A Consortium of Liberal Arts Colleges to Promote Asian Studies
ASIANetwork - Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow Program
Providing grants for the employment of Teaching Fellows in Asian Studies
Through the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation, ASIANetwork will provide member institutions the opportunity to apply for a grant to hire a postdoctoral teaching fellow in Asian Studies. The ASIANetwork - Luce Teaching Fellows, recent recipients of a terminal degree from a North American university, will spend one year at a host ASIANetwork member college, teaching and participating in the intellectual and cultural life of the host college. ASIANetwork will award 4 grants each year for 3 academic years (2010-11, 2011-12, and 2012-13).
Program Overview
ASIANetwork will provide $30,000 to each of the selected colleges as partial support for the hiring of the teaching fellow and $1,000 to support the fellow’s mentor/coordinator. The host college will follow its own search and employment procedures within the context of Program guidelines provided by ASIANetwork.
During the year of participation in the Program, the host college will designate a faculty mentor to work with the teaching fellow and will arrange various professional development opportunities. ASIANetwork will provide each teaching fellow with a travel allowance to attend the ASIANetwork annual conference. The teaching fellow will teach a half-time course load, attend departmental and college faculty meetings, keep office hours, mentor students, and continue to pursue research and/or other scholarly projects. With allowances for the academic discipline, area of regional specialty, and the needs of the host college, the teaching fellow should be encouraged to teach comparatively about Asia.
Only U.S. ASIANetwork member colleges and universities are eligible. Please visit our membership benefits page for information on how to join ASIANetwork.
Important Dates for the 2011-12 Teaching Fellow Program
Application deadline: Monday, November 1, 2010
Notification of selected host colleges: November 30, 2010
Deadline for acceptance of the award: Monday, December 6, 2010
Host college begins search: Winter/spring 2011
Program Director
Gary DeCoker, Earlham College. 765-983-1890; decokga@earlham.edu