Social Sciences/Humanities Summer Research | Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research w/ Professor Bressi
Students are invited to apply to the Social Sciences/Humanities Summer Research Program, designed to expand research opportunities for students in the Social Sciences and Humanities fields for summer 2026. Students can apply to each opportunity by including a resume and cover letter addressed to the faculty member listed in the job description. The application deadline is Sunday, April 12.
Humanities/Social Sciences Summer Research Program | Graduate School of Social Work & Social Research w/ Professor Bressi
Faculty Member: Professor Sarah Bressi
Job Description
This research project will historically-trace and document relational psychoanalysis as a social movement in the city of Philadelphia. The students will help me with me with over the summer with formulating a data collection plan, and to gather and analyze archival documents generated from professional organizations in Philadelphia from the 1980s forward. Students would also assist with literature review of published research that documents (preparing an annotated bibliography) and frames relational psychoanalysis as a social and political movement, within a liberation health framework. Students may be asked to contact members of the relational psychoanalytic movement in Philadelphia and conduct in-depth interviews (pending IRB approval). The summer work would result in this annotated bibliography, and summary of archival documents and interviews.
Skills or Training
Basic research skills required in annotating documents, and finding and locating archival documents.
Class Year Eligible: Current students in the Classes of 2027, 2028, and 2029.
Majors: Psychology majors, Sociology majors, History majors
Length: This position is full-time (minimum of 240 hours, over 10 weeks). The estimated start date is May 26, 2026. The estimated end date is July 31, 2026.
Internship Format: Remote
Funding Award: This opportunity includes a funding award of $5,000 (minus 15-20% taxes).
Questions about this opportunity? Please contact Katie Krimmel at kkrimmel@brynmawr.edu and Professor Bressi at sbressi@brynmawr.edu