The Fellows Seminar offered in the winter term is designed to bring together faculty (Senior Fellows) and graduate student instructors (Junior Fellows), from multiple disciplines, who share a commitment to integrating writing in their courses.
Junior Fellows develop and share course syllabi, confer with visiting speakers, and discuss approaches to incorporating writing across the disciplines in order to prepare a First-Year Seminar that meets the First-Year Writing Requirement.
Junior Fellows receive a stipend of $1000 during Winter Term 2017 for participating in the Seminar. Seminar participants will meet from 1-3 p.m. on Fridays. In Spring/Summer Term 2017, Junior Fellows meet with Anne Gere to develop their syllabi, and they participate in the English Department Writing Program orientation in August. For this work they receive a summer stipend of $4000.
In Fall Term 2017, Junior Fellows teach one section of English 125 (a four-credit writing course on a topic related to their discipline and a teaching circle) and are supported by a .50 GSI fraction. During this term they enroll in English 993, a series of meetings in which they discuss their teaching with other instructors. The Fellows Seminar is supported by the College of Literature, Science & the Arts, the Rackham Graduate School, and the Sweetland Center for Writing.
To apply for a Junior Fellowship for the 2017 Seminar, please submit application materials as one PDF to Laura Schuyler schuyler@umich.edu by Friday, March 4, 2016.
Application materials include:
- A letter (maximum two pages) describing your previous teaching experience and interest in teaching
- Curriculum Vitae
- Statement of candidacy status, number of years in program, and expected date of degree completion
- One teaching recommendation letter from a faculty member
- Teaching evaluation summaries (where available)
Criteria for selection:
- Within teaching ten-term rule for Fall 2017
- Interest in and commitment to integrating writing into courses
- Achievement of candidacy (preferred)
- GSI experience (teaching in a course meeting the Upper Level Writing Requirement is highly desired)
Selections will be announced via email in early April.
