CSSH - Summer with the Research Team

Aya Mahadi and Ashley Idahosa share their experiences over the summer with Arts Work Experience and Black Youth For Social Innovation.

Lauren Bannon - 22 September 2026

This summer, the Office of Research in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities had the pleasure of employing two student interns from the Faculty of Arts. Aya Mahadi, who is a Political Science major, joined as part of the Black Youth for Social Innovation program, and Ashley Idahosa, who is a Human Geography and Psychology major, joined from Arts Work Experience.

The college took a moment to catch up with the two undergrads and ask them some questions about their experience. Click here to find out about what projects they worked on, what they learned, and what nuggets of wisdom they plan to take into their future academic and professional careers.