Faculty Fellowship Application 2026

TGQF Faculty Fellowships are the humanities-grounded creative center of discussion-based and student-centered pedagogical development in the liberal arts, providing a leadership incubator for faculty who will transform general education at the community college through the values of discussion-based learning. We are grateful to the Mellon Foundation for their generous support of this fellowship. Before completing this application, please carefully read through the Fellowship details here: https://www.tgqf.org/the-fellowship-experience/

The 2026 – 2028 fellowship is open to all community college faculty members who teach in the humanities or humanities-based social sciences, both full-time and adjunct, with at least four semesters of teaching experience in credit-bearing courses that meet general education or core curriculum requirements. Faculty may apply as individuals, but are strongly encouraged to apply as college-based teams of 3-4 faculty, and teams may include some representation from other disciplines if the team intends to work on humanities-based learning across the disciplines.

Only one application should be submitted form each team. Please select a lead applicant, who will fill out and submit this form, and who will be our main point of contact for the purposes of the Fellowship.

The application deadline for the 2026-2028 Fellowship is September, 2 at 11:59pm Central Time. Applications will be reviewed by a committee comprised of the Fellowship Directors and four community colleges instructional leaders from multiple campuses. Notifications will be sent by September 16, 2026.

Thanks for you time in completing this application!

Ted Hadzi-Antich Jr. (ted@tgqf.org)

Grant Potts (grant@tgqf.org)

TGQF Fellowship Co-directors

Your Name (lead applicant)

First NameLast Name

Email

example@example.com

Your Institution

Your Title

Your Teaching Discipline

Which best describes your position at your institution? We look forward to working with both full-time and part-time faculty members who teach regularly.

About how many years have you been teaching community college students?

Your State

If you are applying as a team, please list the full names, and email addresses of the other team members here. Please also provide information here on each applicants title, teaching discipline, faculty status and teaching time. We'll need a letter of interest from each of these co-applicants, which you'll upload on the next page. Please type N/A if you are applying as an individual.

Does each applicant have at least four semesters of teaching experience in credit-bearing courses that meet general education or core curriculum requirements?

Other

Please upload a letter of interest from each member of this campus team. Letters should discuss each applicant’s interest in this Fellowship opportunity. Why do you want to help lead this national effort to make general education liberal education at community colleges, and why is this an important goal? What do you think are the major challenges leaders here will need to navigate to be successful? What skills and experiences do you bring to the table that will help you lead this work, and which may be helpful in overcoming the challenges you identified? What are some of your initial thoughts on which course you plan to redesign and why. Each redesign will center the course on discussion-based study of transformative texts, works or ideas, accounting for about 1/3rd of the curriculum. What are your initial ideas about how you plan to do that for the course you selected? (600 words max)

Additionally, please upload a letter of support from an instructional dean or another senior academic officer at your institution, who will be able to share some ways they may support you and your team in this work. If you would like TGQF to consider your campus as the location of the June 2-5, 2027 TGQF Fellows Convening, please ask this person to explain why your campus may be a good fit for this meeting. If you would like TGQF's assistance in considering how best to approach your academic leadership in asking for support of your application, please reach out to Ted (ted@tgqf.org). We'll help!

Please also feel free, but not required, to include any additional letters of support from folks at your institution that you think may strengthen your application

Letter(s) of interest from each co-applicant (600 words max, each)

Letter(s) of support from Dean/Academic Officer

If you are applying as a team, please explain why you decided to partner in this project. What strengths do you see in this collaboration and what challenges may lay ahead for you in working together? (500 words max)

In this Fellowship, campus teams will design and run at least one humanities-focused event involving students and faculty at their institution or in the community that their institution serves. What are your initial ideas about an event you may want to run at your institution in Spring 2027? (this is not a commitment, just a brainstorm) (500 words max)

As part of their participation in the TGQF Faculty Fellows Program, faculty teams will be invited to apply for institutional development grants for $10,000 to $40,000 to fund projects in the 2027/2028 academic year that develop liberal learning in the humanities at their institutions. What sort of project does your team envision proposing? (this is not a commitment, just a brainstorm) (500 words max)

If there is anything else you think we should know in considering your application, please upload here (not a required item)

Important Dates:

Zoom Kick-off: Tuesday, October 14 from 6-7:30pm central time (zoom)

In-person convening in Austin, Texas: November 4-7

Monthly Zoom Meetings in the Spring Semester and other meetings with your team as needed.

Concluding convening at a campus location of a 2026-2028 fellow: June 2 – 5, 2027 (arrival on the 3, full days on 5 and 6, depart on the 6th) Campus location TBA

All members of our campus team commit to attending these events and meetings