The WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellowship recognizes two graduate students who display exceptional teaching skills at Northwestern.
Fellows receive a $2,000 stipend to teach a WCAS First-Year Seminar in their departments during Spring quarter 2020. Fellows are mentored and supported by a designated faculty mentor and Searle staff prior to and during the course.
The WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellowship is made possible with funding from The Graduate School and the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
Eligibility
- Fellows are required to have completed the Searle Center's Teaching Certificate Program OR be enrolled in the program during the year of the fellowship.
- Applicants' home department must be in the Weinberg College of Arts and Science.
- Applicants' must be within the first through fifth year of their program.
- Applicants must receive approval from their department chair and/or director of
graduate study to teach in their department.
The Searle Center does not schedule courses.
Application
Applications for the 2020-2021 WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellowship are now closed. Please check back in Fall 2021 to apply for the 2021-2022 application.
The application consists of:
1. An online application.
2. Application Materials. Please email application materials in a single email to Kate Flom Derrick (kate.flomderrick@northwestern.edu):
- Current CV
- Teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness (e.g. CTECs)
- Proposal for a First-Year Seminar
- Teaching Statement (no longer than two pages)
3. Additional material
- You must also arrange for a letter of nomination from a faculty member. In the letter, faculty must commit to serving as your teaching mentor for the year of the fellowship, providing guidance and feedback on the development of your First-Year Seminar. Please arrange to have letters emailed to Kate Flom Derrick (kate.flomderrick@northwestern.edu).
Past Fellows
2019-20: Felipe Costa Neves (Spanish & Portuguese) and Azadeh Safaeian (Comparative Literary Studies)
2018-19: Anna Michelson (Sociology) and Maziyar Faridi (Comparative Literary Studies)
2017-18: William Cochran (Philosophy) and Lorien Elleman (Psychology)
2016-17: Sabrina Jaromin (Comparative Literary Studies) and Sidra Hamidi (Political Science)
2015-16: Matilda Stubbs (Anthropology)
2014-15: Gözde Erdeniz (Political Science) and Almita Miranda (Anthropology)
2013-14: Desirée Weber (Political Science)
2012-13: Faith Kares (Anthropology)
2011-12: Connor Doak (Slavic Languages and Literatures) and Allen Rosenthal (Psychology)
