Unprecedented Times Lead to New Internship Strategies

Summary

This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North American Archaeology Lab at the American Museum of Natural History transitioned a long running internship program to a remote micro-internship. We had to consider if offering a remote internship was feasible, what it would require on our end, what projects could be done remotely, what the interns would get out of it, and what type of remote schedule would work. This poster provides a summary of the tools utilized, onboarding process, workflow, and projects completed. Overall, we think our remote internships were a great success because we were able to still offer students opportunities to gain experience in archaeology and move our projects forward even without lab access. In addition, we see the remote micro-internship as an opportunity to diversify our internship program to include students who cannot relocate for financial or other reasons to New York City.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 86th Annual Meeting, Online (2021)   •
• SAA 2021: General Sessions

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Abstract Id(s): 33431