Teaching Assistants
Undergraduate Teaching and Research Awards
Learn more about Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award (UTRAs) program, including a detailed faculty that provides program expectations regarding student learning outcome.
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).