Photo: Ben Rudick
Humanities & The Arts
- Asia Society
- Christie's
- Dodger Theatricals
- The Frick Collection
- The Guggenheim Museum
- Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion Museum
- Jennie Livingston
- The Jewish Museum
- L'Occitane
- McConnell / Hauser Films
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Museum of Modern Art
- New York Historical Society
- Production Resource Group
- Theatrical Sound Design
- Urban Ethnomusicology
- The Whitney Museum of American Art
Law, Advocacy & Public Affairs
- AvalonBay Communities
- CARE USA
- Common Ground
- District Attorney of New York
- International Rescue Committee
- Legal Aid Society of New York, Criminal Division
- Manhattan Institute
- New Century High Schools
- New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development
- New York City Department of Investigation
- New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission
- Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York
- Richard Green High School
- Saint Ignatius School
- School for Democracy and Leadership
- United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
- Vera Institute of Justice
- Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Medical Science & Public Health
- Bellevue Hospital
- Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine
- New York City Department of Public Health & Mental Hygiene
Media
Field Site:
Sesame Workshop
For my fieldwork I will be interning for the television show The Electric Company which is a production of the Sesame Workshop, the same group that produces Sesame Street. The show is designed to help struggling readers in grades 1 through 3 develop better literacy skills as well as a broader oral vocabulary. I will be working with the Education and Outreach teams. This will include doing research in the office as well as going out into communities with low literacy rates and working with children and families hands-on. I will also be able to visit the set and observe how a television episode is actually put together. This internship is ideal because it offers me the chance to continue to pursue my interest in child development while simultaneously undertaking a completely new and exciting field, television production.
I have always been interested in early childhood education, and though Williams does not have an education major, I was still able to find several courses geared towards students hoping to pursue a career in education. I have already taken a couple of these classes and plan to take the rest in my remaining time at Williams. One of the courses I have already taken, Developmental Psychology provided me with a lot of information regarding early cognitive development and how children learn. I believe that the background knowledge I gained from that class has made me very well prepared for my fieldwork. I already know several of the theories regarding early brain development, now I hope to be able to utilize this information in real life situations. It will be interesting to see what I learned in the classroom come to life in the workplace.
While my studies have prepared me for the educational aspect of my fieldwork placement, nothing in my time at Williams has prepared me for the television production aspect of the job. However, I believe that having new experiences and venturing into the unexpected is what getting a college education is all about. So although I am not continuing in the study of any specific subject, I am hoping to continue learning new things, and to be constantly learning is definitely a continuation of my Williams College education.
~Samantha Post
- Website:
- http://www.sesameworkshop.org/home
- Students:
- Samantha Post ‘