College Grants
- Dean's Grants, Start-up Awards, Professional Development Grants (see pages 5-8 of the Colege of Arts and Sciences Protocols and Procedures, Chapter 8)
University Grants
External Grants
“Collaborative teaching provides faculty with opportunities to exercise their intellectual creativity, leverage complementary expertise, create or experiment with new pedagogies, and to contribute to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Faculty also benefit from the peer-mentoring that is built into well-designed collaborative teaching projects. Students benefit from improved learning outcomes, mastering sophisticated and/or interdisciplinary projects, and from working in an enriched intellectual environment. Students also benefit from the ‘horizontal thinking’ (i.e., transfer of skills, methods, and ideas from one area of inquiry to another) that collaborative pedagogies frequently require.”
-- From the College team-teaching working group report submitted by Maria Bertola, Theresa Conefry, Andrew Ishak, Andrea Pappas, David Popalisky, Tracy Ruscetti, and Steven Suljak.
I am pleased to issue a call for proposals for new courses taught by two or more faculty from different departments/programs in the College of Arts and Sciences. A team-taught course is defined as collaborative teaching with two (or more) faculty considered as the faculty of record. Teaching partners are expected to collaborate on the preparation of course materials, formal student instruction, and the evaluation of student work.
Each of the two faculty members team-teaching an approved course will receive one teaching credit. If there are more than two members in the team, two teaching credits will be divided equally among the total number of faculty in the team. All continuing faculty are eligible to apply.
Proposals for courses to be offered Spring 2020 are due by June 1, 2019. Proposals for courses to be offered Fall 2020, Winter 2021, Spring 2021 are due by Nov. 1, 2019. To submit a proposal, please use the specified Google form, which can accommodate uploads of a course description and draft syllabus. On the form, you will also be asked to provide a short statement that addresses the following:
- How the course contributes to existing programs of study (major/minor/core, etc.); addresses College priorities; will or will not require additional approvals (core); and if relevant, how the course may improve enrollment in previously under-enrolled areas.
- An explanation of the pedagogical benefits of team-teaching in this particular case; and if relevant, how the proposed team-teaching will contribute to faculty development for those involved.
Please note: Proposals for team-taught courses developed within a single department or program need not be submitted through this process. Intradepartmental team-taught courses must fit within the department’s existing section targets; thus requests of that nature should be addressed directly to the department’s Associate Dean.
Team-taught courses now being piloted in the College:
The Ethics of Drama, the Drama of Ethics
Lawrence J. Nelson, Department of Philosophy
Aldo Billingslea, Department of Theatre and Dance
Textual Editing (In Digital Environments)
Michelle Burnham, Department of English
Natalie Linnell, Department of Math and Computer Sciences
Incarnating the Word: Theology and Theatre
Robert Scholla, Department of Religious Studies
Michael Zampelli, Department of Theatre and Dance
Virtual Santa Clara: Composing Difficult Histories
Amy Lueck, Department of English
Lee Panich, Department of Anthropology
Theological Anthropology and Artificial Intelligences
Navid Shaghaghi, Department of Math and Computer Sciences
Mark Fusco, Department of Religious Studies
Slow Tech: Critical Making with the Letterpress
Kathy Aoki, Department of Art and Art History
Kirstin Leuner, Department of English
Truth and Consequences: Challenging What and How We Know
Laura Ellingson, Department of Communication
Matthew Bell, Department of Psychology
Overview
Advancing inclusive excellence is a campus-wide goal reflected in Santa Clara's Jesuit values and traditions. As stated in the Fundamental Values of the University's Strategic Plan, "We cherish our diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni, a community that is enriched by people of different backgrounds, respectful of the dignity of all its members, enlivened by open communication, and caring and just toward others."
The purpose of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Inclusive Excellence (IE) Postdoctoral/Post-MFA Fellowship program is to support the early development of teaching scholars who are from historically underrepresented groups. We hope that our program serves to increase the diversity of faculty members in the academy and at Santa Clara University.
Our program utilizes two models (described below) in order to provide mentored teaching and scholarship opportunities for Fellows in all disciplines represented in the College. We anticipate funding two or three new IE post-docs/post-MFAs annually. In both models, IE post-docs/post-MFAs (hereafter termed Fellows) will be paired with faculty mentors who will receive support from the College for their service in that capacity. All Fellows and faculty mentors are expected to participate in campus conversations regarding inclusion and diversity.
Salary, benefits and responsibilities
Fellow Salary: $58,937 plus $21,217 for benefits (includes two full-time summers)
Fellow Relocation stipend (taxable income): $2,000
Fellow Annual professional development funds: $5,000 (two conferences + supplies)
Faculty mentors may request funds of up to $2,500 annually through the standard Dean’s grant system to accompany Fellows to annual professional conferences and/or participate in an AJCU Fellows conference.
