextualize the 2024 presidential election for K-12 students). 
  • Collaboration and Partnerships
    • As part of public engagement, the interns connect K-12 teachers, policymakers, and educational leaders to support CHSSP and CSMP sites and events (For example, see the CSMP "What's Happening" Series, which highlights a different CSMP Executive Director and Project each month).
    • The interns also assist with CSMP's ongoing partnership with 21CSLA, through both the UTK and Inquiry Now projects.
  • Digital Engagement
    • Nina and Faith produce graphics, curate resources, and communicate key concepts from across the California Subject Matter Project Network.
    • They support the websites for CSMP and CHSSP
    • Take a look at their work to amplify these resources and communicate efforts on our websites, Facebook, and Instagram, and through other digital campaigns.
  • Scholarly work
    • The interns select a project that aligns with their scholarly interests, supports civic engagement, and is public facing.
    • In 2022, one of the inaugural Marchand Interns, Daniel Castaneda, undertook an archival project that seeks to help scholars and teachers understand the Latinx political experience in California. Throughout the creation of the exhibit, "Democracy by Participation: The Life and Legacy of Cruz Reynoso," Daniel mentored and supervised undergraduate students in the archival work, created cross-campus connections with the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, the History Department, the archivists of Shields Library, and the CHSSP. These partnerships have since developed and resulted in new and exciting resources including the Reynoso Curriculum project.