Overview
Dates: December 2010-May 2011.
During Spring 2011, the Center for Instructional Technology (CIT) and the Thompson Writing Program (TWP) jointly offered a semester-long Faculty Fellowship program to provide support for faculty interested in developing and evaluating new approaches to teaching research and writing to undergraduates in their disciplines. The program was led by Jennifer Ahern-Dodson, Instructor, Thompson Writing Program.
Fellows Activities
The Fellows met each month during the spring semester 2011 to discuss problems and strategies for more effective teaching of research together with and by means of writing.
Topics discussed and worked on by the Fellows for their individual courses during the Fellowship included setting student learning goals and increasing student engagement, as well as technologies that can be used for collaborative and community engagement writing projects and types of writing assignments that facilitate integrating research into a class.
Outcomes
During the program, the Fellows developed syllabus revisions, rubrics and other materials for use in organizing activities in their courses.
Participants
Kathleen Antonioli, Graduate Student, Romance Studies
Jonathan Dueck, Lecturing Fellow, Thompson Writing Program
Mike Ennis, Lecturing Fellow, Thompson Writing Program
Courtney Fitzpatrick, Graduate Student, Biology
Joseph Grieco, Professor, Political Science
Bruce Hall, Faculty, History/AAAS
Kieran Healy, Associate Professor, Sociology/Kenan Institute
Danielle Kane, Lecturing Fellow, Thompson Writing Program
Nan Mulleneux, Lecturing Fellow, Thompson Writing Program
Deborah Reisinger, Lecturer, Romance Studies
Ami Shah, Lecturing Fellow, Thompson Writing Program
Karin Shapiro, Visiting Associate Professor, History