OFE Newsletter: September 7, 2021

Beyond Student Engagement: Persistence and Success Online and in Person (Faculty Conversation Series)

The Office for Faculty Excellence’s popular Faculty Conversation Series returns next week with Beyond Student Engagement: Persistence and Success Online and in Person (Wednesday, September 8, 2021, 11:30-12:30 p.m. via Zoom): Are you looking for strategies to motivate students to maintain attention in your online or in-person classes? Do you wish they were more engaged? Do you want to help them persist but are unsure how to forge a connection with them? Let’s chat and discuss proven strategies.

The Faculty Conversation Series is designed to engage faculty in conversation around relevant topics that will be helpful as they teach. For each session, faculty will read a relevant article/paper about the topic (optional), receive question prompts, engage in conversation around the topic with other faculty members, and reflect on how the conversation may have changed thinking on the topic. All conversations are facilitated by Dr. Maria Gallardo-Williams, OFE SoTL Faculty Fellow:

Sign Up for Reading Circles!

Registration is open now through Sept. 8 for OFE’s Fall 2021 Reading Circles.
For Fall 2021, we are offering two selections:

• Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead) (West Virginia University Press, 2020, 288 pages) Edited by Susan D. Blum, with a foreword by Alfie Kohn – Available as an ebook (provided by NC State University Libraries) or paper book (provided at no cost by OFE)
• UDL and Blended Learning: Thriving in Flexible Learning Landscapes by Katie Novak and Catlin R. Tucker (Impress, 2021, 232 pages) – Available as a paper book (provided at no cost by OFE)

Our Fall 2021 Reading Circles will be fully online and synchronous, with meetings held in Zoom. All meeting dates and times have been preset by OFE based on what timeslots have been most popular in the past; you just need to sign up for the schedule that best suits you.

Cherry Award Lecture with Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D.

Hollylynne Lee, Ph.D., a professor of mathematics and statistics education, is one of three finalists for Baylor University’s Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching. As a finalist, Professor Lee will deliver a lecture at NC State on Thursday, Sept. 23, 3-4 p.m. in the Coastal Ballroom in the Talley Student Union. The title of her lecture is “Data Moves and Discourse: Design Principles for Strengthening Statistics Education.” Register to attend the lecture by Sept. 15.

Upcoming Award and Fellowship Deadlines

The following are select recognition opportunities with upcoming deadlines. Keep an eye out twice a month for new opportunities. Please direct any questions to the Director of External Faculty Awards and Recognition, Maria Almanza at maria_almanza@ncsu.edu

Woodrow Wilson Center Fellowship

The Wilson Center invites scholars, practitioners, journalists and public intellectuals to take part in its flagship international Fellowship Program. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest, while interacting with policymakers in Washington, Wilson Center staff, and other scholars in residence. The Center accepts policy-relevant, non-advocacy fellowship proposals that address key challenges confronting the U.S. and the world.

The Center awards approximately 15-20 residential fellowships each year. Fellows will be affiliated with one or more of the Wilson Center programs/projects and are encouraged to interact with policymakers in D.C., Wilson Center staff, and other scholars working on similar research. The Center offers a stipend of $90,000 for a nine-month fellowship. Fellows are responsible for their own health insurance and travel expenses.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

• Citizens or permanent residents from any country (applicants from countries outside the U.S. must hold a valid passport and be able to obtain a J-1 visa even if they are currently in the U.S.).
• Must be at post-doctoral level and have published a book or monograph beyond the dissertation.
• The Center does not fund proposals of a partisan or advocacy nature, primary research in the natural sciences, projects that create musical composition or dance, projects in the visual arts, projects that are the rewriting of doctoral dissertations, the editing of texts, papers or documents, or the preparation of textbooks, anthologies, translations, and memoirs.

Deadline: Oct 1. Two letters of reference must be submitted online by Oct 18

American Antiquarian Society- Fellowships for Creative and Performing Artists & Writers

The American Antiquarian Society offers visiting fellowships for historical research by creative and performing artists, writers, film makers, journalists, and other persons whose goals are to produce imaginative, non-formulaic works dealing with pre-twentieth-century American history. Successful applicants are those whose work is for the general public rather than for academic or educational audiences. Fellowships will provide opportunity for uninterrupted research, reading, and collegial discussion at the Society, located in Worcester, Massachusetts.

