Career, Internship & Fellowship

  • 2/20 Jobs in Government Presentation

    Expand Your Career Options: Jobs in Government

    Hear UConn Ph.D.alums share their career journeys.

    Date: Thursday, February 20

    Time: 5-6PM

    Location: Homer Babbidge Library, 1947 Room | Storrs Campus

    Please Register Here: https://forms.gle/q98sLmUi5kbzVwrTA 

    • Gain insights into careers in government
    • Learn about each presenter's career journey
    • Gain tips for a future job search

    Allison Horrocks

    Dr. Allison Horrocks is a Park Ranger at Lowell National Historical Park (Lowell, MA). Horrocks earned a Ph.D. in History from the University of Connecticut in 2016.  Before, during, and after graduate school, Horrocks has worked at a range of house museums and historic sites in New England. Since 2019, Horrocks has served as the co-host of the podcast American Girls.

    Yazmin Argen Garcia Trejo

    Dr. García Trejo currently works at the U.S. Census Bureau. She is a social science researcher at the Center for Survey Measurement with a team studying language, social marketing and cross-cultural aspects of survey methodology among hard to count populations. Dr. García Trejo graduated from the University of Connecticut with specializations in comparative politics and American politics and two M.A. degrees on survey research and Latin American studies. Dr. García Trejo has published pieces related to survey methodology, gender and race as well as on secularism.

     

    For more information, contact: Kay Kimball Gruder at Kay.gruder@uconn.edu