Internships
Sociology majors at HWS have interned with prominent organizations from across the country, including:
- American Jewish Committee – NYC and Washington, DC
- Big Brothers Big Sisters – Rochester, NY
- Boston Design Center – Boston, MA
- Center for American Progress – Washington, DC
- Congressman Brian Higgins – Washington, DC
- District Attorney’s Office – Syracuse, NY
- Eye to Eye National – New York, NY
- Family Counseling Service of the Finger Lakes – Geneva, NY
- Fidelity Investments Brokerage- Merrimack, NH
- Finger Lakes Health – Geneva, NY
- Fund for Education Abroad – Washington, DC
- Geneva Police Department – Geneva, NY
- Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital – Washington, D.C.
- Guggenheim Museum – New York, NY
- Habitat for Humanity – Maputo, Mozambique
- Harvard Business Publishing – Boston, MA
- IgnitionOne – London, England
- International Rescue Committee
- Lancaster Cultural Museum – Lancaster, PA
- Legal Assistance of the Finger Lakes – Geneva, NY
- Life After Justice – Chicago, IL
- Mathematica Policy Research, Inc. – San Francisco, CA
- National Women’s Hall of Fame. – Seneca Falls, NY
- New York City Board of Education – New York, NY
- NY Six Liberal Arts Consortium
- Nova Group – Japan
- Paramount Pictures – Hollywood, CA
- Partnership for Public Service
- PeopleFluent – Waltham, MA
- Petrified Forest National Park – Holbrook, AZ
- Public Leadership Education Network (PLEN)
- Sen. Edward Kennedy’s Office – Boston, MA
- Shelburne Museum – Burlington, VT
- Underground Railroad History Project (URHPCR) – Albany, NY
- UniversalGiving – San Francisco, CA
- University of New Hampshire – Durham, NH
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture – Washington, DC
- Zoomari Films – New York, NY
Careers
Many of our Sociology graduates have gone on to work in politics, government, journalism, nonprofit organizations and education. A recent sampling of organizations graduates have accepted positions with include:
- American Museum in Britain
- Buffalo Bills
- Eastman Kodak Company
- Houghton Mifflin Publishers
- IBM
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Microsoft
- The Museum of Modern Art
- New York Magazine
- World Health Organization
- Yale University
Graduate School
Some graduates go on to graduate school in sociology, while others go on to earn business and law degrees. A sampling of recent graduate school placements include:
- Boston College of Social Work
- Case Western University School of Law
- Columbia University
- Indiana University
- Pace University Law School
- Rutgers University
- Simmons College
- Syracuse University
- UMass Amherst
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Utah Law School