At least three fellowships will be awarded for residence of four weeks at the Society at any time between Jan. 1 – Dec. 31.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

Projects may include but are not limited to: historical novels, performance of historical music or drama, poetry, documentary films, television programs, radio broadcasts, plays and libretti, screenplays, magazine or newspaper articles, costume designs, set designs, illustrations and other graphic arts, book designs, sculpture, paintings, other works of fine and applied art, non-fiction works of history designed for general audiences of adults or children

Deadline: Oct 5

Jefferson Science Fellowship

Each year, the Jefferson Science Fellows (JSF) program selects up to fifteen faculty from across the nation to serve in a one-year assignment at the U.S. Dept of State or at USAID to integrate science and public policy. Fellows will spend one year at the U.S. Dept of State or USAID for an on-site assignment in Washington, D.C., that may also involve extended stays at U.S. foreign embassies and/or missions. All JSF assignments will be designed in consultation with regional and/or functional bureaus and offices.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

• Tenured, or similarly ranked, academic scientists, engineers, and physicians from U.S. institutions of higher learning, who are U.S. citizens, are eligible. Social scientists whose research interfaces with, or is relevant to, foreign policy or international development are also eligible.
• Applicant’s academic institution must sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Academy of Sciences in order to be considered as a finalist.
• Applicants who are selected for an award will be required to undergo a security investigation to obtain a security clearance or facility access, depending on the requirements of the position.

Deadline: Oct 15

Institute for Citizens & Scholars Career Enhancement Fellowship

The Career Enhancement Fellowship seeks to increase the presence of minority junior faculty members and other faculty committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and humanities.

Junior Faculty Fellowship provides Fellow with a six-month or one-year sabbatical grant; a stipend for research and travel or publication; and participation in an annual conference/retreat. A total of 30 Fellowships are awarded each year.

Adjunct Faculty Fellowship provides Fellow with a six-month period during which to focus on research and scholarship necessary to secure a tenure-track position. Two fellowships awarded each year.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

• Open to Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Programs alumni; Minority junior faculty: African Americans, Latinos and Latinas, Native Americans, and Native Alaskans; Junior faculty with a demonstrated commitment to eradicating racial disparities, breaking down stereotypes, and promoting cross-racial understanding in their university communities.
• Must teach in one of the listed eligible fields in the humanities and social sciences (see website)

Deadline: Junior Faculty Fellowship Oct 22; Adjunct Faculty Fellowship Nov 5

Council of Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellowships

The Council on Foreign Relations seeks applicants for 2022–2023. Programs offer unique opportunities, domestic and overseas, for accomplished mid and senior career professionals. Selected fellows broaden their foreign policy experience by spending their fellowships in public service or research environments.

The International Affairs Fellowship is the hallmark fellowship of CFR. It provides individuals the opportunity to spend one year in policy oriented environments. The program awards a stipend of $105,000 and a modest travel grant.

The International Affairs Fellowship in Canada provides selected fellows the opportunity to spend six to twelve months at a Canadian institution working on U.S.-Canada relations. It awards a stipend of $95,000, and a modest travel grant.

The International Affairs Fellowship in India affords fellows the opportunity to spend three to twelve months conducting research on India and U.S. relations. It is aimed at professionals who have had little prior experience in India. It awards a stipend of $90,000, and a modest travel grant.

Candidates should visit www.cfr.org/fellowships and reach out to fellowships@cfr.org with any questions.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

• Does not fund pre or postdoctoral research
• Does not fund completion of projects for which substantial work has been completed prior to the fellowship period

Deadline: Oct. 31

AAUW Short Term Research Publication Grants

Short-Term Research Publication Grants provide support to scholars to prepare research manuscripts for publication. Preference given to applicants whose work supports the vision of AAUW: to break through educational and economic barriers so that all women have a fair chance. Fellowships can be awarded to both tenure-track and part-time faculty, and to new and established researchers.

Fellowships are designed to assist candidates in obtaining tenure and other promotions. Open to all fields. Scholars engaged in science, technology, engineering and math or those researching gender issues are especially encouraged to apply. Candidates are evaluated on basis of scholarly excellence; quality and originality of project design; and active commitment to helping women and girls through service in their communities, professions, or fields of research. $6,000 is available for the eight-week grant period.

Eligibility Snapshot (see full eligibility requirements)

• Must be U.S. citizen or permanent resident
• Open to scholars who identify as women in all fields of study
• Tenured professors are not eligible
• Time must be available for eight consecutive weeks of final manuscript preparations. While many recipients will use the awards during summer, recipients may use funds at any time during the fellowship year.
• Not for preliminary research. Grant supports drafting, editing, or modifying of manuscripts; replicating research components; responding to issues raised through critical review; and other initiatives to increase the likelihood of publication.

Deadline: Nov. 1

Upcoming Events for Faculty

Tuesday, September 7

• Panopto Basics Training, 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 8

• Gradescope at NC State, 10:00-11:30 a.m.
• Beyond Student Engagement: Persistence and Success Online and in Person (Faculty Conversation Series), 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
• Reading Circles Registration Closes, 11:59 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 13

• Mindful Mondays, 9:00-9:30 a.m.