Recently Completed Student Internships
If you have recently completed an internship as an English major and would like to feature your experience on this page please contact Dr. Stone at stonemm2@appstate.edu.
The contents of this page has been written by various undergraduate and graduate studnets in App State's English Department include Jacey Widner and Katie Woolworth. Many thanks to these students for their great work!
Internships completed in 2026
Marketing Choices: Liz Griffith worked as a Content Editor intern at Marketing Choices under Pujitha Pranthipati, creating social media posts, captions, and blog content for Marketing Choices and the adoption agencies they serve. Through this experience she strengthened her ability to meet professional requirements such as word counts, SEO keywords, subheadings, and links. Liz is especially proud of a blog post she wrote about substance use and private adoption. This internship strengthened her communication, editing, and professional writing skills while giving her a wider range of experience will she believes will help her stand out in the job market.
Blowing Rock Country Club: Calli Plott worked as a Marketing and Editorial intern for Blowing Rock Country Club under Anna Poplin. During her internship, she proofread emails sent to club members, assisted with administrative tasks, and contributed to the monthly newsletter. Through this experience, Calli strengthened her communication skills in a professional work environment and became a more confident editor. She gained valuable hands-on experience with editorial work and learning through practice.
F.A.R.M. Café: Kimberly Mejia worked as a Volunteer Coordinator at F.A.R.M. Café under Sharon Pinney. During her internship, she supported front-of-house operations, contributed to the cafe's newsletter, and conducted interviews for the blog “Faces of FARM.” She is especially proud of the interviews she conducted, which helped her strengthen both her interviewing and writing skills. This experience gave Kimberly a better understanding of how nonprofits and grant writing, aligning closely with her future career goals.
Office of Compliance & Ethics: Natalie Hnat worked as a Policy Assistant in App State's Office of Compliance & Ethics under Brad Boswell. During her internship, Natalie reviewed current university policies, provided feedback, identified discrepancies within and between policies, and documented the departments responsible for maintaining them. She is especially proud of how many policies she was able to work through and contribute to during her internship. This experience also helped Natalie gain a clearer understanding of the type of work she would like to pursue in her future career. She believes her hands-on experience as a technical writer will make her a stronger candidate on the job market.
Lake Norman Publications: Joseph Spurlin worked as an editor, writer, and researcher for Lake Norman Publications. He wrote weekly articles that required research and also edited pieces written by other contributors. Joseph is especially proud of a piece he wrote for Mother’s Day. Through this internship, he gained valuable experience in writing, editing, and research while learning how to establish his own voice and create a space for himself within the publishing field.
Wright's Food Services: Tristan Bryce McClure completed an internship with Wright's Food Service, where he completed a new 72-page employee handbook for The Golden Skillet in Henderson. Tristan is especially proud of the completed handbook and the opportunity to produce a substantial professional writing project. Through this experience, he gained a better understanding of professional workplace expectations. Tristan feels this experience will help them stand out in the job market by providing them with an impressive writing sample that demonstrates their skills and professional experience.
Composition Studies: Dayanara Monroy-Luna completed an internship with Dr. Babb, working as a content editorial assistant for the Composition Studies journal. While Luna had previous experience working with The Appalachian, this internship provided an opportunity to gain experience editing a scholarly journal. During the internship, she reviewed sources and quotations, checked content for accuracy, and assessed articles for readability and clarity. This experience strengthened Luna’s research and editing skills, increased their professional confidence, and provided valuable experience to add to her résumé.
Composition Studies: Emily Grant worked as a content editing intern for the Composition Studies journal under Jacob Babb. She checked citations and copyedited journal articles, gaining firsthand experience with the detail required for scholarly editing. Emily was surprised by how thorough the citation-checking process was, but she became more confident and efficient as she developed this new skill. She also improved her ability to provide constructive feedback to writers. Emily believes this experience will help her stand out in the job market by giving her professional experience editing the work of others, rather than focusing solely on her own writing.
Department of English: Ethan Atwood completed a digital journalism internship with the App State English Department, working alongside Dr. Sarah Long to create profiles highlighting English Department faculty. His work involved interviewing faculty members and developing and editing content across multiple media, including video. Through this internship, Ethan strengthened his journalism and writing skills while learning to manage deadlines and work with an editor. This experience has given him valuable insight into professional publishing and helped him become a more confident writer.
Department of English: Alex Gluth worked with Dr. Sarah Long as a digital journalism intern, creating and writing content for the App State English Department’s website. She conducted video interviews with faculty members and produced weekly content for the department. Alex was surprised by the amount of creative freedom she was given and especially enjoyed conducting interviews and building relationships with faculty. Through this internship, she strengthened her communication, organization, scheduling, and interviewing skills. Alex believes this experience has increased her confidence and provided valuable professional experience that will help her stand out in the job market.
