Fellowship Highlights
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The IHUM Post-doctoral Fellowship at Stanford University provides recent Ph.D.’s the opportunity to guide small groups of freshmen in their earliest stages of intellectual formation. From across the country and around the world, fellows bring extensive experience and proven teaching excellence to the program. About 35 fellows each year create a vibrant interdisciplinary community dedicated to liberal arts education. IHUM Fellows continue the tradition of providing discussion seminars led by post-doctoral scholars, which was established at Stanford in 1919 for the pioneering “Problems of Citizenship” required course for all freshmen.
Current and former fellows cite the IHUM Fellowship’s collegiality and support for excellence in teaching. The fellowship encourages systematic reflection on effective teaching strategies in an environment that fosters exchange and collaboration, especially around topics in interdisciplinary pedagogy.
IHUM Fellows receive up to three one-year appointments to teach courses that satisfy the first-year general education requirement. All IHUM courses are team taught, with post-doctoral fellows and senior members of the Stanford faculty working together. The IHUM program supports fellows' professional development with workshop series and individual consultations focused on pedagogy and on preparation for faculty careers. Stanford also provides supplemental stipends for expenses related to research and professional development. The IHUM Research Community Committee organizes ongoing writing support groups for fellows as well as the annual Research Colloquium, a showcase and celebration of the Fellowship's scholarly community.
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