Award Amount: $7,500 | Fellowship Duration: June 2021 - January 2022 | Application Deadline: April 30, 2021

The HistoryMakers—the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive (www.thehistorymakers.org)—invites applications for the 2021 Faculty Innovations in Pedagogy & Teaching Fellowship. Up to eight (8) fellowships of $7,500 will be awarded.

The aim of the fellowship is to foster innovation and further student learning and research skills while providing 21st century digital tools that diversify today’s and tomorrow’s higher education environments for virtual, hybrid and in-person instruction. Successful applications will evidence a plan to increase awareness and usage of The HistoryMakers Digital Archive by integrating The HistoryMakers Digital Archive into a course's design and syllabus to diversify curriculum and increase student engagement and learning.

The fellowship period is June 2021 to January 2022.

Applications are due no later than Friday, April 30, 2021. Submission is open only to faculty at The HistoryMakers Digital Archive’s subscribing institutions. For a complete list of subscribing institutions, please see the Current Institution dropdown on the next page.

Applicants must be:
*Current faculty at one of The HistoryMakers Digital Archive subscribing institutions. For a complete list of subscribing institutions, please see the Current Institution dropdown on the next page.
*Either U.S. citizens or unconditional permanent residents;  
*Committed to centering the HistoryMakers Digital Archive in a course offered during the academic term(s) between August and December 2021 (fall or quarter period(s));  
*Willing to reserve approximately 1.5 hours monthly for a synchronous virtual meeting between The HistoryMakers Innovations in Teaching Pedagogy fellows and The HistoryMakers.

For more information:
Visit The HistoryMakers website at www.thehistorymakers.org.
 
For inquiries, please contact William Teresa at wt@thehistorymakers.org or 312-674-1900 ext. 508