Name: Maddie Raymond
Class Year: 2026
Major: English, History
Internship Organization: Bryn Mawr College Humanities and Social Science Research Program
Internship Title: Research Assistant
Location: Bryn Mawr, PA
What’s happening at your internship? We would love to hear what kind of work you are doing!
The strawberry moon rising after finishing remote work one night
My internship had two main components: editing Professor McKee’s manuscript ahead of publication this fall and fleshing out the bibliography for that manuscript. I also got the chance at the beginning of the summer to conduct archival research in the collection of Pierre Eugene du Simitiere at the Philadelphia Library Company
Why did you apply for this internship?
I applied for this internship because I have a longstanding interest in the Atlantic World, around which Professor McKee’s research focuses. When I saw the job listing, I sent Professor McKee a paper I wrote for Professor Ignacio Gallup-Diaz’s pirates seminar about why a pirate can’t be a journalist and the rest is history.
Working remotely for the first time? What has that experience been like for you?
The Poet’s Lamentation for the loss of his Cat, whom he used to call his mate: a poem by Jo Green of Boston from the 1700s found in the papers of Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, page 1
My research this summer was largely remote, making it the first time I had ever worked a remote job. The experience was great for me, as I was able to create my own flexible schedule built around goals I set for myself. Alongside careful guidance from Professor McKee, I was able to complete my work in the environment and manner that worked best for me, and produced some great work because of it.
Can you talk about the skills you are learning and why they are important to you?
The Poet’s Lamentation for the loss of his Cat, whom he used to call his mate: a poem by Jo Green of Boston from the 1700s found in the papers of Pierre Eugene du Simitiere, page 2
Over the summer, I got to hone my copyediting skills via copyediting Professor McKee’s upcoming monograph ahead of its publication this fall. Copyediting has been a skill I have practiced for a while, and is important to me because it is one of the chief ways I support my peers in the humanities as well as my staffers in the news department at the Bi-College Newspaper. Getting to spend my summer editing an academic manuscript written by an established scholar was great practice for me, and I now feel more confident than ever to tackle both my friends’ papers and my staffers’ articles this fall.