HomeBlogWork-Integrated Learning Sense of Belonging in Internshipsby Jessie L. Moore and Nolan SchultheisMay 5, 2025 Share: Section NavigationSkip section navigationIn this sectionPodcasts – Home 60-Second SoTL Limed: Teaching with a Twist Making College “Worth It” Special Series First-Year Seminars Land Acknowledgement Making College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 8 In this episode, Nolan and Jessie talk with Dr. Melinda Adams and Dr. Jody Jessup-Anger about the relational aspects of internships. Our guests’ research explores how trust and sense of belonging contribute to students’ satisfaction with their internship experiences. View a transcript of this episode. Meet our Guests Our guests, Dr. Melinda Adams and Dr. Jody Jessup-Anger authored a recent open access publication on internships: Adams, Melinda K., and Jody E. Jessup-Anger. 2025. “The Roles of Supervisor Care and Trust and Sense of Belonging in Promoting Internship Satisfaction.” Teaching and Learning Inquiry 13 (January):1–13. https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.13.6. Melinda K. Adams is professor of fashion management & the program coordinator of the Fashion Management Program at the University of the Incarnate Word. Her work focuses on sustainability in fashion, experiential learning, and creating creative scholarship. Jody E. Jessup-Anger is professor of higher education and chair of the Department of Educational Policy and Leadership at Marquette University. Her work focuses on discerning how the collegiate environment affects learning and development. Episode Credits This episode is co-hosted by Jessie L. Moore, Director of Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning, and Nolan Schultheis, a second-year student at Elon University, studying Psychology with an interest in law. Nolan Schultheis also edited the episode. Making College “Worth It” is produced by Elon University’s Center for Engaged Learning. Episode art was created by Nolan Schultheis and Jennie Goforth. Funky Percussions is by Denys Kyshchuk (@audiocoffeemusic) - https://www.audiocoffee.net/. Soft Beat is by ComaStudio. Explore Center Resources Related to this Episode Internships Definition Two commonly cited definitions of internships are those from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) and the Council for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS). Since the term “internship” lacks a consistent definition across the… Work-Integrated Learning Definition Work-integrated learning (WIL) is an approach to education that allows students to obtain work experiences related to what they are learning in a classroom setting (International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, n.d; Jackson 2016). Ferns, Campbell, and Zegwaard (2014) describe… Attending to Equity in Work-Integrated Learning Making College “Worth It” – Season 2, Episode 5 In this episode, Anne-Marie Fannon and Soumya Garg from the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo share new research on the work-integrated learning (WIL) experiences of equity deserving groups. They… Exploring the Value of Work-Integrated Learning Making College “Worth It”- Season 2, Episode 3 This episode covers the complexities of a work-integrated learning experience, including both the benefits and the challenges. With guests, Dr. CJ Fleming, an associate professor of psychology, and Annelise Weaver, a senior… Lining It All Up: Creating Alignment Between Learning Objectives and Assignments in Internship Coursework I have been partnering recently with Elon’s Center for Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL) as well as the Student Professional Development Center (SPDC) to focus on the pedagogy of internships, and specifically best practices for writing and assessing learning… Internship as Research and Research as Career Readiness: Blurring the Lines As I come to the close of my work as the Faculty Fellow for Internships in Elon’s College of Arts and Sciences, I am transitioning into a role in our Undergraduate Research Program. In part due to fortuitous timing in… Facilitating Integration of and Reflection on Engaged and Experiential Learning Since 2019, I’ve been working with my colleague Paul Miller to create an institutional toolkit for fostering both students’ self-reflection and their mentoring conversations with peers, staff, and faculty in order to deepen students’ educational experiences. Our institution, Elon University,… 1 2 … 4 5 >
