BROWN
Graduate School
Deans’ Faculty Fellowship
Student Application
To be submitted to the Graduate School by email (graduate_dean@brown.edu) by 5:00pm on the
last Friday in January.
The Deans’ Faculty Fellows program is a pilot collaboration between the Dean of the Graduate
School and the Dean of the Faculty for 6th-year PhD students (not including students in the
Division of Biology and Medicine). Up to 10 students who have achieved a record of excellence
in teaching and scholarship will be named Deans’ Faculty Fellows (DFFs). To be eligible, rising
6th-year graduate students must be nominated by their programs and commit to completing,
defending, and submitting their dissertation by January 15 of the next calendar year. DFFs will
be offered full fellowship support without any teaching responsibilities during the Fall semester.
In the Spring semester, they will be appointed as Visiting Assistant Professors with assignments
to teach or co-teach a course in their areas of expertise. Students in the Humanities and Social
Sciences who are applying for 6th-year funding are also required to submit a Dissertation
Completion Proposal. Please consult the Graduate School website for details on this fellowship.
Student Name:
Department:
Dissertation Title:
Proposed Course Title:
1. Dissertation Project: Please outline your dissertation project.
2. Dissertation Completion Plan: Please describe how far you have advanced toward completing
your dissertation. Dean’s Faculty Fellows receive a Fall fellowship, during which they are
required to complete their dissertation. Please indicate how a fellowship semester will allow you
to complete, defend, and submit your dissertation by January 15 of the coming calendar year.
Please include a timeline, outlining, for example, dates of completion of data collection and
analysis, fieldwork, or archival research, in addition to your schedule for completion of
individual chapters.
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3. Teaching Experience and Preparation: Please describe your teaching experience, teacher
training, and teaching philosophy. Please also briefly address your preparation and qualifications
for teaching your proposed course and the ways in which teaching this course will contribute to
your professional development.
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4. Proposed Course
Proposed Course Title:
Please check if this is a
new course or an
existing course.
Brief Course Description (60 words):
Please provide a description of the broad outlines of this course, preferably with one exemplary
week represented in some detail:
Expected student workload and assessment:
Reading (pages/week):
Writing assignments or problem sets (number and length or hours/week):
Other assignments:
Examinations:
How will grades be determined (please give percentages)?:
Is there any reason to exclude any of these groups from your class? If so, please explain.
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First-Years
Sophomores
Juniors
Seniors
Are there prerequisites for this course?
Yes
No
If yes, please explain.
Anticipated enrollment:
If selected as a Deans’ Faculty Fellow, I commit to completing, submitting, and defending my
dissertation by January 15 of the coming calendar year.
Signature:
Date:
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