The Library of Congress announced the appointment of 46 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students to its Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program to complete 27 projects. The 2022 cohort marks more than three decades that this signature initiative of the Library has been offered to students. The program is being offered as a virtual internship for the third year in a row, following a pivot in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fellows will collaborate across four time zones.
Fellows will work on a diverse range of projects under the mentorship of Library staff members during the 10-week paid internship program. The projects include cultural, scientific and digital work that enhance access and engagement with the collections. Those projects include “Mapping the Stories: The Legacy of Daniel A.P. Murray”; “Allillanchu! Andean Stories”; “Mapping Historical Demographics: Race and Inequity”; “Online Exhibit Curation: American Archive of Public Broadcasting”; and “Content Development: Library of Congress Youth Center.”
“This program pushes the boundaries of what a traditional internship might be,” said Kimberly Powell, chief of talent recruitment and outreach at the Library. “With every project that fellows complete during their internship, they are creating new opportunities for people to engage with the Library. The interns’ time at the Library has a triple impact: on themselves as emerging professionals; on the Library staff who mentor them; and on the users and patrons who will benefit from the increased access to collections.”
Fellows also will participate in virtual professional development opportunities to enhance their skill sets outside of their assigned projects, interacting with program alumni and Library leadership through a twice-weekly professional development series to increase engagement with Library collections and develop skills for securing employment.
The cohort will present its most significant findings and accomplishments through an online display on July 20. The public is invited to experience this virtual exhibition; more information on the online display will be made available at a later date. The internship concludes on July 29.
Learn more about the Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program at loc.gov/item/internships/junior-fellows-program. For more information about internships and fellowship opportunities, visit loc.gov/ifp. For information about careers and employment at the Library, visit loc.gov/careers.
The 2022 fellows (with hometown and school) are:
- Mari Allison; San Diego, California; University of British Columbia
- Shir Bach; El Paso, Texas; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Sarah Baluta; Lewisville, Texas; University of North Texas
- Megan Bauerle; Rochester, Minnesota; Wesleyan University
- Cailee Beltran; El Paso, Texas; University of Texas at El Paso
- A. B. Betzy Bejar; Carteret, New Jersey; University of San Francisco
- Vela Burke; Brooklyn, New York; Queens College, City University of New York
- Analisa Caso; Hawthorne, New York; Simmons University in Boston, MA
- Alondra Ceballos; Brownsville, Texas; Texas A&M University
- Aimee Briel Clesi; Branford, Florida; University of Florida
- Kathryn Colson; Urbana, Illinois; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Natalie Grace Coté; Lawrence, Kansas; George Washington University
- Margaret Cuddihy; Ballston Lake, New York; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Camille Dantzler; Jersey City, New Jersey; Howard University
- Roger Davis Jr.; Anguilla, Mississippi; University of Mississippi
- Andrea Decker; Fullerton, California; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Cara Decusatis; Strafford, Pennsylvania; University of Maryland
- Elizabeth Dinneny; Sterling, Virginia; University of Maryland
- Catherine Discenza; Tampa, Florida; University of Florida
- Mateo Robert Gonzale; Buffalo, New York; Baldwin Wallace University
- Ghazal Ghazi; Tehran, Iran; University of Oklahoma
- Anika Fenn Gilman; Silver Spring, Maryland; Tulane University
- Kimberly Grossett; San Antonio, Texas; The Catholic University of America
- Kendall Henry; San Diego, California; Georgetown University
- Daniel Hockstein; Springfield, New Jersey; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Rose Hollander; Grafton, Massachusetts; Tufts University
- Melanie R. Holmes; Syracuse, New York; Howard University
- Ava Kaplan; New York, New York; Pratt Institute
- Ellie Kaplan; Syracuse, New York; University of California, Davis
- Tatiyana Lyn Lewis; Silver Spring, Maryland; Mount Holyoke College
- Cassidy Loft; Genoa, Illinois; St. Lawrence University
- Mariah Marsde; Carthage, Missouri; Ohio State University
- Olivia Meehan; Blacksburg, Virginia; Pratt Institute School of Information
- José Molinelli; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Interamerican University of Puerto Rico
- Khrisma McMurray; Indianapolis, Indiana; Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
- Anna Katherine Overstreet; Wiggins, Mississippi; Mississippi State University
- Eugene Parrish; Stockton, California; Virginia State University
- Alexandra Ptacek; Oakes, North Dakota; Arizona State University
- Chandler Quaile; Powder Springs, Georgia; Vanderbilt University
- Cesar Reyes; Sacramento, California; San Jose State University
- Drew Robertson; Statesboro, Georgia; Mercer University
- Emily Rocha; Montross, Virginia; University of Arizona
- Joseph Rodriguez; Salinas, California; Duke University
- Matthew Savage; Amherst, New York; University of North Carolina at Greensboro
- Monica Soto; Bristow, Virginia; University of Denver
- Amy Snyder; Richmond, Virginia; University of Tennessee, Knoxville
The 2022 Junior Fellows Summer Internship Program has been a signature initiative of the Library of Congress since 1991. It is made possible by a gift from the late James Madison Council member Nancy Glanville Jewell through the Glanville Family Foundation and the Knowledge Navigators Trust Fund. For a second year, the program is also supported by an investment from the Mellon Foundation.
