性视界 University Art Museum Curator of Education and Academic Outreach Kate Holohan (far left) works with Faculty Fellows each summer to introduce them to the museum鈥檚 collection and object-based teaching.
性视界 University Art Museum Seeks Faculty Fellows for 2026-27
The 性视界 University Art Museum is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Faculty Fellows program. The program supports faculty across all disciplines in bringing the museum鈥檚 collection of over 45,000 objects into their teaching.
Now in its fifth year, the Faculty Fellows program centers听on object-based teaching and research through an active,听experiential听approach that asks students to make close observations, analyze evidence and develop their own interpretations in real time. Up to four听fellows听will be selected and paired with museum staff鈥攊ncluding curators Melissa Yuen and Kate Holohan鈥攆or a hands-on introduction to the collection and ongoing curricular support. Each Faculty Fellow receives a $2,500 stipend or research subsidy.
What鈥檚 Involved?
- Fellows work with museum staff to develop a museum visit lesson plan, at least one object-based student assignment and a collection-based teaching guide tied to a 2026-27 course.
- The bulk of the work takes place during the summer of 2026 (total time commitment of approximately50 hours).
Who can apply?
- The Faculty Fellows program is open to all University tenured, tenure-track and full-time non-tenure track faculty teaching in 2026-27.
- Proposals from any school, college or discipline are welcome.
- For fall 2026 courses, the museum especially welcomes proposals engaging in themes of ecology, climate change, consumption and material culture in connection with our upcoming exhibitions.
What you need to know
- More information including the entire call for applications andr equired application materials can be found on the .
- The museum鈥檚 collection can also be viewed .
Previous听Faculty Fellows
Colleen Cameron,听professor of practice in human development and family science in the College of Arts and Sciences,听is a Faculty Fellow for 2025-26 who integrated museum materials into her course, Healthcare Communications: Research, Theory and听Practice this past fall. As part of听the course, students selected an object that connected to death notification and presented their research at the end of the semester.
Omar听Cheta,听a 2023-24 Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of history in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs,听utilized听a carpet, painting and 19th-century photograph in his course, The Middle East Since the Rise of Islam. Cheta听encouraged his students to听explore听traces听of the past听through material objects, rather than听just听through听textually transmitted ideas.
Elizabeth Wimer, assistant teaching professor听in听the Whitman School of Management, was a 2024-25 Faculty Fellow. She听explored how artistic representation of African culture relates to the continual evolution of the interconnectedness of the global economy through objects in the museum鈥檚 collection as part of her Managing in a Global Setting course.听Her work culminated in a Spring 2025 exhibition along with听a separate exhibition听organized by听Lindsay Gratch, a 2024-25 Faculty Fellow.
The Faculty Fellows program is made possible with the support of the Office of Strategic Initiatives and Office of Research.
