Summer 2026 Howard University Graduate Intern, Technology- Analytics Department

The ACLU seeks a Howard University Graduate intern in the Technology and Analytics Departmentof the ACLUs National office in New York City. Thisinternship can be remote or hybrid.

Qualifying applicants must:

• Be a Howard University Graduate student
• Currently be enrolled in Howard Universitys Masters in Applied Data Science Program
• Be based in the U.S. for the entire duration of the internship

The Team:

ACLU Analytics partners with teams across the organization to enable the ACLU to make smart evidence-based decisions and bring quantitative insightsonour issues to the courtroom and the public. Our teams work ranges from social science research for litigation & advocacy to analysis & reporting for fundraising and engagement to building andmaintainingour data infrastructure. We strive to ensure the ACLU leads by example in the ethical use of data and technology. This includesmaintainingour privacy and security standardspushing fortransparent data practices from government and corporate actors and helping to stewardhigh standards for algorithmic fairness accountability and transparency.

What Youll Do:

This intern will support the teams goal ofoptimizingengagement and increasing fundraising metrics for the nationwide organization. This includes conducting feature engineering for existing/new machine learning modelsdevelopingand running queries against our data warehouse toidentifypatterns and trends to support our partners in Development Communications and Marketing and other departments. The intern will also have opportunities to work with experienced data scientists and analysts and develop skills across the entire data science lifecycle such as data collection exploratory data analysis feature engineeringmodeling and evaluation.

Your Day to Day

• Support ongoing machine learning and analytics projects by helping prepare explore and analyze data
• Work with team members to test new ideas features and model improvements
• Learn how data moves through our systems and contribute to improving how we use it
• Analyze results and help translate findings into clear takeaways for the team
• Collaborate closely with teammates incorporate feedback and iterate on your work
• Build technical skills (e.g. SQL Python or R) while working on real-world data problems

What Youll Bring:

• Familiarity with Python R SQL orasimilar analytics and programming language
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent organizational and communication skills
• Experience with data collection and cleaning using packages in Python (e.g. Pandas Polars etc.) or R (e.g. dplyr etc.) is a plus
• Experience with data visualization (e.g. matplotlib seaborn ggplot etc.) is a plus
• Experience with machine learning causal inference and/or hypothesis testing is a plus.

Future ACLU-ers Will:

• Be committed to advancing the mission of the ACLU
• Center and embed the principles of equity inclusion and belonging in their work by demonstrating commitment to diversity with an approach that respects and values multiple perspectives
• Be committed to work collaboratively and respectfully toward resolving obstacles and conflict

Internship Logistics:

• Location: Our internship program offers a limited number of remote or hybrid intern positions. This internship is full-time remote or hybrid from our New York City office and can be remote or hybrid.
• Time Commitment: Full-time (35 hours/week)
• Internship Duration: Full-time internships span 10 consecutive weeks. This internship has a start date of:May 26th or June 8th
• Stipend:A stipend is available for students who are lawfully authorized to work. Arrangements can be made with educational institutions for work/study or course credit.
  • Below is the stipend rate:
    
    • $24/hr for graduate and law students or equivalent experience

Why the ACLU:

For over 100 years the ACLU has worked to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the United States. Whether its ending mass incarceration achieving full equality for the LGBTQ community establishing new privacy protections for our digital age or preserving the right to vote or the right to have an abortion the ACLU takes up the toughest civil liberties cases and issues to defend all people.

Our Commitment to Accessibility Equity Diversity and Inclusion

Accessibility equity diversity and inclusion are core values of the ACLU and central to our work to advance liberty equality and justice for all. For us diversity equity and inclusion are not just check-the-box activities but a chance for us to make long-term meaningful change. We are a community committed to learning and growth humility and grace transparency and accountability. We believe in a collective responsibility to create a culture of belonging for all people within our organization one that respects and embraces difference; treats everyone equitably; and empowers our colleagues to do the best work possible. We are as committed to anti-oppression and anti-racism internally as we are externally. Because whether were in the courts or in the office we believe We the People means all of us.

With this commitment in mind we strongly encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression age national origin marital status citizenship disability veteran status and record of arrest or conviction or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

The ACLU is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need assistance applying online please email. If you are selected for an interview you will receive additional information regarding how to request accommodations for the interview process.

In order to be considered for this position all candidates must formally submit an ACLU does not accept unsolicited calls or emails from candidates regarding their application status.