Call for Applications for the C. Dallett Hemphill Summer Insurrect! 2024 Internship

The McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania is co-sponsoring a summer internship with Insurrect! The stipend for the internship is $3,000. This internship is open to undergraduate students enrolled at McNeil Center Consortium institutions. Interns are expected to work 35 hours per week for 8 weeks. Beginning and end dates will be arranged between the Insurrect! and the intern, but the internship will conclude by September 1, 2024. One half of the stipend will be paid at the beginning of the internship, and the other half will be remitted at its completion.

Our intern will research and write four pieces for Insurrect! Radical Thinking in Early American Studies, assist with style and copy editing, and create content for social media accounts. The intern will develop archival and digital research skills, learn how to write editorial-length, public-facing pieces, gain familiarity with editorial processes, and learn current methods of accessible public communication and engagement work in the digital age. The subjects of the pieces are up to the intern, but will ideally be around a particular historical event, set of archival documents or objects, historical site, or theme. They may also choose to trace or investigate the historical origins of a current event relevant to Insurrect!’s mission. The intern is encouraged to utilize archives and historical sites in the greater Philadelphia area. The intern will receive personalized guidance on the collections in the region and the resources to access them. In the eight-week period, our intern will assist with style and copy editing on no more than four pieces. Finally, the intern will assist with the creation of content for the Insurrect! Instagram. This will include pulling quotes and photos from previously published pieces, writing captions and alt text, and creating graphics. 

The intern will work closely with board members and managing editors Dr. Elise A. Mitchell (located in the Philadelphia area), Dr. Lila O’Leary Chambers (remote), and Alanna Prince (remote). The intern will meet with one of these team members virtually or in person at least once a week for check-ins. After successfully completing their eight-week internship, the intern will have the opportunity to present their research at a conference or in an online form created by Insurrect! This internship application requires an additional short writing sample (500-1500 words), which may be something previously written for the public (such as the school newspaper) or a class, in addition to the required materials below.

Please submit applications by April 19, 2024.

For more information about eligibility and how to apply follow this link:

https://www.mceas.org/consortium/c-dallett-hemphill-summer-internship-program