Faculty Study Groups

Through its professional development, the Global Center stimulates fresh thinking by linking scholars and programs that have been historically separated by boundaries of discipline, regional specialization, and methodological tradition. Our faculty study groups explore the implications of global topics and international education from a wide range of disciplinary and regional perspectives. Topics have included:

• Middle East Conflict and Reform (2007-2009) — Ongoing seminar and lecture series, organized by faculty members from seven IU departments, to enhance the study and discussion of conflict and reform in the Middle East; exceptional scholars and practitioners are invited to give public lectures and seminars on campus and a faculty study group meets regularly to discuss papers by IU scholars and invited guests; contact Abdulkader H. Sinno
   
• Global Learning Faculty Community (2007-2008) — Enhancing a level of intentionality that encourages schools, departments, and faculty to develop courses, construct syllabi, and design content and assignments that lend themselves more readily to the expectation and outcome of global competencies; the Global Learning Faculty Community, comprised of faculty representing twelve disciplines and five schools, considers global learning outcomes the first step in internationalization of the curricula of Indiana University; contact Hilary E. Kahn
  
  
• Global Aging — Bringing together gerontologists, other health professionals, and academics (from more than a dozen countries) to explore implications of aging well from a global perspective
   
• Global Warming Simulation — Creating a classroom project to prepare students about assuming different roles and identities as a way to show the complexity of arriving at a workable solution to a global problem
   

Guidelines for Proposals

• Priority will be given to those proposals which are broadly international and involve faculty and students from a variety of academic disciplines and professional schools.
   
• Proposals should describe the topic in detail, list participating faculty and graduate students, and provide a list of proposed activities and a detailed budget.
   
• Awards will not normally exceed $3,500.
   
• The awards will not support purchase of equipment or salaries.
   
• There is no specific deadline but funds are limited and proposals will be accepted beginning in the summer prior to the academic year of the award.

Applications and letters of support should be sent to:

Awards Committee
Center for the Study of Global Change
201 N. Indiana Ave.
Bloomington, IN 47408-4001
Phone: (812) 856-5523
Fax: (812) 855-6271
E-mail: global@indiana.edu