2023-2024

In this project, students connected with Italian ecological groups, conducted interviews in Italian, and improved their oral and written skills while exploring environmental activism in Italy.

Author: Giuliana Perco, Continuing Lecturer in Italian Studies

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: "Virtual conversations: Discussing climate change in a foreign language"

From the author: My project was related to my advanced writing workshop in Italian. In Spring 2024, I focused the course on the environment, climate change, and environmental activism in Italy. My...

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

In this project, a case study approachin a Media and Democracy coursehelped students apply interdisciplinary frameworksto real-world issues, fostering critical thinking, public engagement, and deeper understanding of media’s role in democracy.

Author: Meeta Rani JHA, Continuing Lecturer in Media Studies

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: " Teaching Media and Democracy with Interdisciplinary Case Studies"

From the author:

In today’s socially mediated world, where democracy faces substantial challenges and the...

In this project, a repository of pedagogical materials on the linguistic landscape was created, providing readings, activities, and fieldwork guidelines to help students analyze written language in public spaces across various disciplines.

Author: Jhonni Carr, Continuing Lecturer in Spanish & Portuguese

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: " Teaching (with) the Linguistic Landscape"

From the author: As we walk down the streets of our own communities, cycle to work, and wander along the paths of campus, our daily journeys expose us to a multitude of written...

In this project, autoethnographywas integrated into the Reading and Composition classroomto help students use their own perspectives and experiencesas tools for critical analysis, fostering self-reflexive reading and writingwhile exploring the relationship between art and oppression

Author: John Fielding, Continuing Lecturer in College Writing Programs

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: "Exploring Art and Oppression through Autoethnography: Making the Personal Critical in Composition"

From the author: Integrating features of Autoethnography into the...

In this project, a video essay course was developed for Film and Media Studies, providing students with a versatile assignment model that can be applied across disciplines using free software and campus resources.

Author: David Walter, Continuing Lecturer in College Writing Programs

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: " Art of the Video Essay Course and Adaptable Assignment"

From the author: The goal of this project was to develop a video essay course for Film and Media Studies, with a core assignment model that can be applied to other courses in many...

This project aims to provide writing instructors with a user-friendly platformof active learning exercisesto help students understand key essay componentsand how they work together.

Author: Srijani Ghosh, Continuing Lecturer in Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: " Collaborative Writing Activities"

From the author: Providing UC Berkeley [writing] instructors with a user-friendly platform of writing-focused active learning exercises to use in their classes to enable students to develop a better understanding of some...