Each summer, the BTI Institute hosts interns to encourage academic pursuit in the Homeland Security Enterprise. Traditionally, the BTI Institute hosts cadets from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, the U. S. Military Academy, and selected Native American tribes. These non-paying internships are open to application by students from other colleges and universities. The number of internships awarded is dependent upon Department of Homeland Security and university funding.
Center interns are actively engaged in the fight against human trafficking through a four-week research period focused on current and emerging human trafficking issues and Center initiatives.
2024
Cadet Elizabeth Fisher
During her internship, Cadet Fisher assisted in the creation and planning of web pages for the new Academic Research Center to Counter Human Trafficking; participated in the formulation of the “Port Challenge to Counter Human Trafficking”, planned the expansion of the BTI Institutes Internship Program; and began research to create an online network of researchers covering the typology of Human Trafficking. She attended the Southern Methodist University Human Trafficking Data Conference ( June 3-4, 2024) and assisted in preparations for the BTI Institute’s 3rd Annual Conference to Combat Human Trafficking: Research and Technology (July 23-34, 2024).