Hey, it’s Josh. I’m writing today to talk about an internship I recently started with the South Asia program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (http://www.csis.org/).
Students at SIS have the option of working at an internship for course credit. To fulfill the program’s research requirement you can either write two substantial research papers (about 50 pages each), write a thesis (about 100 pages) or write one 50-pager and one semester-long internship. Wanting to mix academics with real work experience in D.C. is usually the popular choice for obvious reasons.
An internship here can be really interesting if you pick the right one. As part of my responsibilities at CSIS, I’m helping my boss with research for her upcoming book on U.S.-India relations, I will be writing an edition of our monthly publication “The Monitor” and I've had a hand in planning a number of our major events. Almost everyday there is a new and interesting conference taking place somewhere in our large building. I won’t lie and say it’s all the most exciting work, but graduate internships are by no means glorified donut-getters and coffee cup filler-uppers either.
On top of fulfilling your requirement for the program, the internship is a great way to get a valuable letter of recommendation in a competitive town such as Washington, D.C. In fact, sometimes the internship even leads to actual employment when your time is through. I plan on using the experience I gain at CSIS to help make this transition as I finish my degree.
Josh
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