Charity Crowell, a 2010 graduate of Liberty County High School and senior at the University of Alabama, was selected to participate in an eight-week undergraduate research program in the Education Policy and Applied Developmental Science Programs at the Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia.
The internship was designed to encourage top students from groups traditionally underrepresented in the field of education research to consider careers in academic policy or research organizations.
Interns worked on research focusing on schools, classrooms and other youth settings as contexts critical to child and adolescent development.
They also participated in meetings and workshops and attended the 2013 Leadership Alliance National Symposium.