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… First-Generation Students’ Workviews 60-Second SoTL – Episode 77 What does “work” really mean to first-generation college students—and how might those meanings shape their experiences in work-integrated learning? This episode features an open-access article about how students define work—and how those definitions are shaped by… How the Sausage Gets Made: The Professional Ethics of Academic Editing In my last blog post, I touched on the publishing process as a form of community-building, during which many hands touch a piece of writing before it’s released to the public. As I continue my publishing journey as an intern with the Center, I’ve become… High-Impact, Career-Ready Internships and Research Experiences Last week, the Center for Engaged Learning released the topline results for our latest national survey of recent university graduates, exploring their experiences during college with the key practices for fostering engaged learning, high-impact practices (e.g., internships, undergraduate research, study away), and mentoring. In this post, I offer a closer… Publishing as Community-Building Writing has always seemed like some mystical, enigmatic force to me. As a child, I used to read my favorite books and watch my friends develop elaborate creative writing pieces of their own, and I would wonder how such inspiration… Edits, Insights, and Illustrator: My CEL Internship Experience During my final semester at Elon, I was able to work as a Publishing Intern with the Center for Engaged Learning (CEL). This internship experience became a space where I was able to not only apply what I learned in… 1 2 … 6 7 >
