The Developing Understanding and Engagement Together (DUET) Fellow Program is an exciting opportunity to bridge the gap between teaching and learning. OU students and faculty work together as pedagogical partners, where they share their different perspectives in order to explore, analyze, revise, affirm, or imagine ways of teaching and learning that will benefit the broader OU community and both partners.
Student Fellows benefit from developing relationships with Faculty Fellows, which improves their sense of belonging on campus and confidence interacting with faculty. Faculty Fellows benefit from a better understanding of student experiences and, for new faculty, greater confidence in their teaching (Cook-Sather, et al., 2019).
This program is inspired by the Students as Learners and Teachers (SaLT) Program at Bryn Mawr University. For more information, contact M. Geneva Murray at geneva.murray@ou.edu.
DUET Faculty Fellows will be paired with Student Fellows outside of their disciplinary areas. Each week, Student Fellows will attend a class offered by their Faculty Fellow partner and attend a one-hour weekly meeting with their Faculty Fellow, in addition to weekly one-hour meetings with other Student Fellows. In addition to the weekly meeting with their student partners, Faculty Fellows will attend biweekly small group meetings with other Faculty Fellows to discuss the changes they’d like to make to their teaching or courses and implementation strategies. These small group meetings may also be attended by Student Fellows upon request.
Fellows may discuss classroom observations, syllabi language, diversifying learning activities, clarity of assignment instructions, student and faculty experiences, and more.
Faculty are encouraged to apply to be a fellow in the program! Applications are announced in the Center for Faculty Excellence’s newsletter each semester.
We encourage you to apply with another faculty member within your program or department. We hope that having two faculty participants from the same area will provide participants with greater support as they consider their teaching practices within their specific discipline, while they also build connections across campus with other members of the cohort.
Faculty Fellows will be paid $500 in supplemental pay, not including fringe, for successful completion in this semester-long program.
Students are encouraged to apply to be a fellow in the program! We post openings for student fellows through the University of Oklahoma’s student job site. Currently, student fellows work between four and five hours per week and earn $14/hourly.
