2024-2025 Teaching Workshops
Early-Career Faculty at Small Liberal Arts Colleges
Applications for this Workshop Closed December 22, 2023
Award Announcements will be made before the end of January 2024
The Nielsen Center for the Liberal Arts at Eckerd College supports liberal arts college faculty, as life-long learners, in exploring the vocation of liberal arts teaching over the course of a career arc; considers best pedagogical and faculty support practices at liberal arts colleges; and provides a forum for liberal arts advocacy through empowering liberal arts college faculty.
Nielsen Center workshops invite early-career faculty at liberal arts colleges to join a supportive learning community and national network. Nielsen Fellows participate in a seminar-style workshop throughout a year-long program that includes three in-person gatherings at Eckerd College on Florida’s Gulf Coast.
During their workshop, Nielsen Fellows will:
- Explore the history and purpose of liberal arts education, the vocation of liberal arts educators, and the arc of the liberal arts college student experience
- Enhance faculty self-understanding, pedagogical innovation, and interdisciplinary connection in small liberal arts college contexts
- Deepen capacity for life-long learning and liberal arts advocacy with colleagues from across the country in a retreat-style setting at Eckerd College on Florida’s Gulf Coast
Accommodations and travel are paid. Nielsen Fellows also receive an honorarium of $1200 for their participation in all three in-person gatherings.
Questions?
Email nielsencenter@eckerd.edu
Workshop Dates
Nielsen Fellows participate in a seminar-style workshop throughout a year-long fellowship program that includes three in-person gatherings at Eckerd College on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Read our Statement on Full Participation.
We are seeking applicants for two 2024-25 Nielsen Fellow workshop cohorts:
COHORT 1:
- June 3-7, 2024
- January 3-5, 2025
- June 2-6, 2025
COHORT 2:
- June 10-14, 2024
- January 10-12, 2025
- June 9-13, 2025
Applicants will select Cohort 1, Cohort 2, or EITHER (in which case the applicant will be assigned to one of the two cohorts upon acceptance).
Nielsen Fellows are expected to attend their full workshop program. Read our Statement on Full Participation.
Applications are due on Friday December 22, 2023.
Eligibility
We invite applications from faculty in their first few years of teaching undergraduates at a small (5,000 or fewer students) liberal arts college.
Travel, Accommodation, Stipend
Workshop Fellows receive full accommodation and travel expenses as well as an honorarium of $1200 for their participation in all three in-person gatherings. Read our Statement on Full Participation.
