Pedagogical Projects
Global Asias Interdisciplinary Pedagogy Grant
The Global Asias grant program provides an opportunity for PhD students and faculty from different departments across Rutgers— New Brunswick, Newark or Camden— to work together to develop new modes of training and teaching in the field of “Global Asias.”
The Global Asias Initiative has made significant headway in facilitating research and programming collaborations between faculty and graduate students working across different regions and disciplines. The Initiative has proved particularly crucial for PhD students who anticipate entering a job market in which transregional expertise and interdisciplinary pedagogy is increasingly in demand. This grantfacilitates a working collaboration between graduate students and mentors from outside their home Departments to develop relevant pedagogical and research skills in their chosen fields. Meanwhile our undergraduates are increasingly interested in taking courses that engage with multiple regions of Asia and which address themes of race, diaspora, gender, and environment through interdisciplinary frameworks. This grant facilitates collaborations between faculty and graduate students working in different disciplines and/or regions in order to contribute to pedagogical innovations in “Global Asias.”
The grant must contribute to both the training of the graduate student receiving the award and to the enhancement of an undergraduate course. For example, a faculty member and graduate student might propose to work together on a new course proposal and syllabus for a topic which engages with the theme of “Global Asias.” Alternatively, the grant might support a more targeted intervention, such as redesigning a course assignment in order to incorporate new pedagogical methods such as a podcast recording. Graduate students might also give one or more guest lectures in a course in order to introduce an additional regional or disciplinary perspective. Funds can also be used to pay the graduate student to help with grading, but since the grant is primarily for interdisciplinary or transregional collaboration, no more than one half of the grant should be used for this purpose.