Past Projects

In this project, students engage in collaborative learning within hybrid classrooms, focusing on activities and assignments that promote cooperation and community. The framework provides practical advice for designing group work in first-year writing or introductory courses, emphasizing student-centered learning.

Author: Lindsey Lanfersieck, Lecturer in College Writing Programs

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

Project Details: " Enhancing Collaborative Learning in the Hybrid Writing Classroom"

From the author: "With the forced isolation of shelter-in-place, we could say...

In this project, students engage with hybrid museum assignments that combine in-person and online experiences. These assignments, developed during remote instruction, offer inclusive alternatives for History of Art students, allowing them to explore global collections virtually when in-person visits are not possible.

Author: Ivy Mills, Lecturer in History of Art

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "Museum visits and the in-person examination of objects from various collections are integral to History of Art instruction, at all levels. When the pandemic...

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...

In this project, students engage in experiential learning outside the traditional classroom, using materials like templates, checklists, and itineraries to plan and execute immersive excursions.

Author: Christine Gehrig-Downie, Lecturer in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

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From the author: "This project will collate best-practice approaches for experiential learning centered outside the traditional classroom and lecture hall. The goal is to develop full sets of materials for planning...

Music Department

Project: “Technology for Musicianship Curriculum Enhancement"

Cohort 2019-2020

A team from the Music Department will review creative music outcomes from musicianship courses 20A, 52A, 52B, 152A and 152B, in order to create an online database of musicianship resources and utilize them to enhance student learning. Fall 2019 offerings of these courses will incorporate new or technology-enhanced projects involving: 1) online engagement with materials available on this site, and 2) contributing new work to the site. Resulting accrual of creative examples will provide new...

This project outlines strategies for linking reading and writing in Advanced French courses using the multiliteracies framework. By designing activities that promote collaborative work on analytical writing, the approach fosters student engagement, familiarizes them with the research process, and integrates the use of supportive technologies and tools.

Author: Vesna Rodic, Lecturer in French

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "This talk focuses on strategies that emphasize the link between reading and writing processes in Advanced French courses. Using the...

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...

Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies

Project: “Teaching Dance Under Covid-19 as a Practice of Community, Social Justice, and Wellness”

Cohort 2020-2021

TDPS Dance faculty members Katie Faulkner, James Graham, SanSan Kwan, and Latanya Tigner centered their PCF project around the cultivation of wellness, community, and social justice within the remote dance classroom. Dance practice classes, and the essential in-person demands of learning embodied skills, have been uniquely impacted by the pandemic. Our team has collaborated on developing pedagogical strategies that not only continue high...

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, the aim is to enhance literacy on diversity, equity, and social justice in composition classes. It explores how biases affect text interpretation and develops strategies for safe discussions on racism and oppression.

Author: Jennifer Cho, Lecturer in English

Grant Type: Lecturer Teaching Fellows Program (LTF)

From the author: "My project sets out to identify modes of improving literacy around issues of diversity, equity, and social justice in the composition classroom. I ask how students and instructors’ explicit and implicit biases and our own social positionalities might...