Fellow Responsibilities:
- Teaching:
Model 1: one course/year (Y1); two courses/year (Y2)
Model 2: three courses/year (Y1); four courses/year (Y2) - Scholarship – include undergraduate students as appropriate
- Service – contribute to Inclusive Excellence Initiative
Fellows will participate in a consortium of AJCU Inclusive Excellence Post-docs led by SCU’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion and will also be enrolled through the University’s Faculty Development Program in a National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity online learning and mentoring community.
Faculty Mentor Responsibilities:
- Mentor Fellow in teaching, scholarship, and service
- Attend up to two conferences with their mentee (one professional conference in area of specialization and one AJCU Fellows conference)
Model 1 (50:50 match to external funding)
Faculty members wishing to include a Fellow in their research grant proposals must request approval by the Dean who will consult with the Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion and provide feedback to faculty as they continue the grant submission process. Early-stage proposals should include a project abstract, a draft budget, and a twoparagraph description of the Fellow mentoring plan. Proposals for Model 1 are due to the Dean’s office at least three months before the funding agency’s deadline for proposal submission.
Requirements for Proposals from Departments:
- Early drafts of PI proposals may be submitted to the Dean’s office as proposals to be considered for IE Fellow support.
- Proposals must include the content listed below (may be part of the proposal or an appendix as appropriate).
- Proposals for Model 1 are due to the Dean’s office at least three months before the funding agency’s deadline for proposal submission.
Proposed Content:
- Mentoring plan that must include how a Fellow will be integrated into the department and campus (maximum two pages).
- Teaching plan.
- Scholarship plan (must be connected to department scholarship standards).
- Summary of departmental conversation about the proposal.
Evaluation of Proposals:
- Clarity and quality of mentorship, teaching, and scholarship plans.
- Potential for success – including the potential impact on the department/discipline/College/University.
Search and Hiring Process:
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Since the definition of historically underrepresented is discipline-specific and may change over time, the definition will be clarified by ODI prior to the development of the advertising plan.
- Advertising plan will be developed to maximize visibility of the ad to prospective candidates.
- Search and hiring process to be determined in consultation with the dean’s office.
Generally, PI will review applications, conduct phone interviews and work with department chair to create short list of candidates to invite for campus interviews. Campus interviews will include individual meetings with the department chair, Ray Plaza of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, and a representative of the dean’s office. PI and chair will identify the finalist and make a joint recommendation to the Dean.
Candidates will be assessed using the following criteria:
- Scholarly potential (number and quality of publications and works in progress; short-term potential of research; long-term potential of research).
- Teaching potential (ability to teach at the undergraduate university level; interest in and potential to mentor undergraduate students in research and/or internships).
- Contribution to University, College, and Department priorities (understanding and support of the University’s Jesuit mission; experience/interest in working with diverse constituencies; interest in participating in IE PD cohort).
Model 2 (100% funded by the Dean’s office)
Every department/program in the College is eligible to submit a maximum of one proposal each year (joint proposals between multiple departments/programs will be accepted and not count as the sole proposal for each department/program).
Requirements for Proposals from Departments:
- Proposals should identify a faculty member as mentor or a mentoring team (maximum of two faculty members).
- In consultation with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, the Dean will select proposals to move forward to the search and hiring process.
- Priority will be given to individuals/programs/departments that are not currently participating in the program.
- Proposals for Model 2 are due on May 15.
Proposal Content:
- Mentoring plan that must include how a Fellow will be integrated into the department and campus (maximum two pages).
- Teaching plan.
- Scholarship plan (must be connected to department scholarship standards).
- Summary of departmental conversation about the proposal.
Evaluation of Proposals:
- Clarity and quality of mentorship, teaching, and scholarship plans.
- Potential for success – including the potential impact on the department/discipline/College/University, etc.
- Decisions will be made regarding proposals by June 1.
Search and Hiring Process:
- Since the definition of historically underrepresented is discipline specific and may change over time, the definition will be clarified by ODI prior to the development of the advertising plan.
- An advertising plan will be developed to maximize visibility of the ad to prospective candidates (Dean’s office working with individuals/departments/programs and with ODI).
- Ads will be posted by October 1; applications are due by December 15.
- Departments will review Fellow materials, conduct Skype interviews as appropriate, and submit a list of their top five candidates (with completed rubrics for each) to the Dean’s office by January 15.
An IE PD search committee - made up of one representative each of ODI, the Dean’s office, and each department conducting an IE Post-doc search in the cycle - will review the department's recommendations and create a short list of three candidates to invite for campus interviews.
- The campus interview schedule will include meetings with the intended host department/program and with the IE PD Committee. Interviews will be completed by March 1.
- The IE PD Committee will forward their recommendation to the Dean by March 10. Dean will negotiate offers.
Candidates will be assessed using the following criteria:
- Scholarly potential (number and quality of publications and works in progress; short-term potential of research; long-term potential of research).
- Teaching potential (ability to teach at the undergraduate university level; interest in and potential to mentor undergraduate students in research and/or internships).
- Contribution to University, College, and Department priorities (understanding and support of the University’s Jesuit mission; experience/interest in working with diverse constituencies; interest in participating in IE PD cohort).
Inclusive Excellence Post Doc Call for Proposals printable pdf