This is one of a series of posts featuring Fellows from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation network. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph. D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2016 class of Fellows includes Abigail Fine, […]
Embracing Campus Diversity: Ongoing Struggles, Incremental Progress In February 1956, Autherine Lucy—the first African-American student to enroll at the University of Alabama—was forced out because of riots and death threats. Sixty years later, campuses still face struggles with diversity, from acrimonious debate to literal racist, sexist, and homophobic violence, as well as religious intolerance. Fellowship […]
Three members of the inaugural WW Georgia Teaching Fellowship sat down with WW Perspectives to talk about their experiences in the program. The Fellows—Leslie Dunham, DaRon Martin, and Tyler Kinner—are all in the program at Piedmont College and spent their clinical years in Gwinnett County Schools. The WW Teaching Fellowship is a cutting-edge, university-based master’s […]
This is one of a series of posts featuring Fellows from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation network. The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies supports the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses women’s and gendered issues in interdisciplinary and original ways. The 2016 class […]
This is one of a series of posts featuring Fellows from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation network. The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation is the nation’s largest and most prestigious award for Ph. D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences addressing questions of ethical and religious values. The 2016 class of Fellows includes Chad Córdova, […]
This is one of a series of posts featuring Fellows from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation network. The Woodrow Wilson Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies supports the final year of dissertation writing for Ph.D. candidates in the humanities and social sciences whose work addresses women’s and gendered issues in interdisciplinary and original ways. The 2016 class […]
Technology plays a big role in the 21st-century classroom. From iPads and Chromebooks to Bluetooth scientific probes and 3D printers, more and more teachers across disciplines, from STEM to civics, are relying on new instructional devices and software. WW NJ Teaching Fellow Kevin Rutz tries to be strategic with technology in his Orange, NJ, classroom. “Students […]
As the U.S. Department of Education looks to implement new regulations on online learning programs, WW President Arthur Levine offers suggestions based on his and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation’s work in the field. He calls on law makers to consider the impact on both prospective teachers and their future students: “Whether a traditional bricks-and-mortar institution […]
Each year, the State of Ohio hosts the Choose Ohio First Scholars event. The day showcases STEM-related projects by local students, honors scholarship recipients, and, this year, recognized the work done in Ohio by the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows. WW President Arthur Levine, via video (above), thanked all of the players who have made the […]
Each year the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation awards fellowships to midcareer scholars, writers, and artists. Out of 3,000 applicants, 175 were awarded fellowships this year, including 11 from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation ranks. Congratulations to the 2016 Fellows: Jonathan David Bobaljik MN ’90 | Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut | Agreement Systems: Beyond […]
