Divinity School Teaching Fellows

The Divinity School Teaching Fellows is a two-year program designed to enhance the pedagogical skills of and extend research training for recent PhD graduates of the Divinity School. The overall aim of the program is to foster a learning community in which fellows explore effective teaching practices while continuing to advance their research agenda. 

Teaching Fellows are recent graduate students who have completed all requirements for the PhD. Selection is competitive, and individuals accepted to the program will have demonstrated excellence in their scholarship, as well as in teaching. The program provides guidance and support from multiple mentors on teaching, research, and ongoing professional development.

Teaching Fellows are expected to be fully in residence and on campus during the three quarters of the academic year. Teaching Fellows will participate in a program of pedagogical and professional development under the joint supervision of the Divinity School director of the Teaching Fellows Program and their faculty mentor, with support from the Chicago Center for Teaching and Learning (CCTL) and UChicagoGRAD. Fellows may also participate in monthly discussions with the director of the Teaching Fellows Program.

Teaching Fellow positions are full-time. Teaching Fellows are prohibited from accepting any other on-campus employment and from receiving additional compensation from the University during their two-year term of appointment, with the exception of summer work, which must be pre-approved by the Office of the Provost before its official start and offered to the Teaching Fellow in the form of an addendum to their letter of appointment. Teaching Fellows are also subject to the University’s Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policy, which requires approval prior to accepting any outside employment and prohibits academic appointees from accepting appointments at other institutions.

Each Divinity Teaching Fellow will be paid a salary for the three quarters of the academic year; provided with support for research and professional development; provided benefits such as health insurance coverage, etc.; and given library privileges and access to placement services.