Call for Proposals – Justice Curriculum Development Grant
With support from The Heyman Center for the Humanities, The Center for Justice at Columbia University invites proposals for the development of new curricular offerings on issues of justice and mass incarceration.
The Center for Justice aims to develop courses that can be offered within current disciplinary structures, as part of existing majors and concentrations, but that bring significant interdisciplinary content into these offerings.
There is consistent and growing student interest in issues of incarceration and justice in relation to a diversity of fields including sociology, history, comparative literature and society, ethnic and race studies, public health, education, arts, political science, psychology, women and gender studies, social work, law, African-American studies and more. This call is for courses that provide a basis for interdisciplinary dialogue and discussion with a view to developing a greater understanding of the current justice system and generating new ideas and solutions. Courses are encouraged to be interdisciplinary and may be team-taught.
The Justice Curriculum Development Grant competition is open to tenured or tenured-track professors and Core Lecturers in any discipline. Successful applicants will receive a $3000 research allowance to be used for the development of the course. If the course is team-taught, the instructors will split the award. Tenured faculty must use the entire award to support research for the course, including hiring a graduate student to provide research and/or teaching assistance; $500 of this award may be used to reimburse tenured faculty for the purchase of books and other research materials. Awardees must commit to teaching the course within two years of the start of the grant.
Eligibility
Tenured or tenure-track faculty and Core Lecturers at Columbia University; exceptions may be made for team-taught courses, where one instructor only is tenured/tenure-track.
Submission
Please submit your proposed course (application information below) and a full CV to Cameron Rasmussen, Center for Justice Program Manager ([email protected]) by or before October 31st, 2014. A committee comprising members of the Centers Executive Committee will evaluate all submissions. Awards will be announced by December 1st, 2014.
Award
Successful applicants will receive a $3000 research allowance to be used for development of the proposed course and the teaching of the course within two years of receiving the grant.
Terms of the Award
Awardees will be required to make a presentation about their courses at a workshop hosted by the Center and the Heyman Center for the Humanities. In addition, courses will be featured on the Center for Justice website, acknowledging the support of The Heyman Center.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit an application no more than three pages with the following information:
Name
Email
Phone #
Academic Position
Department
Subfield(s)
Proposed Course Title
Semester to be offered (e.g. Spring 2015)
1) One paragraph course description suitable for the course bulletin, include any prerequisites.
2) Rationale for proposed course in terms of its role in the development of the study of justice and incarceration.
3) Instructors past and current courses taught at Columbia
4) One page course description the includes the following:
– Main topics and the sequence in which they will be covered
– Course objectives, specifying specifics students will gain
– Examples of assigned readings and other course materials
– Description of assignments on which student assessment will be based
If you have any questions please contact Cameron Rasmussen at [email protected]