Community-Engaged Scholarship Session 2: Externship & Informational Interview Week

Session 2

GradFUTURES externships provide Princeton doctoral students with short-term, shadowing opportunities to explore diverse career paths and professions within and beyond academia. Leveraging the Graduate School’s graduate alumni network and existing partnerships, these unpaid externships provide Ph.D. students with concise, high-impact exposure to organizational leadership, culture, and strategic operations through mentored shadowing experiences with leadership at partner organizations across the nonprofit, public, private, and academic sectors.
During an externship, externs will shadow senior leaders and Ph.D. professionals to learn about their day-to-day responsibilities and the organization's strategic goals. The extern will gain firsthand insights into the skills and expertise they utilize, the decision-making processes they oversee or are involved in, their interactions with staff, other teams, and stakeholders, as well as their primary contributions to the organization's mission. When possible, the extern may attend meetings, conferences, and other industry events sponsored by the host organization.

Series Overview:The Community-Engaged Scholarship Learning Cohort prepares Princeton graduate students to work effectively with nonprofit organizations through an interdisciplinary, experiential program that bridges academic expertise with community impact. Over eight sessions, participants will develop frameworks for ethical partnership, learn practical skills in nonprofit collaboration, and complete capstone projects with organizations that have a social impact mission.
This cohort synthesizes best practices from leading community-engaged scholarship programs nationwide—including Tulane's Mellon Graduate Program, the University of Michigan's Rackham Program in Public Scholarship, Rutgers' Public Humanities Initiative, and Princeton’s Program for Community-Engaged Scholarship—adapted to the unique resources of the Princeton ecosystem and the rich cultural landscape of greater Mercer County, and the state of New Jersey.
 

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