This final reflection for the 2019 fall internship covers what has been learned from this experience – what I have gained as a writer, soon-to-be-graduate, researcher, and what skill sets, competencies, and experiences were gained – its challenges and successes. Though interestingly, the internship entailed rather a little composition – leaning towards more methodology and technology research, along with data management. Although, this did allow me to leverage my previous

As the semester internship continues, I have been provided more prompts from Dr. Jenkins to assess my performance. What skills or knowledge are you developing or learning about through your internship? Currently, I am developing skills, experience, and knowledge in utilizing Qualitative Data Analysis software (QDA) suites, such as ATLAS TI and MAXQDA. I am becoming comfortable in assigning codes to particular contexts in order to construct a, hopefully, objective

I have been provided additional prompts from Dr. Jenkins. What have you accomplished? So far, I have researched potential software to aid in cataloging and concordancing the selected range of texts in order. This has included software such as AntConc, Corpkit, and WordSmith. Antconc was selected on the basis that the software has multiplatform support and ease of use; unfortunately, AntConc does not support annotation; however, such annotation’s accuracy would

I’ve been provided the following prompts by Dr. Jenkins to help reflect on the current internship progress. What processes (writing processes, work processes) are you developing or learning about through your internship? Current work and writing process focus on determining prevalent phrases and structures within annual reports the Commissioner of Education, ranging 1873- 1932, and recording them through highlighting and annotation. A central document listing all potential phrasal candidates is

This is the first post among a series of short reflections pertaining to conducting internship work under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Stone and guidance of Dr. Patricia Jenkins. With this first writing I want to specifically focus on my time management – its successes, struggles, methods of improvement, and surprising factors. So far, the successes in managing my time have been, in no small part, due to the type