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Description
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The Marion L. Brittain
Teaching Fellowship in the School of Literature,
Communication, and Culture (LCC) is a nationally competitive
fellowship available to outstanding ABD and postdoctoral
candidates in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows
teach a 3-3 load in LCC's innovative first-year writing
program, comprised of two courses required of all Georgia
Tech frosh: English 1101"Introduction to Cultural Studies"
and English 1102 "Introduction to the Cultural Studies of
Science, Technology and New Media." In the spring, all
incoming Fellows are mailed a detailed orientation packet,
including potential course books, previous course syllabi
and materials. Prior to the beginning of the academic year,
a thorough orientation is conducted for the incoming
Fellows. The orientation introduces the Fellows to the
School's writing program and curriculum, provides them with
several different teaching models in a series of workshops,
and encourages collaboration between Fellows and faculty.
Fellows are provided with the opportunity to teach in
state-of-the-art networked computer labs, equipped with both
synchronous and asynchronous forms of computer
communications and web design software. All faculty,
including Fellows, are encouraged to participate in the
School's electronic pedagogy workshops and colloquia, which
take place throughout the year.
All Teaching Fellows are
assigned to a tenured or tenure-track faculty advisor within
LCC whose scholarly and teaching interests are compatible.
This relationship is intended to provide each Fellow with a
meaningful faculty contact, someone with whom to share
scholarship, teaching ideas, and job search materials for
constructive feedback. Faculty advisors frequently write
letters of recommendation for the Fellows with whom they've
been paired. The faculty-fellow advising program is intended
as the foundational element of the professional development
dimension of the Fellowship.
In the fall semester,
professional development includes a series of workshops,
conducted in consecutive weeks and organized on the
following topics: (1) designing the CV, (2) Composing the
application letter, (3) Writing the dissertation abstract,
(4) Composing the statement of teaching philosophy, (5)
Preparing the writing sample, (6) Reviewing interview
strategies, and (7) Providing practice interviews with
tenured and tenure-track faculty. In the spring, there are
additional professional workshops on writing and submitting
scholarly articles and revising dissertations into book
manuscripts. Since implementing the professional development
aspects of the program three years ago, 16 Brittain Fellows
have accepted tenure-track positions at other universities
and colleges across North America.
http://www.lcc.gatech.edu/faculty/brittain.html
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