Mellon Internship Contacts

Mellon Internship Program Team

Sandra Enríquez

Assistant Director/Head Internship Coordinator
Email: enriquezs@umkc.edu

Anabeth Laaker

Program Coordinator
Email: aclaaker@umkc.edu

Department Internship Coordinators

Linda Kurz

Email: kurzl@umkc.edu
I work with: Communications

Virginia Blanton

Email: blantonv@umkc.edu
I work with: English

Sandra Enríquez

Internship Coordinator, History
Email: enriquezs@umkc.edu
I work with: History

Mel Sangyi Zhao

Email: sangyizhao@umkc.edu
I work with: Media, Art and Design

Antonio Molinar

Email: jamrbk@umkc.edu
I work with: Political Science and Philosophy

Deja Beamon

Email: deja.beamon@umkc.edu
I work with: Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies

Deborah Smith

Email: smithde@umkc.edu
I work with: Sociology and Anthropology

Alberto Villamandos

Email: villamandosa@umkc.edu
I work with: World Languages and Cultures

Principal Investigators

Tamara Falicov

Principal Investigator and Dean, SHSS

Diane Mutti-Burke

Principal Investigator and Programming Lead

Jeff Rydberg-Cox

Principal Investigator and Programming Lead
Email: rydbergcoxj@umkc.edu