Initiative 7:
Diversity
Initiative Coordinators: Nora Newcombe (PI) and Louis Gomez
SILC continuously strives to increase diversity in the field of spatial learning. At a personnel level, we recruit under-represented minorities, women, and people with disabilities through outreach efforts such as summer internships, opportunities for high school students, and alliances with spatial researchers at institutions that differentially serve under-represented groups. At the research level, we conduct much of our research in cooperation with the Chicago Public Schools, which serves a diverse population, and we target research questions that concern full participation of under-represented groups in STEM disciplines.
If you are a high school student or undergraduate from an under-represented group, and you are interested in a summer internship at a SILC institution, please contact:
♦ Julia Erlanger, SILC Program Coordinator, Temple University
Information on Temple University internship recruitment opportunities can be found:
- at the Research in Spatial Cognition Lab Internships page and
- at the Temple Infant and Child Laboratory. Click on the Lab's Internships and Job Opportunities page.
Information about internship opportunities in Susan Levine's Lab: Cognitive Development Lab (part of the Center for Early Childhood Research) at the University of Chicago (working in conjunction with the Collegiate Scholars program) can be found at:
https://cogdevlab.uchicago.edu/page/students.
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