Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission
Student Internship
The Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission is part of a Countywide Criminal Justice
Coordination Committee (CCJCC) Task Force on Hate Crimes and Outreach Response that is
working with law enforcement, community-based organizations, and government agencies to
promote coordination and sharing knowledge of practices that are effective in preventing and
responding to anti-Muslim/Arab/Middle Eastern hate crimes in L.A. County which have
followed high profile events such as the San Bernardino, Paris, or 9/11 attacks. This task force
will produce a report that outlines best practices for law enforcement to adopt.
The Commission is seeking to work with volunteer student (undergraduate/graduate) interns on
the following research tasks: finding and summarizing relevant articles, reports, studies from
think tanks, task forces, nonprofits, and other entities on this subject; completing annotated
bibliographies; searching peer-reviewed academic journals; attending meetings and writing field
notes; and participating in interviews with law enforcement and other officials as part of data
compilation.
This is a great opportunity for a committed student to develop a capstone project or thesis, build
research skills, as well as develop an understanding of governmental, law enforcement and
community collaboration. There will be in-person meetings in the Los Angeles area but the
student researcher can largely work remotely. Interested students can begin work on this project
now through October 2016.
For more information, please contact:
Monica Lomeli, Ph.D.
Senior Intergroup Relations Specialist
Human Relations Commission
Community and Senior Services
County of Los Angeles
Phone: (213) 507-2688
Email: [email protected]