Clone of Summer 2026 Great Questions Foundation Workshop Application

Fall 2026 Great Questions Foundation Workshop Application (Deadline Sept 4, 2026)

The Great Questions Foundation Course Redesign Workshops focus on helping faculty members incorporate the discussion-based study of transformative texts in general education courses they teach at community colleges. In each workshop, 10 community college faculty members will collaborate with two experienced faculty leaders on developing discussion-based pedagogy, student-centered study questions, assignments and a redesigned syllabus for a general education course they teach at their home institution. Expect to have meaningful and helpful discussions with community college faculty colleagues representing a number of institutions and academic disciplines from all over the country. Workshops will feature seminar discussion in a collaborative and supportive environment, conducted through Zoom.

Please see https://www.tgqf.org/workshops/ for complete details.

All times listed in this form and on our website are in Central Time.

Texts:
Alter, Robert, trans. and comment. Genesis: Translation and Commentary. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997.

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of Species. Rev. ed. Edited and introduced by Philip Appleman. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2002. Here.

Questions:

Is there a supreme being or beings?

What is our relationship to the non-human world?

Time: 12:00–2:00 PM (EST)
Frequency: Every other week
Total meetings: 4

Dates
September 25, 2026
October 9, 2026
October 23, 2026
November 6, 2026

Led by
Sarah Jacob
Professor of Philosophy at Miami Dade College (FL)

Cristiana Conti
Professor of Religion, Philosophy, and Humanities as Austin Community College (TX)

Each faculty participant who successfully completes the fall workshop will receive a $600 stipend from The Great Questions Foundation. While faculty members who have previously completed a TGQF workshop are welcome to apply, preference will be given to those who have not yet had this opportunity.

Details about the fall workshop and overall program goals can be found here:https://www.tgqf.org/workshops/

The application deadline is September 4, 2026

Your Full Name

email address

In which US state or territory is your institution located

Institutional Affiliation

Your position there?

What is your primary teaching discipline?

How long have you been teaching community college students?

Are you currently a full time or adjunct faculty member at your institution? (both are equally welcome)

Letter of Interest: Please include below a brief letter of interest in which you discuss why you'd like to participate in the workshop(s) you selected above and your experience with and/or interest in discussion-based pedagogy focused on transformative texts. Why do you think community college students should have broader access to liberal arts seminars and how are you positioned at your institution/department to help them gain that access? How might your participation in this workshop help you in this work?

This opportunity is available to current community college faculty members who teach general education/core curriculum courses at accredited US institutions. Which general education/core curriculum courses do you teach at your institution? Which courses, if any, are you scheduled to teach in Spring 2027? Please upload a copy of a full syllabus for one course you teach, which you anticipate will be most impacted by your work in the workshop (The syllabus you upload should be one in which you will include discussion-based study of Great Questions works in a future semester). How do you expect the curriculum described in the syllabus you shared will be impacted by your participation in the workshop?

Please upload the syllabus here, in which you plan to include the discussion-based study of these works in a future semester.

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