Human Development
and Family Sciences Graduate Student
Ashley Smith
The IE Pre-Graduate Internship has been an invaluable experience that
reinforced my reason for pursuing academia as a career: the opportunity
to
inspire curiosity in students and the desire to learn. I was fortunate
to
find the perfect intern, Samantha Wright, who was bubbling over with
enthusiasm and curiosity in the research process.
Through the IE program, she has had the opportunity to personally take
a
project from the conceptualization phase through running participants.
During the course of the next semester we will complete her training
with
learning how to code qualitative data, data analysis, and finally poster
presentation. However, our time together was much more than learning
research skills, it was an opportunity to become excited about the
endless
possibilities ahead and gain confidence that she can do anything.