Institute for Social Research, UNM
"The Institute for Social Research is a research unit at the University of New Mexico. We conduct high quality research on a variety of issues and challenges at the local, state, national, and international levels. We use state-of-the-art but proven research strategies to collect and analyze information in order to produce reports, papers, monographs, and books. Our analyses are consistently accurate and insightful; reports are written in a crisp and clear manner. We understand how to work cooperatively with funding agencies to develop products tailored to meet their needs."
"The critical issues we work on include crime, education, homeland security/terrorism, and health care. As a unit within the University's College of Arts and Sciences and an affiliate of the Sociology department, ISR is able to draw on a pool of graduate and undergraduate students to assist in its research projects. These research opportunities attract some of the University's best and brightest students, many of whom will go on to important professional careers." -ISR main site
Past Students' Duties
"Conducting literature research, reading/doing various tutorials to become accustomed to software, basic office work (sorting, filing, and organizing files), as well as reading reports from previous research ISR has done and submitted." -ISR intern
What should I know about this placement?
"It would be helpful if you were to meet with your supervisor and try to get the ethics training done before your internship actually started. That way, you are ready to proceed with in-depth tasks." -ISR intern
Why might this placement be a good fit for me?
"I thought this program would be a good fit because I was interested in learning how to 'map' data and though it would be a useful tool for employment." -ISR intern
Placement Information
