Call for applications: 2018-2019 Dean's Prize Teaching Fellowship

Thanks to a generous gift from Steven and Barbara Mendell, ​UCSB's Division of Humanities and Fine Arts (HFA) is again able to offer the Dean's Prize Teaching Fellowship. This award is intended to reward excellence in teaching​, curricular design, and pedagogical practices that integrate scholarly research into undergraduate teaching.

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Friday, May 25, 2018. Please submit application materials to Clea Miller.

DESCRIPTION
Prize winners are appointed as Teaching Associates for one quarter to offer an independently-taught seminar developed in consultation with a faculty mentor and the department or program in which the course will be taught. In addition to a regular Teaching Associate appointment, each Dean's Prize Teaching Fellow receives a $2,000 supplemental stipend and a $500 research account to assist in the development and teaching of the course. The course may be taught in the applicant's home department or in another HFA unit, and may be offered in F​all, Winter, or Spring of 2018​​-2019, or as a 6-week Summer Session offering in 2019. Depending on the course and departmental needs and practices, seminars may be at the freshman, lower-division or upper-division undergraduate level. Seminars can be listed under course rubrics already approved for inclusion in the General Catalog. Courses are meant to be seminars in which students participate and collaborate (20-25 students). Courses must meet minimum enrollment criteria.

ELIGIBILITY
At the time of application, the applicant must be a doctoral candidate in an HFA department or program, with a strong record as a TA and/or Associate, and must meet qualifications for appointment as an Associate. This fellowship may not be combined with another UCSB fellowship stipend or a teaching appointment.

APPLICATION PROCESS AND MATERIALS
1. Applicant must submit the following information as a single PDF via email:
(1) A brief statement of teaching experience
(2) A course proposal outlining topics, reading, assignment, and pedagogical goals - with special attention to how the course is pedagogically designed for students at the freshman, lower-division, or upper-division level, and how undergraduates will engage in research. Seminars are expected to focus on topics related to the dissertation research, not simply as a presentation of the dissertation, but as pedagogically appropriate explorations of topics informed by the expertise developed in the dissertation research
(3) A course syllabus
(4) A two-page description of the dissertation

2. Department must submit the following information as a PDF via email:
(1) Department chair's letter indicating a) acceptance of the course and an explanation of how it will support or enrich the existing curriculum; b) the expected enrollment and the proposed teaching quarter; and c) that the candidate meets the criteria for appointment as a Teaching Associate
(2) Department should also provide the candidate's ESCI sores and student written comments from teaching, covering the past two years (summer sessions and academic year)
(3) A letter of recommendation from the faculty mentor (from any appropriate department) that assesses the candidate's work and teaching, and evaluates the proposed course. The faculty mentor should confirm his or her willingness to offer advisor and guidance as the graduate student plans and teaches the course

SELECTION PROCESS
Applications will be reviewed by a HFA Graduate Advisory Committee. The date for announcement of the prize is tentatively set for July 2018.

Please contact Clea Miller with any questions.