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Rozanne M. Brooks Internationalized Curricular Development Award

Description

Rozanne M. Brooks was a member of the Sociology/Anthropology Department from 1956 until 1992. During her tenure she was named a Distinguished Teaching Professor, and she dedicated her career to effective teaching. She was also an international traveler of excellence, and she used her travel experiences to bolster her course content on a regular basis. This award recognizes two of Rozanne’s most ardent passions: teaching and international travel, resulting in the effective combining of the two.

The Rozanne M. Brooks Internationalized Curricular Development Award (ICDA) supports curricular development of a new (semester-long) course that contains a significant international curricular component. Development of the component must entail international travel (during summer, or sabbatical semester/year). The award, in the amount of $4000, is intended to partially or wholly defray the costs of international travel associated with the course content development. Application materials are due Nov. 1, 2024.

Eligibility

Eligibility is open to tenured and untenured tenure-track faculty (carrying a full-time teaching load) at the undergraduate level who have completed at least eight semesters (four academic years) of teaching at SUNY Cortland prior to the year of application. There will be a one-year waiting period before a candidate may apply again. 

Please use this link, Rozanne M. Brooks ICDA Application Form (Adobe) to complete your application. The online application and required attachments must be submitted by the Nov. 1 due date. The online application will require you to complete your department chair and dean's names/email address and will automatically route your application to them. After review/approval by both the department chair (or supervisor), and the appropriate dean (or vice-president), the application will automatically be routed to the Faculty Development Center for the committee's review.

Applications are not considered officially submitted until all required documentation and signatures have been received. Any application that is incomplete, missing signatures, or lacks the necessary documentation by the deadline will not be considered for review. After your chair and dean review your application, you will receive a confirmation email indicating your application has been filed. Please allow adequate time for your department chair and dean to review the adobe online application to meet the published deadline. 

Questions or additional information regarding this process can be directed to Betsy Barylski via email or phone at 607-753-4753.

Criteria for Selection

The Faculty Development Center (FDC) Committee serves as the peer review body for this award. In making determinations regarding the award, the committee evaluates applications based on the following criteria, listed in order of importance:

  1. The successful candidate will exhibit the qualities intrinsic to the career of Rozanne Brooks. The awardee will be a faculty member whose commitment to students and to academic excellence, as well as dedication to ensuring the study of internationalism, is clearly represented in the award’s application.
  2. The successful candidate will provide clarity of the application materials regarding travel, course development, and curricular integration.
  3. The successful application will be prioritized for funding in the following (descending) order:
    1. A faculty member whose current course offerings do not have international content and whose prior research and teaching have not been international in nature.
    2. A faculty member who may have international content and research/teaching backgrounds in one international region but now wish to launch a research/teaching agenda in a new area (e.g., someone whose research/courses have all focused on Italy may apply to develop a course on Spain).
    3. A faculty member who wishes to develop a new course topic on an international region with which they are already familiar (e.g., someone who teaches on Japanese politics wishes to develop a course on Japanese art).

    Selection Process

    Applications for potential candidates for the Internationalized Curricular Development award will be sought through a campus-wide email announcement. Applications should be submitted through this link, Rozanne M. Brooks ICDA Application Form (Adobe) by the Nov. 1, 2024, due date. Reminder, applications with attached supporting materials are automatically routed to your chair, dean for required approvals for review by the committee. The committee will complete its deliberations in late November, and applicants will be notified of the outcome immediately. 

    Documentation Required of Candidates

    A completed Rozanne M. Brooks ICDA Application Form (Adobe) requires attachment of the following supporting documents:

    1. The candidate must provide the following documentation that demonstrates dedication, effectiveness, and teaching on the Cortland campus. 
      1. CV that includes all courses taught at SUNY Cortland and elsewhere (5 pages maximum)
      2. A full set of CTEs for the two years of courses taught at SUNY Cortland prior to application.
      3. Three letters of support from students 
    2. The candidate must submit a statement (no more than 1250 words) explaining the following four items:
      1. Provides a description of the new course to be developed (topics, themes, etc.).
      2. Lists the international area(s) that require visits in order to develop the course and why visits are necessary.
      3. Shows why the applicant is the ideal person to develop this course.
      4. Provides details for how the course will contribute to the internationalization of the faculty member’s and department’s curricular efforts.
    3. Provide a description of how the new course will fit into academic majors/minors in the applicant’s department, and if relevant, how it might contribute to the university’s curricular offerings (e.g., General Education, other departments’ majors/minors, etc.) (no more than 250 words).
    4. Provide details for whether the new course content overlaps in any way with existing courses in SUNY Cortland’s curricular offerings, the applicant should describe how the new course will differ from these (no more than 100 words)
    5. Provide a letter from applicant’s department chair acknowledging the faculty member’s intent to develop the course and offering support for its eventual insertion into department’s majors/minors.
    6. Include a draft of the course syllabus.
    7. Include a budget projection of all costs associated with international travel and projected dates of travel.

    Post-Award Documentation Required

    1. Within six months of completion of award travel, awardee must submit a report (no more than 2000 words) describing their international travel and experiences (supported by this award) and how these contributed to course development.
    2. Within six months of completion of award travel, awardee must submit a curricular package to the curricular stream proposing the new course for inclusion in the awardee’s majors/minors programs and/or SUNY Cortland’s other curricular offerings (e.g., the General Education program).

    Dispensation of Award Funds

    Reimbursement for costs incurred prior to travel (e.g., airfare, hotel) will be provided. The awardee will provide all receipts for reimbursement, up to the amount of the award itself, to the Faculty Development Office, Cornish Hall, Room 1307.