Graduate Teaching Fellows Program
Graduate Teaching Fellows benefit from extensive mentorship in teaching and collaborate with CETL staff to develop programs for graduate students.
Interested in advancing graduate teaching at UM?
Would you like to hone your teaching practice, dive into pedagogical research, mentor fellow graduate teachers, and explore careers in college teaching and teaching support? Apply to join the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning as a Graduate Teaching Fellow.
Graduate Teaching Fellows collaborate with CETL staff on teaching development offerings for graduate students and benefit from extensive mentorship as they support peer instructors and work to become better teachers themselves. They receive a stipend for their participation in the year-long program.
Now accepting applications
About the Program
- Participate in a summer onboarding session for new Graduate Fellows
- Attend CETL's August Graduate Teaching Orientation
- Meet weekly throughout the semester with CETL staff for ongoing professional development
- Co-develop and co-lead CETL's programs for graduate students
- Judge applications for CETL’s Graduate Excellence in Teaching Awards
- Serve as a CETL ambassador to your department
- Stay up to date on teaching and learning research
- Workshops and events for graduate students
- Services for graduate students, including classroom observations, teaching consultations, student feedback sessions
Graduate Teaching Fellows co-facilitate one or more of the above based on their goals, interests, and availability.
- Have at least one semester of experience as a TA or graduate instructor
- Are familiar with CETL programming
- Are committed to student-centered, evidence-based, equity-focused teaching
- Are willing to serve one academic year as a Graduate Fellow
- Have multiple semesters of teaching or TA experience
- Be active participants in current CETL programming
- Be well-versed in student-centered, evidence-based, equity-focused teaching practices
- Be willing to serve two years as a Graduate Fellow
Submitting the following information via Google form:
- Your name
- Your department
- Current stage in your program and anticipated graduation date
- A list of courses for which you have served as TA or instructor (at UM or elsewhere)
- A list of programs or events you have participated in at CETL or other teaching centers
- An academic CV or résumé
- A brief cover letter outlining your interest in the program, relevant prior experience, and general teaching approaches
Additionally, please ask your department’s Graduate Program Coordinator to email ejdonaho@olemiss.edu with a brief statement of support for your application.
Selected applicants will be contacted for an interview. The number of positions available and the stipend amount will be contingent on funding. Final decisions about both will be made in May.
Hear from current students
Learn more about the experiences of Graduate Teaching Fellows on our blog.
Questions about the program?
Contact Dr. Emily Pitts Donahoe for more information or assistance with your application.
Emily Donahoe
Associate Director of Instructional Support in the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and Lecturer of Writing and Rhetoric