Tilford Fellowship

The Tilford Commission on Diversity welcomes proposals from faculty members interested in developing a new diversity-related course or in modifying an existing course to enhance its diversity content. Faculty members conducting scholarship on diversity-related pedagogy are also welcome to apply. Award recipients will receive a stipend of up to $4,000 and serve as Fellows of the Tilford Commission on Diversity for the 2017-18 academic year. The new or modified course should be taught during 2017 or 2018 and serve as a piloted example to encourage faculty to infuse diversity throughout the Wichita State University curriculum. Proposal submission deadline: March 27, 2017

Application Cover Sheet

Learning outcomes

Course funded by Tilford Fellowships must meet the following learning outcomes:

• To foster in students a knowledge of and appreciation for the diversity of our human and natural world;
• To promote students’ understanding of their own and other cultures that goes beyond stereotypes;
• To teach students how to successfully interact, both professionally and personally, with others in an increasingly diverse domestic environment and an increasingly interconnected world;
• To encourage students to critically reflect on their own social identities and on their positions with respect to others;
• To help students to recognize and analyze the socially-constructed roots of oppression and privilege and how these have shaped them, the academic disciplines they study, and their society in general; and
• To encourage students to become leaders in promoting diversity and inclusion.

Current fellows

2015-2016 Tilford Fellowship recipients

• Masud Chand, Management, Revision of “International Management”
• Peggy Hernandez, Nursing, Revision of “Mental Health Nursing”
• Jennifer Pearson, Sociology, Introduction of “Sociology of Sexualities”
• Yumi Suzuki, Community Affairs/Criminal Justice, Introduction of “Multiculturalism in Criminal Justice”

Past fellows