Global Teaching Opportunities
The Institute for Global Engagement offers global teaching opportunities for faculty aligned with Grinnell’s Global Education Learning Goals as a way to increase access to high impact global learning experiences for Grinnell students. Primary opportunities for faculty to engage in IGE programs are listed below.
Grinnell-in-London
Grinnell-in-London (GIL) is a longstanding and flagship off-campus study opportunity for tenured or tenure-track faculty at Grinnell. The classroom space is centrally located and staffed by our education abroad partner at Arcadia Abroad in London. The space allows convenient access to museums, galleries, libraries, and other institutions. A hallmark of the program is intensive interaction with London itself through field trips and regional excursions designed and planned by the Grinnell faculty leaders. GIL offers students and faculty who teach on the program the opportunity to learn as a community about this dynamic place, its history, and its people through a careful selection of courses, cultural integration, and co-curricular activities.
Prospective GIL leaders are encouraged to contact Susie Duke, director of Grinnell-in-London, to discuss ideas and login to GrinnellShare to read more about the proposal process.
Faculty-Led Learning Across the Globe (FLAG) Programs
Faculty-led Learning Across the Globe (FLAG) programs take students on an investigation of a new place, culture, ecosystem, or region during a break with a faculty member or a team of faculty members. These include the Global Learning Program and Course-Embedded Travel.
Building an education abroad experience is typically a 12- to 18-month process. Prospective program leaders are encouraged to email Ashley Laux, Associate Director, Faculty-led Learning Across the Globe to discuss questions or potential program ideas. It may also be helpful to talk with experienced colleagues who have led past programs.
Login to GrinnellShare for more information on each of the following teaching opportunities and to learn more about the proposal process.
Global Learning Program
Global Learning Program (GLP) courses for first year students are taught by two faculty from across disciplines or different areas of scholarship. The faculty team leads students into comparative exploration of a global theme by through a semester-long course on campus. The campus-based learning is supplemented by two site-based learning experiences in global destinations over academic breaks.
Course-Embedded Travel
Course-embedded travel (CET) courses are credit-bearing disciplinary courses offered from all divisions. The courses most often 200- or 300-level courses that integrate a site-based experiential learning component aligned with Grinnell’s Global Education Learning Goals into the structure of the course. These courses are generally led by one faculty member The site-based experience must take place during academic recess periods.
Sponsor a Visiting Scholar or a Global Event
Visiting Fellows
The International Visiting Fellows program allows Grinnell faculty to bring scholars and artists from international locations to Grinnell, for a minimum stay of two weeks to teach a short course or course unit within an existing academic department. Fellows also give a public presentation during their stay on campus. This is an excellent way to complement a department’s curriculum and to introduce students to a scholar or artist who works outside the United States.
Learn how to bring someone to campus as an International Visiting Fellow (login required).
Heath Professorship
Endowed in honor of John Reardon Heath, Grinnell Class of 1919, who was an active member and President of the Grinnell Board of Trustees and gave steadfast support to Grinnell’s long and continuing engagement with the world, the Heath Professorship bring to Grinnell College the most distinguished international figures for a semester-length stay.
Learn how to bring someone to campus with the Heath Professorship (login required).
Global Event on Campus
The Institute for Global Engagement supports projects, speakers, special events and travel that foster global connections and engagement to achieve curricular goals. Faculty are welcome to complete the following form to submit a request for co-sponsorship funding.
Faculty Development Seminar
The Institute sponsors Faculty Development Seminars. Members of the seminar travel to an international destination or set of destinations in order to enhance the international dimension of the Grinnell curriculum and individual faculty members' scholarship.
Information may be found on the IGE GrinnellShare site.