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 2019. Fellows are mentored and supported by a designated faculty mentor and Searle staff prior to and during the course.
With the support of the Searle Center, WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellows also create a teaching development event for other graduate students in the form of a presentation, roundtable, or workshop.
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 receive approval from their department chair and/or director of
The Searle Center does not schedule courses.
Application
Applications for the 2018-19 WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellowship are now closed. Please check back in fall 2019 to apply for the 2019-20 WCAS/TGS Teaching Fellowship.
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)
Current Fellows
Anna Michelson (Sociology) and Maziyar Faridi (Comparative Literary Studies)
Past Fellows
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)
