Pedagogy Fellowship Call for Applications 2023

We invite applications for the Summer 2023 Pedagogy Fellowship, hosted by the Pedagogy Lab at the Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+).

The BBQ+ Pedagogy Lab is a speculative space where educators of all kinds collaboratively envision and create new futures for their teaching, their students, and education as a whole. We nurture and promote the undervalued craft of pedagogy through creating, sharing, and implementing radical open educational resources (OER) and teaching strategies.

Each summer, our Pedagogy Fellowship brings together a diverse cohort of scholars and educators to create open educational resources and receive regular training, workshops, and opportunities for career development in a collaborative and supportive environment.

Each 2023 Fellow will spend the summer creating two open access audio shorts (under 20 minutes long) that blend guided meditation, storytelling, oral history, and podcast, aimed at high school and undergraduate college students. Participants will work with a producer for technical support who will edit and produce their audio shorts after recording.

 In addition, participants will attend weekly check-ins and pedagogy clinics from teaching and OER experts, and they are expected to return to present their OER work or another topic at BBQ+’s annual Pedagogy Conference in March 2024 (dates to be determined). BBQ+ is a fully virtual organization, and all meetings and activities, including the Pedagogy Conference, take place remotely over Zoom.

The theme of this year’s pedagogy fellowship and conference is Horror, Haunting, and History. During the fellowship and the March pedagogy conference, we will be exploring the intersection of history, horror, and haunting, and how these themes impact the experiences of marginalized communities. From histories of slavery and colonization to modern-day manifestations of racism and oppression, the specter of history continues to haunt and shape the present. By examining the ways in which horror and haunting have been used to perpetuate systemic injustices and reinforce power imbalances, we can better understand the challenges faced by black, brown, and queer communities today. Fellows will choose topics for their audio shorts that explore the intersection of horror, history, and haunting with race, gender, and sexuality, as well as the use of these genres to teach about these topics. Topics that respond to this theme may include but are not limited to: 

• The intersection of race, gender, and sexuality in the production and consumption of horror and haunting media.

• The use of horror and haunting as tools for teaching Black, brown, and queer history.

• The relationship between historical trauma and the representation of Black, brown, and queer experiences in horror and haunting narratives.

• The role of horror and haunting in the formation of collective memory and cultural identity within Black, brown, and queer communities.

• The impact of horror and haunting on the creation and dissemination of Black, brown, and queer historical knowledge.

• The use of horror and haunting in the preservation and presentation of Black, brown, and queer historical sites and monuments.

• Horror and haunting in film, as well as how these genres can be used to teach historical and cultural topics.

• Horror and haunting in pedagogy, as well as the ethical implications of using these genres in the classroom.

• Scholars of Black studies, queer studies, and feminist studies may be interested in exploring the intersection of horror and haunting with race, gender, and sexuality, as well as the use of these genres to teach about these topics.

Who should apply: The ideal Fellow will have previous classroom and/or teaching experience and a commitment to critical pedagogy as a fundamental part of their career. We welcome applications from graduate students (Master’s and doctoral), early career scholars, and educators with experience in settings of all kinds, including secondary, post-secondary, graduate, adult, library, nontraditional, and community spaces. Applicants from outside the United States are also welcome.

Stipend: $5,000 USD, paid in May, in addition to other expenses required for completing projects.

Workload: 3 hours of meetings and 6 hours of independent work weekly. Weekly meeting dates will be determined based on Fellows’ availability.

Fellowship dates: The fellowship period is June 2nd to September 1st, with mandatory participation in the BBQ+ virtual annual Pedagogy Conference in March 2024.

Location: Fully virtual (Zoom). BBQ+ is based in the U.S. Eastern time zone (ET).

Questions? Please email fellowships@bbqplus.org.