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 Call for College Fellows – Cohorts 5, 6, & 7

Application Due by Monday, November 25, 2019

What is the College Fellows Program?

At the heart of the New College Curriculum are the College Fellows, the faculty members drawn from across the College and entrusted with designing and teaching the core Engagements Courses (Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement, Engaging Differences, Ethical Engagement) as well as representing faculty concerns and interests concerning the new curriculum as a whole.

For more information on the Engagements and the College Fellows Design Process for these courses, please click here: What are the Engagements?

Who is Eligible?

All full-time Arts & Sciences faculty in ongoing appointments are eligible and encouraged to apply. This includes tenured and tenure-track faculty, as well as General Faculty and Lecturers with ongoing appointments (3-year minimum contracts).

What is Required of the College Fellows

Term

Faculty appointed as College Fellows traditionally serve four consecutive semesters in the program, beginning in the Fall and concluding in the Spring of the following academic year. College Fellows must serve the entirety of their term (excluding summers) in residence at the University of Virginia, with the expectation of participation in College Fellows functions on Grounds throughout the two-year term.

For those faculty for whom commitment in four consecutive semesters would pose a barrier to participation, modified contracts–including those which allow for Sesqui leaves and which accommodate necessary teaching in a Fellow's home department–will be considered to allow for maximum flexibility. The Co-Directors and the Dean’s Office remain committed to working with individual faculty members and chairs to find ways for all interested faculty to participate.

Teaching

College Fellows design, develop, and teach in the Engagements Program. College Fellows devote four semesters to teaching in the Engagements, equating to two-thirds of the faculty member's departmental teaching load. For instance, faculty whose teaching load comprises two (3-credit) semester-long courses in their departments would teach two (2-credit) half-semester courses in the Engagements.

For those faculty who must continue teaching requisite courses in their home departments during the College Fellows term, modified contracts will be considered to spread the 4-semester requisite teaching across a modified time frame.

Course Development

In addition to the two-year teaching term, College Fellows will devote several days to orientation and course development in the Spring prior to their term. During this time the Fellows will:

1. Work alongside the already appointed College Fellows to conceptualize and refine the Engagement experience.
2. Design and collaboratively develop individual Engagement courses.

In particular, members of Cohort Five must be available to participate in Orientation and Course Design meetings on the following dates:

All new College Fellows – including those joining future cohorts – are also encouraged (though not required) to attend invited dinners and workshops during the Spring ‘20 semester.

• Thursday, March 19: College Fellows Reception
• Friday, March 27: Postdoctoral Candidate Job Talks
• Wednesday, April 29: College Fellows Dinner

Stewardship

For the duration of their term, College Fellows will participate in activities to build collegiality and a shared vision of the undergraduate experience. This will take the form of regular meetings, dinners, and colloquia among the Fellows. This may also include College Fellows-sponsored events such as lectures for the University community, symposia, and seminars regarding the liberal arts and sciences at UVA.

Service

All research and service obligations to the College of Arts & Sciences and the faculty member’s home department continue during the College Fellow appointment. In addition, Fellows will share in the collaborative work of maintaining a robust program, including participation in new cohort orientation, course design workshops, and other program development.

Modified Term

For those faculty for whom a full-time appointment to the College Fellows program would prohibit their ability to participate, modified appointments will be considered by the hiring committee.

What is the Compensation?

College Fellows will receive a salary supplement of $5,000 for every academic year in which they devote 100% of their instructional effort to the Engagements.

• Compensation can be offered in research funds rather than salary supplement if noted at signing of contract.
• Full departmental course release will be offered during the corresponding academic semesters in which fellows are teaching in the Engagements.

While salary supplements are commensurate with the time devoted to the Engagement teaching, the supplements serve as compensation for the preparatory work the College Fellows will undertake in the development of their courses. This includes (but is not limited to) the Spring orientation and course design workshops, assessment work, and various College Fellows functions.

In addition, the College Fellow's home department will be compensated $30,000/Fellow for every semester in which they devote 100% of the instructional effort to the Engagements (or $120,000 for all four semesters).

How to Apply

Applications will be vetted by a committee appointed by the Dean. Final selection will be made by the committee in consultation with the Dean, Associate Deans, and with the approval of the applicants’ Department Chairs.

Applications must include the following:

• Brief statement of intent (1-2 paragraphs): Explain your motivation and reasons for wanting to participate in the College Fellows. Please relate your proposed participation to your disciplinary work and the broader aims of the curriculum (http://gened.as.virginia.edu/new-college-curriculum).
  • State how you would contribute to the ongoing development of the Engagements.
• Note of Endorsement from Chair: Applications should include a short note of endorsement from your chair. Text may copied and pasted or uploaded as a .pdf file.
• Brief description of your dream Engagements Course (1-2 sentences)
• Engagement preference: Identify at least two different Engagements (Engaging Aesthetics, Empirical & Scientific Engagement, Engaging Differences, Ethical Engagement) that you would be willing to cultivate – both through the design of individual courses and in collaboration with the fellows throughout the program.
• CV: Please upload your CV (short versions acceptable in .pdf format).

Applications are due Monday, November 25, 2019.

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