Stephanie Springer is the Director of Internships & Career Readiness and a Principal Lecturer in the Department of Public & Applied Humanities. Her work centers on humanities-informed career discovery, helping students connect their education to meaningful professional lives.
Since joining the College of Humanities in 2019, Stephanie has designed and led the Applied Humanities career readiness and internship program. Building on more than a decade of experience at the University of Arizona, she has mentored more than 2,100 students, supporting them as they identify, secure, and complete internships across diverse industries and organizational settings locally and internationally.
In addition to her work with students, Stephanie chairs the University of Arizona Internship Council, consults on internship policy and pedagogy, and collaborates with faculty, staff, employers, and community partners to strengthen internship practices and expand access to high-quality experiential learning opportunities. Before joining the College of Humanities, Stephanie served on the faculty in the Zuckerman College of Public Health, where she directed the undergraduate internship program and oversaw the academic advising team.
Stephanie is the recipient of the University of Arizona's Gerald J. Swanson Prize for Teaching Excellence and the Community Impact Faculty Award. She was also honored with the College of Humanities Chatfield Impact Award and has received multiple student-selected teaching recognitions throughout her career.
As a proud University of Arizona alumna, Stephanie earned a master’s degree in Public Health along with graduate certificates in College Teaching and Geographic Information Science. As an undergraduate at Kansas State University, she double-majored in Speech Communication and Anthropology and studied abroad at Univerzita Karlova in Prague.