Critical Writing Teaching Fellowship http://writing.upenn.edu/critical/graduate_students/teaching_opportunitie s.php#teaching_fellowship The Critical Writing Teaching Fellowship is a highly competitive award designed to support advanced graduate students in their professional development as teachers and writers. Fellows teach one Critical Writing seminar each semester drawing upon their particular interests and discipline.
Qualifications Open to Penn graduate students in the Arts and Sciences currently enrolled in their fourth or fifth year of doctoral study. To qualify for the Critical Writing Fellowship, applicants must be graduate students in good standing and nominated or endorsed by their graduate group (here is the graduate group endorsement form). They must have completed all coursework and passed their preliminary examinations. Fellowships will not be awarded to students beyond their sixth year of studies. Fellows must be able to attend all training sessions. Finalists will not be allowed to teach if they do not attend and complete training.
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Teach one writing seminar each semester, in accordance with the mission and policies of the Critical Writing Program Attend training sessions, orientations, meetings, and portfolio assessment sessions as required Submit materials (e.g., samples of student writing, comments on writing, training assignments) and be observed by the Director of Critical Writing and other training staff of the Critical Writing program
Training schedule One week of training (approximately six hours per day) in late spring and late summer, along with weekly one-hour meetings in September, October, and November. For specific dates, visit the Critical Writing Program calendar.
Compensation Compensation includes a teaching stipend (based on current graduate student funding in SAS), a $1500 training stipend, tuition reimbursement, and benefits.
How to apply Candidates must be included on their department’s graduate group endorsement form. To apply, submit: • • •
a letter of interest your current CV a writing sample (3-5 page excerpt from a recent seminar paper, essay, report or other academic writing)
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brief course proposal (150 words maximum) similar to those offered by others in our program a list of 3-5 readings you might assign in your proposed course (including one scholarly monograph) two letters (which can be emails) from referees completed coversheet
Mail materials to: Dr. Patrick Wehner, Associate Director The Critical Writing Program Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing University of Pennsylvania 3808 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104-6121 pwehner@writing.upenn.edu 215-573-2729
Sample Course Proposal WRIT 036 302 TR 10:30am-12:00pm Wilcox Fictional Shanghai Fulfills the Writing Requirement As the "Paris of the East" and the "Pearl of the Orient," Shanghai has long been a source of inspiration for artists throughout China, Asia, and the world. Depending on the time and place, it has symbolized either the decaying East or the decadent West, Red China or global capitalism. But how does the Shanghai we experience on the page and the screen, with its grand skyline, glamorous dance halls, and explosive riots, relate to the city where millions of people just go about their daily lives? Our class discussion and critical essays will go beyond the neon lights to explore the ways in which imagination and lived experience interact in one most alluring cities of the twentieth century. In doing so, we will consider how works of fiction and film have shaped our perception of Shanghai, as well as the city's own past, present, and future. Readings in translation, no knowledge of foreign languages required.