Timeline for Selection
- Deadline for Nomination: Open until positions are filled
- Deadline for Nominee to Submit Complete Dossier: Nominees will be notified of the deadline
- Interviews: Late Spring and Summer
- Fellowship Begins: August
Eligibility
To be eligible for selection as a Faculty Fellow, one must be a full-time tenured Full Professor, a full-time tenured Associate Professor, or a member of the full-time non tenure-track faculty with at least six years of service at USC, who:
- Is committed to the idea that superior research and teaching go hand-in-hand.
- Has a very high level of experience and a history of success in the classroom that goes well beyond excellent teaching ratings.
- Is recognized internationally for his/her outstanding contributions to research.
- Has a strong desire to assist colleagues at all levels in teaching techniques and effective learning strategies.
- Is willing to contribute roughly three hours per week to CET and has the endorsement of the chair or dean of the faculty member's department or school.
Nomination Form
Calls for nominations for Faculty Fellows are issued by the Provost in a memorandum to the faculty. To apply, a faculty member must complete a nomination form (Microsoft Word document).
About the Appointment
A CET Fellowship appointment is for three years. It carries with it an award of $7,500 over three years that may be used as an unrestricted research grant.
Upon completion of their three-year term the Fellows retain their affiliation with CET by becoming Distinguished Fellows.
Criteria for Selection
The selection of Fellows is a highly selective process based on merit. Candidates should provide evidence of both exceptional teaching and outstanding research, and are also evaluated for their potential to be highly proactive in engaging other faculty to find ways to institutionalize successfully the encouragement, support, and reward of teaching and thus to transform the university.
Specifically, candidates should demonstrate:
- A consistent track record of significant academic accomplishments in research scholarship.
- A commitment to advance and promote the institutional support and reward of teaching and learning.
- Interest in developing new teaching strategies to be shared with other colleagues in the university.
- Demonstrated interest in innovations in pedagogy, and evidence of sound evaluation strategies for measurable outcomes for effective student learning.
- Evidence of sustained achievement in teaching, which means that the candidate's teaching has been recognized in an appropriate professional manner. (Examples include teaching awards; contributions to departmental or school curriculum development; presentation of one's teaching innovations at national conferences; publications or funded research on effective teaching methodologies.)
Preference is given to otherwise qualified candidates who present a compelling vision of excellence in teaching (for example, by including with their application a proposed plan of action as a CET Fellow).
After an initial review of written applications, a group of candidate finalists will be invited for an interview with Faculty Fellows and CET staff to complete the selection process.