Whom to Contact

Heather Hoffmann
Professor and Chair of Psychology
2 East South Street
Galesburg, IL 61401-4999
309-341-7267
E-mail: hhoffman@knox.edu

Internships and Study Abroad

You know that real world experience you hear so much about? Internships, Clinical Term, and study abroad opportunities are a great way to apply what you're learning in class -- in Galesburg and beyond.

Sterling Kowalski '14
Intern and Research Assistant at OSF St. Francis Medical Center

Sterling interned at the Center for Collaborative Brain Research in Functional MRI laboratory at OSF St. Francis, where he worked with data extrapolation, manipulation, and interpretation in research studies that use fMRI as their primary measurement tool. Read more about Sterling's internship experience

Psychology Internships

Internships take place anytime of the year or during the summer. You'll even earn course credit through the Internship in Psychology (PSYC 355) class. Recent examples of psychology-related internships in the Galesburg area include:

Safe Harbor Family Crisis Center
Galesburg Rescue Mission
Heartland Health Care Center
Henry C. Hill Correctional Facility
Lutheran Social Services
Salvation Army
St. Mary's Square Living Center
Stone-Hayes Center

Recent psychology internships outside of Galesburg include:

The Banyan Tree, India
Brookfield Zoo, Chicago, Illinois
Central Illinois Neurosciences, Peoria, Illinois
The Challenge Foundation, Denver, Colorado
IAM Cares, Chicago, Illinois
Stanford University Department of Psychology
University of Miami School of Medicine's Mailman Center for Child Development

Clinical Term

You can completely immerse yourself in clinical and counseling psychology by taking two courses -- Clinical and Abnormal Psychology (PSYC 277) and Theories & Methods of Psychotherapy (PSYC 279) -- while completing a clinical psychology internship at the same time.

You'll be in the same setting as clinical psychologists, counselors, and social workers. And, you can apply what you're learning in class to the real world. Our students have worked with the chronically mentally ill, the developmentally disabled, families and children experiencing a variety of difficulties in adjustment, and women and children who are the victims of domestic abuse.

Learn more about Clinical Term and the application process.

Study Abroad & Off-Campus Programs

Are you up for studying in a different country or off-campus? Many of our students take advantage of our global, national, and local programs to collect data for cross-cultural research projects or to supplement their classroom studies. Most recently our psychology majors have been to: