Swearer Center for Public Service

Teaching Assistants

Faculty interested in partnering with undergraduate students on curriculum development projects for new or revised courses can apply to the Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRA) program.

Those developing or enhancing community-engaged courses can also apply to work with undergraduate students for a full academic year courses through the Swearer Center’s Community-Based Learning and Research (CBLR) Fellows program. CBLR Fellows’ responsibilities can include:

  • Curriculum development (e.g., identifying relevant course resources, designing assignments or reflective activities, etc.); 
  • Facilitating specific class discussions, reflection sessions, and/or holding student office hours; 
  • Cultivating and coordinating relationships with community partners; 
  • Mentoring students around community engagement components of a course;
  • Documenting and disseminating the results of engaged courses; and 
  • Supporting longer-term engagement with community partners.

The Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning supports undergraduate peer-to-peer teaching fellowships through its Learning Collaborative, who may be able to work with faculty on specific aspects of community-engaged courses (e.g., Writing Fellows on writing assignments, Data Science Fellows on data analysis projects).

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Faculty can apply for Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards (UTRAs) and to fund undergraduates working with faculty on research projects full-time during the summer or part-time during the academic year.
Effective engaged scholars ground rigorous research in intentional, equitable collaborations with community-based partners. Research collaborators draw on multiple forms and sources of knowledge when defining research questions, developing research designs, gathering and analyzing data and applying findings.