Mandy Hughett on what she gained from her internship experience

When I started graduate school, I knew I wanted to remain active in my community and perhaps even pursue a job beyond the academy after graduation. So, I set out in search of an internship after I became A.B.D and in fall 2013, I served as a policy intern for the Southern Coalition for Social Justice (SCSJ) in Durham, North Carolina. As I had hoped, my internship taught me practical new skills, and it enabled me to network with non-profit professionals in the Triangle Area. But, surprisingly, it also strengthened my dissertation and made me an overall better scholar.

Hughett's blog can be seen here.