Phi Beta Kappa and The Key Reporter are pleased to introduce our staff of ΦBK Writing Interns for fall 2024.
The Society’s Writing Internship Program serves new ΦBK members who are looking for an opportunity to gain professional experience and support ΦBK’s mission to advance excellence in the liberal arts and sciences in higher education.
The program is open to members in their first year and recent graduates. Each intern receives a $1,000 stipend for their articles published on our website, keyreporter.org.
SERENA BROOME (ΦBK, University of California, Davis)
Serena Broome graduated early with a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Davis after being awarded a scholarship from the Chancellor. She was a junior inductee in Phi Beta Kappa in 2024. She just returned from studying abroad at Oxford University. After having caught a bit of wanderlust, she is now traveling around the world.
JULIA STEINER (ΦBK, Tufts University)
Julia Steiner graduated in May 2024 from Tufts University with a bachelor’s in international literary and visual studies, concentrating in French literature and minoring in French and history. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa’s Delta of Massachusetts chapter at Tufts in April 2024. At Tufts, she was Creative Director of The Tufts Observer magazine and later was a Communications and Marketing intern for the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. Her senior thesis, “Accessing Truth in Family Writing,” was written in French and English and received Highest Honors. This fall, she is beginning an internship as an English Content Writer for a media company based in Paris, France.
HOPE VANG (ΦBK, University of California, Irvine)
Hope Vang is a second-year English master’s student at Fresno State University where she is a teaching associate for first-year writing courses. Her research interests are focused on children’s literature, Gothic literature, Asian/Asian-American literature, and mother-daughter relationships. She intends to apply to English PhD programs to become a professor of children’s literature.
She graduated from the University of California, Irvine in June 2023 with degrees in English and comparative literature. While attending UC Irvine, she was a resident advisor, president of the Hmong Student Association, and instructor in the UTeach program. She was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa by UC Irvine’s Mu of California chapter, a distinction only given to the top five percent of graduating seniors.
About Our Program
Phi Beta Kappa’s writing interns help publicize the work of the Society and write stories about our alumni members. Applicants must be new members of Phi Beta Kappa within their first or second year to be considered for this position. Interns make a five-month commitment to the program and prepare a minimum of five short articles about Phi Beta Kappa alumni, news, or events for The Key Reporter website. Interns write and conduct research remotely. A staff presence in the national office in Washington, DC, is not required.
The deadline to apply for a spring 2025 writing internship is December 5, 2024. Interested in writing for Phi Beta Kappa? Read about our program and apply online!