Faculty Fellows

About

The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Faculty Fellows Program engages participants in meaningful educational development projects tailored to their interests and university needs. Faculty Fellows bring their diverse disciplinary points of view, a range of teaching experiences and contexts, direct knowledge of faculty-specific issues, and creative energy toward solving teaching and learning challenges. Fellows find an interdisciplinary home within the CTL as they pursue individual projects and become advocates for teaching excellence across the institution.

Meganne Masko has been part of the Department of Music and Arts Technology since 2016, and is currently the director of music therapy programs at IU Indianapolis. Dr. Masko’s teaching interests are grounded in Universal Design for Learning. As a faculty fellow, she dedicates her time to studying and sharing anti-racist teaching practices on the undergraduate and graduate levels. Additional responsibilities include co-editing the Digital Teaching Repository and facilitating writing groups. Her favorite part of being a Forum Fellow is collaborating with experts in the Center for Teaching and Learning to improve teaching practices across the campus and curricula. You will usually find Meganne in the Faculty Crossing with a large decaf latte chatting about her latest baking challenge.

Sandy Runkle received her BS in Psychology from Northern Arizona University and her Masters in Social Work from Marywood University. She has worked in Child Welfare and with issues related to Juvenile Justice. She also has experience working with homeless families, the elderly, and those living with a disability.

Sandy is an adjunct faculty member with IU Indianapolis’s School of Social Work as well as the Fairbanks School of Public Health.

Richard Turner taught English and Philanthropic Studies at IU Indianapolis from 1970 to 2009 and was promoted twice on excellent teaching. He taught at all levels and focused on experiential learning that fostered engagement with texts and reflection on the issues and experiences central to those texts. As a faculty fellow in the Center for Teaching and Learning, Turner has assisted with programs that support instructors in their early careers, enhance efforts to pursue the scholarship of teaching and learning and scholarly teaching, and to help instructors document their teaching. He enjoys very much the conversations about teaching and learning that permeate the activity in the CTL.

Structure and Term of Service

Fellows meet monthly during the academic year to learn from and support one other in a collaborative and collegial community of practice. The CTL’s Senior Fellows coordinate the Faculty Fellow program by convening meetings and providing targeted support, including connecting individual fellows with the CTL’s instructional design and instructional technology staff as appropriate.

Fellowship positions are one year in length with a commitment of 5-10 hours per week and potential for renewal. Terms of compensation are negotiated on a case-by-case basis between the CTL and each fellow’s home department.

Successful Faculty Fellows:

Are committed to advancing teaching and learning beyond one’s own practice
Propose and carry out a project, including assessing objectives, disseminating findings at a designated and approved venue, and reflecting on the fellowship experiences
Participate in ongoing programming activities at the CTL as appropriate
Meet monthly as a cohort to discuss their projects, give and receive feedback, and generally support each other’s work and progress
Attend and actively contribute to monthly CTL Team meetings – first Wednesday of the month, 10:00-12:00.

Key Dates

ACTION	SCHEDULE
Call for Applications	Early June
Applications due	June 30
Applications reviewed	Early July
Fellowship recipient(s) announced	July 15
Fellowship appointment begins	August 1
First in-person convening of cohort	Early to mid-August
Cohort community meetings	Monthly
Assessment of fellowship goals and outcomes	Mid-June
Longitudinal assessment of program’s impact on department, school, campus	Years 1-5

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