James B. Duke Library
Special Collections and Archives
2018 Teaching Fellows Announcement
In the summer of 2018, the Furman Libraries will partner with the Faculty Development Center to offer two short-term fellowships for Furman faculty to encourage the creative use of special collections materials in teaching and learning.
Fellowships are open to all Furman faculty members. Recipients will receive a stipend of $1,500 and will be expected to spend at least one week (or 40 hours) in residence in Special Collections and Archives, working with library faculty and staff. This time could be spent exploring the unique rare books, manuscripts, and archival materials within the department, developing course modules or assignments that utilize them, meeting with library faculty and staff in other departments such as the Digital Collections Center, and working with Special Collections faculty and staff to plan effective ways of incorporating these materials into future courses. The week(s) chosen for work will be mutually agreed upon between each fellow and Special Collections, and will take place between May 1 and August 15, 2018.
Teaching fellows will be required to submit a 1-2 page report containing a description of how they plan to incorporate special collections materials into an upcoming course. Due in August 2018, this document will be mounted on a Faculty Development Center website devoted to teaching using special collections materials at Furman as a resource for other faculty. Fellows will also be expected to share their fellowship and course experiences at one of the Faculty Development Center’s lunches at a later date during the 2018-2019 academic year.
To apply, candidates should send a brief vita and a statement outlining their initial thoughts for how they would like to best use their fellowship time, especially noting the potential classes where they would like to develop new course content. Please send all applications to Janis Bandelin, Director of Libraries, at janis.bandelin@furman.edu by April 15. Applications are welcome, and encouraged, from faculty in all departments at Furman.
Applications will be evaluated based on their potential to enhance teaching and learning and their alignment with the objectives contained in the first component of The Furman Advantage: “Education That Transforms.” To learn more about our holdings, please visit the Special Collections and Archives website. For additional information, please contact Special Collections Librarian and University Archivist Jeffrey Makala at jeffrey.makala@furman.edu.