The University of Southern Mississippi Psychology Department is offering a
Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition internship to college juniors, seniors and
recent graduates for the summer of 2009. College credits for the internship are
awarded by the University of Southern Mississippi.
Interns will work with faculty and graduate student researchers and will have
an opportunity to help in the analysis of data from USM’s Mississippi Wild
Dolphin Project, a boat-based research project surveying the Mississippi Gulf
Coast bottlenose dolphin population. Interns may assist in the analysis of
environmental, behavioral, and acoustic data, as well as photo-ID.
In the research laboratory, interns will gain experience in different areas,
such as behavioral analysis using video and ethogram data and acoustic analyses
of a variety of cetacean species, including killer whales, sperm whales, beaked
whales, and bottlenose and rough-tooth dolphins. Interns may also have the
opportunity to assist graduate students in the collection of behavioral data of
captive rough-tooth dolphins and bottlenose dolphins. Interns are also
encouraged to complete a small personal research project on a topic relevant to
their research interests.
The internship is a full time voluntary position, and students are responsible
for their own transportation and housing arrangements.
Students interested in the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition internship are
required to send:
a resume
a letter of intent including career goals and reasons for wanting the
internship (what you expect to contribute and gain from the internship)
an unofficial or official copy of your transcripts
at least two letters of recommendation (preferably from college professors who
know you personally)
All materials should be sent to:
Internship Coordinator
Department of Psychology
The University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Drive, # 5025
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5025
Materials may arrive separately or together, but the complete application must
be postmarked by April 1st.
We encourage interested applicants to become familiar with the research
conducted by the Marine Mammal Behavior and Cognition Lab. For more
information, please visit our website at www.usm.edu/psy-kuczaj or you can
email the internship coordinator at kuczaj_laborat...@yahoo.com.
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