Participate in the 2021 Special Collections Libraries Faculty Teaching Fellows program
The University of Georgia Libraries and the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) is inviting full-time UGA faculty from all disciplines to apply to participate in the 2021 Special Collections Libraries (SCL) Faculty Teaching Fellows program.
- Application deadline: January 4, 2021 by 5 p.m.
Now in its sixth year, the program brings together a select group of UGA faculty to explore archives-based learning as a high-impact learning practice through intensive workshops with specialists from the university’s three special collections units and representatives from the CTL. The Special Collections Fellows program is ideal for faculty interested in developing new approaches to teaching and who are interested in experimenting with using archival collections to amplify or complement course content in significant and novel ways.
Although archives are often thought to be the province of those working in the humanities, the holdings of the special collections at UGA support research and learning in fine arts, social sciences, professional programs, and STEM fields too. In addition to serving as source material for historical inquiry, special collections materials can become novel datasets for analysis; serve as object lessons in chemical and physical processes; and serve as inspiration for new creative works.
Previous participants in the program represent a wide range of disciplines and professional fields, including science education, ecology, population health, historic preservation, history, English, communication studies, journalism, advertising, music, theater, art, family and consumer sciences, entertainment and media studies, qualitative studies, geography, women’s studies, sports management, and academic enhancement. To learn more about past participants and their projects, visit the CTL’s website.
In response to COVID-19 and as an opportunity to experiment with the format of the program, the 2021 SCL Faculty Fellows Program will kick off with a session on May 4, and the rest of the program will take place over a four-week period during Maymester. The program will embrace both online asynchronous learning and on-site learning and will model approaches for both online and on-site socially distant archives-centered learning.
Throughout the program, Fellows will have unparalleled access to the diverse and extensive holdings of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, the Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, and the Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection as they adapt an existing course or develop a new course to include an archives-focused approach to the pedagogy and course content.
Special Collections Faculty Fellows will receive a $2,000 stipend to enhance the development of a new course or a restructuring of an existing course to make use of special collections materials in a variety of contexts.
To learn more about the program, please email Jill Severn or call 706-542-5766.