Co-Curricular Internships for English Majors or Minors

Internship Opportunities for English Majors and Minors

Whether you’re majoring or minoring in English, our departmentally sponsored, co-curricular internships offer you a variety of learning opportunities.

Opportunities allow you to:

  • Apply your literary knowledge and skills in analysis and writing.
  • Gain marketable experience working collaboratively in time-sensitive circumstances.
  • Contribute to the growth of the Merrimack English program and to the stature of the literary arts within the Merrimack community. 

Field Activity Researchers

As a field-activity assistant for special English course offerings with hands-on/field-visit components, you’ll help faculty identify feasible field destinations, activities and contacts; do online research; help organize location visits; and, schedule permitting, participate in field activities and location visits with the class group.

Annual Spring Symposium 

This internship is for senior English majors. Under the guidance of a faculty member, you’ll participate in planning, organizing and overseeing all aspects of the Spring Symposium, including conceptualizing a theme for the event. The purpose of the symposium is to showcase all forms of student and faculty literary production at Merrimack.

Writers House 

Working under the mentorship of the director of The Writers House and Studio, you’ll assist the director and program coordinator in planning, organizing, publicizing and hosting events held at the facility, such as public readings, lectures, book parties and signings, workshops and other activities.

Additional Internship Positions

Today’s postgraduate pathways, whether to grad school or into the workforce, have one thing in common – they require strong communication and critical thinking skills.

In each of our internships, you’ll work closely with a full-time English faculty member to customize a 4-credit, one-semester experience.

Position Title
Description of Role
Merrimack Review Senior Editor
Manage the editorial staff of the school-wide literary journal and bring the publication to print once a year.
Visiting Writers Series Intern
Help the faculty Director promote and coordinate the Visiting Writers Series.
English House Event Coordinator
Develop and coordinate department-wide student events each semester.
English House Content Creator
Build and maintain the English House social media accounts to promote and all happenings at the English House.
Jail Education Teaching Assistant
Work alongside faculty teaching incarcerated students for the Jail Education Project.
Honors Program PR/Communications Intern
Create marketing strategies and materials, and hone persuasive writing skills in a professional work setting alongside the Honors Program Director, Program Manager, and student leaders.
First Year Writing Intern
Learn how to plan, organize, and implement various components of an introductory-level college course and its materials. Work with and shadow First-Year-Writing faculty to support student success.
Academic Assistant
Act as a Teaching or Research Assistant to English Department faculty.
Alumni Liaison
Coordinate alumni outreach and catalog information, and develop event-planning skills while working closely with graduate fellows, other interns, and faculty.