Kailyn Smith

Experience

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  U.S. House of Representatives

  Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Legislative Intern

  Office of The Honorable Congresswoman Robin Kelly Illinois – District 2 Assisted staff of six with scheduling, legislative documents, administrative duties, visitors, and press-related projects.● Attended congressional briefings and hearings; compiled policy research.● Managed constituent communications: telephone, email, and correspondence.● Greeted and accommodated visitors; led tours of U.S. Capitol buildings.● Wrote memos and drafted talking points.

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  Morgan State University

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Technical Support Specialist

  Department of Information Technology – Help DeskResolved issuses for university staff, faculty, and students having issues with software configuration, network access and wi-fi connectivity.● Installed and configured anti-virus, operating systems, and software applications.● Provided expedient service response to help-desk requests.

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  United States Senate Sergeant at Arms

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Intern
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  Women's Congressional Policy Institute

  Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

  Legislative Intern
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  Cornell University

  Jun 2022 - Jun 2022

  PLUSS 2022 Participant

  Hosted by Cornell University’s Sage School of Philosophy, the Philosophy of Law Summer School is a program that aims to bring insights from the philosophy of law into conversation with the lived experiences of marginalized groups.

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  MSU ASCEND Center for Biomedical Research

  Aug 2022 - Dec 2023

  Research Scholar

  Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) BUILD Initiative for two years. Conducted intensive research in self guided study on bioethics, Deafness, and affective neuroscience in a study titled “Shame and Disappointment in the Deaf Community as Moral Phenomena.”

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Undergraduate Research Fellow

  Funded by the Mellon Foundation’s Humanities For All Program and The Leadership Alliance for an intensive summer research program designed for undergraduate students studying the humanities. Pursued an individual research project in philosophy titled “Impassioned Reasoning: Reframing the Appeal to Emotion Fallacy” which investigated the topics of passion and emotions, informal fallacies of relevance, and affective theory in aesthetics. Presented research at the Hopkins Summer Research Symposium and The Leadership Alliance National Symposium. Show less

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  U.S. House of Representatives

  May 2024 - Aug 2024

  Intern

  District Office of Congressman Kweisi Mfume (MD-07)