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Honors Fellowships

Overview

The Honors Fellowship is designed to support faculty in the redesign of courses to incorporate culturally relevant teaching initiatives into their curriculum.

We are currently only offering the Honors Senior Fellow as an opportunity.

Honors Senior Fellow

The Honors Senior Fellow is a research-focused role aimed at evaluating student outcomes and supporting best practices in Honors pedagogy. Fellows will collect and analyze data to assess the impact of the Honors experience on students and their academic careers.

Prerequisite: Completion of the Honors Fellowship

Length: 2-year appointment

Stipend: $3000

Deliverables:

 

    • Provide report detailing direct and indirect evidence of Honors student learning
    • Develop, administer, and interpret surveys of Honors faculty and students that provide indirect evidence of student learning
    • Collect tangible, visible, and self-explanatory evidence of what Honors students have and haven’t learned
    • Work with OIRA to interpret annual reports that include institutional benchmarks and transfer data
    • Assess impact of co-curricular activities (experiential learning, leadership training, civic engagement, etc.) designed and facilitated by the Honors Program

 

    • Prepare conference topic/publication about the ACC Honors Program-UT College of Education partnership: “Scholarship, Leadership Development, and Engaged Community Work: The Transformative Power of Restorative Practices”
    • Facilitate foundational training for “Introduction to Honors Pedagogy” and guided reflections for “Inclusive Course Design: Enhancing Honors Education”
    • Lead Honors faculty interest group centered around experiential learning (with special emphasis on service-learning) or alternative assessments
    • Mentor prospective Honors faculty in course design and proposal development

Applications

Submit Application

Applications are due on Friday, November 15, 2024.
Acceptance notifications will be sent no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, December 6, 2024.

Contact

For any questions about the Honors Faculty Fellowships, please contact Dr. Anne-Marie Thomas (athomas2@austincc.edu).