The VCU contacts listed below represent the faculty and staff responsible for placing students with internships within particular departments or schools. Each has specific requirements, so please contact the department/school first to determine if a student from that program would be a good fit for your organization. Student interns are not required to be paid unless otherwise indicated. For more information about the difference between work study, service-learning and student volunteerism, click here.
School of World Studies
Virginia Casanova
Assistant Director
(804) 827-3429
casanovavl@vcu.edu
Department of African American Studies
Dr. Shawn Utsey
Department Chair
(804) 828-1384
soutsey@vcu.edu
Department of English
Margaret Altonen
Undergraduate Advising
(804) 827-8320
mkfinkne@vcu.edu
Art Education
Dr. Sara Wilson McKay
Interim Chair & Associate Professor
(804) 827-0471
swilsonmckay@vcu.edu
Mass Communications
Ashley Shoval
(804) 827-3725
amshoval@vcu.edu
The School of Mass Communications is unique in that internships are advertised on their blog. You must contact Carol Mawyer to have your opportunity added.
Department of History
Dr. John T Kneebone
Associate Professor
(804) 828-9706
jtkneebone@vcu.edu
School of Social Work
Dr. Timothy L. Davey
Associate Dean for Community Engagement & Director of Field Instruction
(804) 828-0708
tdavey@vcu.edu
Randi Buerlein
Assistand Director, Field Instruction
(804) 828-0708
rwbuerle@vcu.edu
* Supervision and feedback is required for students participating in the Social Work Department's fieldwork internships
Department of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies
Dr. Janet R. Hutchinson
Department Chair
(804) 828-8041
jhutch@vcu.edu
School of Education
Earl A. Jones
Student Services Director
(804) 827-2670
eajones2@vcu.edu
Department of Health & Human Performance
R. Lee Franco Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(804) 828-1948
francorl@vcu.edu
Wilder School of Government
Dr. Farrah S. Graham
Internship Program Coordinator
(804) 828-1989
wsinternship@vcu.edu
Department of Psychology
Dr. Linda Zyzniewski
Undergraduate Director
(804) 828-8254
s2lezyzn@vcu.edu
Department of Marketing
Dr. David J. Urban
Department Chair
(804) 828-8884
djurban@vcu.edu
*Supervision and feedback required. Payment for internships is strongly reccomended.
Department of Graphic Design
Anne Graves
Administrative Director
(804) 828-1709
akgraves@vcu.edu
Department of Photography & Film
Tracie Taylor
Undergraduate Advising and Program Coordinator
(804) 828-1695
tktaylor@vcu.edu
*Internships for this department require students be supervised by a professional photographer.
VCU Career Center
(804) 828-1645
careers@vcu.edu
*Students must be paid and supervised to meet Career Center standards.
School of Business
Business Career Center
(804) 827-1801
sbcs@vcu.edu
*All School of Business departments work closely the Business Career Center.
VCU Federal Work Study
(804) 828-6342
workstudy@vcu.edu
*Students are paid entirely by VCU and are free to the employer.
VCU Service-Learning
Dr. Lynn Pelco
Program Director
(804) 827-8215
lepelco@vcu.edu
Service learning classes require students to volunteer 20 hours over one semester to help an organization in the community. These are not internships, but have the potential to become internships. Service learning classes are required for most undergraduate degrees at VCU.
VCU Student Organizations
Beth Ward
Volunteer Services Coordinator
(804) 828-3648
bhward@vcu.edu
*Many of the student organizations at VCU participate in service-related activities in the community. These are not interns, rather, a group of student volunteers.
VCU Global Education Office
Amanda Davis
Special Programs Coordinator
(804) 828-8471
davisak6@vcu.edu
*The Global Education Office connects international students to local volunteer opportunities.