Internships completed in 2025
Office of Research and Innovation: Lauren Warlick completed an internship with ASU Office of Grants, Resources and Services, hosted by Karen Fischer, where she gained hands-on experience with the systems and processes involved in university funding. As someone passionate about grant writing, Lauren used this internship to build her familiarity with grant funding platforms, data, and university systems. Over the course of the internship, she became increasingly comfortable and fluent in these tools. This experience strengthened her technical and professional skills while preparing her to pursue future opportunities in grant writing confidently.
Department of English: Meredith Pruitt completed an internship with the English department, working alongside Dr. Sarah Long to write articles for the department’s online news feed. During the internship, Meredith developed skills in journalistic and objective writing, professional communication, and workplace correspondence. This internship helped Meredith mature as both a writer and a professional, giving her greater confidence in professional settings.
Composition Studies: Abby Buckner completed a content editorial assistant internship with Composition Studies under Dr. Babb, gaining hands-on experience in professional and academic editing. During the internship, Abby edited four pieces across a variety of academic genres, strengthening her ability to approach editing with greater confidence. The experience also challenged her to develop stronger discipline, accountability, and time management skills. In addition to building her editorial skills, this internship gave Abby valuable experience to highlight on her résumé, including her work as an editor for an academic journal.
Collective Power for Reproductive Justice: Charlotte Isenberg completed an internship with Collective Power for Reproductive Justice. In this internship she worked on an archival project in partnership with the colleges of Massachusetts. Charlotte interviewed key players in the reproductive justice movement, and documented the timeline from founding leaders to self-managed collectives on college campuses. The archival work Charlotte participated in challenged her to develop important writing and research skills. The combination of developing these skills with pursuing her passion for reproductive justice made the position a dream come true.
Events By Summer Joy: Jessie Jung completed an internship with Events by Summer Joy, which is a wedding and event planning company. Her responsibilities included assisting in event coordination and execution, communicating with vendors and clients via email and in-person meetings, and working on design and writing projects for specific events. Jessie has been working for this company for a year now and has found a love for wedding and event planning. With her newfound love, she decided to become an intern this summer to further her knowledge of the industry. This internship allowed her to be creative and exercise her writing in newfound ways. With the variety of clients and vendors she communicated with, she discovered sides of wedding planning she didn’t know existed.
Safety NetAccess: Julieana Pennell completed her internship with Safety NetAccess. Her roles with Safety NetAccess included being a junior project manager and a junior technical writer. Julieana assisted with managing business-oriented projects and communicating with customers. She also drafted standard operating procedure documents (SOPs), checklists, and other technical documents that are helpful for team members. Originally, interning with this company was not somewhere Julienna saw herself because it specializes in the network and wifi industry. But when the position was recommended by a friend who interned there previously she decided to explore the opportunity. With this internship, Julieana expected to gain experience working with specialists and experts in the field to learn how to write documents for non-experts. She was pleased and surprised that the realities of the internship met her expectations.
Old Fort Strong Fund: Lachlan McDougald completed a summer internship with the Old Fort Strong Fund (OFSF). They raised $1.6 million and are now in the phase of distributing this money to families. Some of Lachlan’s responsibilities included meeting with these families to understand how OFSF can help them. As an example of what OFSF has done for families, Lachlan said they recently had a contractor rebuild a wheelchair accessibility ramp onto a home for a resident whose previous home washed away in the hurricane.
Department of English: Jacey Widner interned with the English Department as a Digital Writing Assistant in both the spring and summer semesters in 2025. Some of her responsibilities included sending out emails to set up interviews with faculty, staff, and students, transcribing interviews, and writing articles and spotlights for the department’s website.
Internships completed in 2023/2024
King Scientific Services: King Scientific Services built offers service and repair of sensitive laboratory analysis equipment, with a constant focus on serving its customers. Rhetoric and Technical Writing concentrator Noah King served an internship wherein he researched, wrote, and designed a 9-page technical manual.
Neoden USA: is a technology company that builds and sells reflow ovens, conveyors, stencil printers and various accessories. Rhetoric and Technical Writing concentrator Jocelyn Morrison interned with the company and composed and designed a Quickstart Guide.
The Upper New: is a 509(a2) organization that seeks out and fosters place-based creative work in the watersheds of the world as an avenue for humans’ continued individual and collective growth toward ecological literacy and increased practice of environmental stewardship. Rhetoric and Technical Writing concentrator Makayla Munoz completed an internship with The Upper New wherein she designed a social media style guide and an audit of Pinterest and how it could be used to promote the mission and vision of The Upper New.