JWHC Postdoctoral Teaching Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences 2010-2012 (Pending Approval for Funding)
Program Description
Indiana Wesleyan University's John Wesley Honors College offers postdoctoral teaching fellowships in the humanities and social sciences for scholars wishing to explore their academic vocation within the context of an intensive Christian liberal learning community. Fellows receive two-year appointments in the John Wesley Honors College with the possibility of re-appointment for a third year.
JWHC Fellows teach four courses annually in the Honors College and relevant divisions within the College of Arts and Sciences. These teaching experiences are enriched by the guidance of senior faculty mentors, seminars on the scholarship of teaching and learning, and discussion groups with honors students. JWHC Fellows also receive special support to develop and pursue their scholarship agenda. Uniquely in this vein, fellows gain experience facilitating an undergraduate research tutorial which combines their research interests and outcomes with meaningful student learning experiences. Additionally, JWHC Fellows participate in a research colloquium on the "Christian academic vocation" which culminates in the submission of essays for publication.
The salary for 2010-2012 will be highly competitive and compensation will include a comprehensive benefits package. Fellows will also receive a generous stipend for research and conference attendance.
Applications are due Monday, January 25, 2010. The selection committee will meet in February to review applications. Finalists will be invited to Indiana Wesleyan University for on-campus interviews during the second week of March. The 2010-2012 fellowships will be awarded,pending approval for funding, by April 1, 2010.
JWHC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2008-2010
Lisa M. Toland
D.Phil., Oxford University
(2008)
Dr.Toland is a British historian whose primary interests lie within early modern British social and legal history. Her research focuses in particular on women's legal and economic experiences, as well as the rituals of dying and burial. Toland's dissertation, Dusting Off Monuments and Muniments: Somerset Gentry Families, 1610 - 1750, examines the inheritance and memorial practices of twelve elite families demonstrating the influence of paternal precedent, personal relationships, the rhetoric of duty, and individual whims. Toland is teaching courses in the honors humanities core and offering a research tutorial based on her research interests.
JWHC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2009-2010
Rusty Hawkins
Ph.D., Rice University
(2008)
Dr. Hawkins's research interests primarily revolve around issues of race, religion, and politics in the twentieth-century American South. His dissertation, Religion, Race, and Resistance: White Evangelicals and the Dilemma of Integration in South Carolina, 1950-1975, examines the way white Christians' religious beliefs caused them to work against the civil rights movement in the South. Hawkins is teaching courses in the honors humanities core and honors electives.
Eligibility & the Application Process
