Office of Diversity Programming

The Office of Diversity Programming and the Center for Innovation and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning have collaborated to create, the Diversity Fellows Program (DFP), to provide support for faculty development in the areas of pedagogy, curriculum transformation, and institutionalization of inclusive approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment at IU Northwest. DFP is an excellent supplement to research recent course development and it is an opportunity to improve upon course content.

Faculty from participating units will be selected to create and implement an IU Northwest DFP project designed to expand faculty pedagogical expertise or transform curriculum content relative to diversity. The project can focus on research, curriculum development, or teaching methodology. Increased awareness and improved practices are expected to develop as a result of the DFP projects, thereby increasing the number of courses at IU Northwest which have diversity components or are solely focused on diversity.

Fellows will receive $1,000 for individual projects and $2,000 for teams of two. Funds may be used to conduct research, purchase resources, or fund activities associated with a DFP project and subsequent course development. These projects will become central to the IU Northwest diversity portfolio.

Fellows will be expected to write a report and present their projects on campus at a CISTL Brown Bag session. Fellows and are also strongly encouraged to share the findings of their projects with the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SOTL) group, as well as disciplinary specific units.

Since these projects will become central to the development of an IU Northwest diversity portfolio, they should be designed to support outcomes for General Education Principle 4.

Additional resources available here.