IMMIGRANT SCHOLARS

LZC is pausing on hosting students for the 2025-2026 year to focus on research and writing. We look forward to hosting students again in the future.

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We know the power of networks and the value of meaningful internship experiences. We also know that academic and research opportunities are much harder for scholars of color to acquire, due to years of systematic racial privileging and institutional exclusion. LZC is growing the field of immigrant scholars* through a paid Immigrant Scholar Internship Program, our annual summer program designed to offer students with lived experience in immigrant families or communities the opportunity to work on LZC studies and inform the direction of the Center. Separately from the Immigrant Scholar Internship Program, we accept students seeking fellowship or internship placements with LZC on a limited basis.

*The Leah Zallman Center defines “immigrant scholar” as a person who has lived experience in immigrant families or communities.

The Leah Zallman Center (LZC) Immigrant Scholar Internship Program is designed to offer immigrant scholars the opportunity to participate in LZC studies and inform the direction of the Center. We aim to fill three paid slots every summer so that we have a consistent cohort of bachelor’s/associate’s, master’s, and doctoral students working together at the Center. We work closely with interns to provide opportunities to develop their career and research interests through local and national educational and engagement opportunities, mentorship, supervision, and meaningful project work. This program is generously funded by private donations to the Leah Zallman Center.