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Weekly Announcements
12/12/19

Art historian awarded Andy Warhol Foundation fellowship
Nicole Woods , assistant professor of art history at the University of Notre Dame, has been named a 2019 recipient of an  Arts Writers Grant . This award is among the highest honors an art historian or critic can receive, and Woods is one of 19 recipients from a candidate pool of more than 800.

Teaching Apprenticeships for Graduate Students
The Gender Studies Program offers graduate students at Notre Dame the opportunity to serve as Teaching Assistants for our Introduction to Gender Studies undergraduate course. Two graduate students in good standing in the Gender Studies Graduate Minor program are selected for these positions each spring. The following fall semester, the students serve as Teaching Assistants for the Associate Director, who instructs the class. The Teaching Assistants participate in the annual review and updating of the course syllabus, teach a few lectures, help grade papers and exams, discuss papers with students and meet weekly with the Associate Director to discuss the course. In the spring semester, the Teaching Assistants co-teach the class, with the Associate Director in an advisory capacity. During the fall, the Teaching Assistants receive standard TA pay; in the spring, they receive adjunct pay. This is an excellent opportunity for graduate students to strengthen their knowledge and pedagogical skills by getting concrete experience teaching Gender Studies. Applications are reviewed in February, and details on applying can be found on the Gender Studies website.
 
Applicants should send a cover letter (including the name of their advisor and DGS and expected year of graduation), c.v., and list of courses taken in Gender Studies. Applicants do not need to have had teaching experience to apply.

Because we are building a teaching team, we evaluate applicants not only as individual candidates, but as potential collaborative partners with other prospective TAs. TA teams are selected based on the combined factors of prior experience, demonstrated interest in and commitment to the interdisciplinary field of gender studies, teaching philosophy, and diversity and compatibility of interests and approaches. Finalists are selected based on application files and invited to interview in person with the Associate Director and/or Director. A team of two teaching apprentices is selected each spring for the following academic year.

Deadline for application submission is no later than Noon on or before the 2nd Friday of February.  Documentation should be sent electronically to  gender@nd.edu .
Marian Mullin Hancock
Teaching Award
This annual award honors teaching excellence in the area of gender studies at the University of Notre Dame. Via this award faculty members are recognized for their essential contributions to the intellectual growth of Notre Dame students and development of the Gender Studies Program through excellent teaching in interdisciplinary courses focused on gender. The award is named for Marian Mullin Hancock (1903-1992), a benefactor of the Gender Studies Program who attended Saint Mary’s Academy and received many honors for her philanthropic work, including the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal. 

The Gender Studies Program will accept nominations for the annual award during the month of February.

Nominations for this award are accepted from either students or faculty members . A single nomination for a particular faculty member will suffice for a faculty member to be considered. 

Nominations are processed using an  online form  . 

Only members of the Teaching Award Subcommittee and Gender Studies staff will read the nominations unless the person making the nomination grants explicit permission for comments to be forwarded to the nominee. The Teaching Award Subcommittee will select the recipient by late March, and the award will be announced at the end of April.
Stop by the Gender Studies office to pick up your FREE stickers/decals
Student Spotlight
Gender Studies is about understanding people, both yourself and others. Gender Studies teaches us how human identities are shaped by gender and related traits such as sex, sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, religion and nationality. Through Gender Studies, we not only strive to understand people better, but because of this endeavor, we hopefully become more understanding people.
Gender Studies T-Shirts
If you are a Gender Studies
Undergraduate or Graduate student
stop by the office for your FREE shirt.
If you are Gender Studies Faculty
(Concurrent, Affiliated, Steering Committee)
Stop by the office for your FREE shirt.

Additional shirts can be purchased for $5
325 O’Shaughnessy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 574.631.4266 gender@nd.edu    
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