Fall 2025 Internships
Students who work with the ASA will develop a broad skillset through hands-on professional experience. Interns for the spring term will work with ASA staff on a variety of projects. Interns will be asked to assist with copyediting the association newsletter, conference materials and journal; update and expand website content; create content for the association’s social media accounts and creation of conference materials; data management.
Responsibilities will vary dependent upon student’s field of study and interests.
Interns will receive undergraduate or graduate course credit.
You will need:
- Curriculum vitae / resume
- Letter of interest
- Letter of Agreement from a faculty sponsor who will oversee the internship course
- Name and contact information of instructor, and course title and number
- Documentation that internship is part of a course of study (syllabus, course requirements, service learning partnership agreement, etc.)
- Evaluation form from course instructor (if any)
NOTE: You must be registered for a course that requires an internship by the end of the first week of classes. (For example: HST 680-201, ENG 490, JMC 490 or JMC 491).
*See course requirements for more information*
This is an unpaid internship.
For more information, and to apply, please contact Ann E. Bryant, Office Manager of the Appalachian Studies Association –
304-696-2904 or mullins88@marshall.edu.
Deadline for submission of materials: End of the Day August 19.
Fall 2025 Internships Requirements
ASA Requirements:
- Commitment to Appalachia and its people
- Technology skills including Teams, Zoom, and Microsoft 365
- Optional: Wix and Canva
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong communication and people skills
- Strong academic writing/ editing skills
- Strong standard English grammar/writing knowledge
- Availability: 10 hours per week; maximum hours per semester set by course and instructor
- GPA: 3.0 or above
- Progress report outlining work completed and number of hours worked (submitted twice per month)
Other:
Additional requirements may be mandated by specific departments/ instructors
Rewards of being an intern with the ASA:
- Fulfillment of course/ degree program internship requirement
- Byline in the conference program/ association newsletter/journal (dependent upon assigned duties)
- Professional reference for career placement file (available upon request)
- May include hands-on professional experience with:
- a national conference
- association website
- association newsletter
- social media
- ASA silent auction
- scholarly journal