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Miami University

Visiting Teacher-Scholar Grants

description:	Fund a visit to your department or program by a nationally known teacher-scholar in your discipline. Activities might include consulting or presentations on teaching. When possible, this visit can be linked to Miami’s Lilly Conference on College Teaching, although this is not a requirement.
amount:	The maximum award per program is $500, from a pool of $2,000 budgeted for these awards.
eligibility:	Any Miami department, program, center, etc., may receive this grant only once every three years.
selection:	Recipients will be selected by CELTUA.
submission:	Please send an electronic copy of your application to CELTUA <celt@muohio.edu> and a hard copy original with signatures via campus mail to CELTUA.
due date:	Applications are due October 15, February 15, or May 17. Urgent requests are considered anytime.

Purpose and Description

The purpose of this CELTUA grant is to enhance teaching and learning at Miami by encouraging departments and programs to engage nationally known teacher-scholars in their disciplines to visit their programs to inform, consult, and inspire with respect to teaching and learning. When the visit is linked with the Lilly Conference on College Teaching, discussion and reflection on the topic of teaching can be shared with a broader range of faculty from other campuses.

The visiting teacher-scholar makes a presentation to and consults with the members of the department or program about teaching and learning issues and concerns; for example, he or she might present a departmental seminar on new directions, issues, or techniques in the teaching of the discipline, visit classes, etc. Topics may include undergraduate or graduate education. When the visit can be scheduled in conjunction with Miami’s Lilly Conference on College Teaching, the visitor is invited to present to the Conference an address or a seminar about pedagogical, learning, or other issues that would interest other faculty in the visitor’s discipline or in cognate or all disciplines.

The department or program will handle arrangements for and coordination of the visit. If the visit is in conjunction with the Lilly Conference, arrangements should be made in consultation with Milt Cox, Director of the Lilly Conference.

Recipients must agree to submit a one-page report upon the completion of the visit, or no later than the beginning of the next academic year, describing the visit and its impact on the intended audience.

Amount

The maximum for each grant is $500. These funds may help cover the visitor’s honorarium, transportation, lodging, and meals. CELTUA will transfer the funds to the department or program.

If the department wishes, the Lilly Conference Director will arrange for the visitor’s lodging and meals at the Marcum Center during the Lilly Conference.

Application Procedure

The department or program chair makes the application for this award. The application consists of a cover sheet (download from the CELTUA Website), the proposal (explained below), and the curriculum vita of the visitor.

Please send an electronic copy of your application to CELTUA <celt@muohio.edu> and a hard copy original with signatures via campus mail to CELTUA. Applications are due October 15, February 15, or May 17. Urgent requests are considered anytime.

The Application

The proposal may not exceed two pages (single- or double-spaced), 12-point font, and should include the following:

A description of the problem or need this proposal addresses and why it is a problem or need.
Goals and objectives of the visit, and how these will help solve the problem or meet the need of the department or program.
A description of activities during the visit (for example, tentative title of presentation, interaction with faculty and students) and how these activities will help solve the problem or meet the need.
Anticipated impact of the visit on faculty, students, and instruction in the department or program.
Amount requested and a line-item budget indicating approximate costs of the visit, how the CELTUA grant funds will be used, and the sources for funding any amount not covered by the CELTUA grant.
(Optional) If the visit is linked to the Lilly Conference on College Teaching, ways in which the visiting teacher-scholar may contribute to the Lilly Conference (possible title of presentation, etc.) and ways in which the department may enhance the Lilly Conference, for example, conduct a special seminar for participants from other campuses.

A CV or summary of information about the visiting teachers-scholar should be e-mailed with the proposal as an appendix.

Selection Criteria

Criteria include qualifications and reputation of the teacher-scholar; degree of problem or need; degree to which the visit helps meet the need or solve the problem; impact and clarity of the proposal.

Recent Recipients

2008-09

Dr. Eugenie Scott, Submitted by Mary Jane Berman, Center for American and World Cultures
Caren Diefenderfer and Ruth Doan, Submitted by John Bailer, Mathematics and Statistics
Claire Andrade-Watkins, Submitted by Babacar Camara, Black World Studies/Comparative Literature/French

2007-08

Drs. Weisner, Anderson-Fry, and Gregg, Submitted by Cameron Hay-Rollins, Anthropology
Simi Linton, Submitted by Kathy McMahon-Klosterman, Educational Psychology
Michael Mack, Submitted by Larry M. Leitner, Psychology

2006-07

Kangho Lee, Submitted by Pansy Chang, Music
Sam Posey, Submitted by Gerardo Brown-Manrique, Architecture and Interior Design

2005-06

Katya Gibel Azoulay, Submitted by Denise McCoskey, Classics

2003-04

Christopher Carr, Submitted by Robin Vealey, Physical Education, Health, and Sport Studies
Mary E. Clark, Submitted by Mark McPhail, School of Interdisciplinary Studies
Elona Van Gent, Submitted by Tracy Featherstone, Art
Anca Vlasopolos, Submitted by Susan Morgan, English

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