UNCW Student Affairs: CARE

FACULTY SCHOLAR IN VIOLENCE PREVENTION

UNCW is committed to providing a safe learning and work environment where students, faculty and staff can thrive; indeed, it is one of our seven strategic goals for the university. Research suggests that the classroom context is the most powerful means for communicating institutional values and priorities like these to students; when exposed to these messages through curricular infusion, students are significantly more likely to place value on and internalize the values underscoring these messages as their own (see Mayhew, Grunwald, & Dey, 2005). As part of a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, CARE: UNCW’s Collaboration for Assault Response & Education invites UNCW faculty to participate in our Faculty Scholar in Violence Prevention program. Each scholar will receive a $500 mini-grant to infuse violence prevention material into coursework.

What is curricular infusion?

For the purposes of communicating messages about safety to our students, we understand curricular infusion as course content intentionally designed to teach students about issues related to violence. It necessarily would vary by disciplinary approach; for example, from a economics perspective, material could include the effects of family violence on the economics of the workplace; from a humanities approach, content could reflect the influence of a violent experience on the work of an artist; from an sociological orientation, material could communicate the impact of violence in a health care setting or a high school environment, etc. In short, faculty are not bound by a priori prescribed message; rather they are free to design components of courses that teach students about issues relating to violence and are based in their scholarly traditions.

What subject(s) should I cover?

Our grant, called Weaving the Fabric of a Non-Violent University, has a special focus on relationship violence among college students, as well as sexual assault, stalking, and harassment. However, subject matter that addresses campus violence broadly or issues of violence that affect society, like family violence, are also acceptable topics.

What is expected from me?

Specifically, it is expected that the stipend you receive results in either a theme in a course, unit in a course, or a project or service learning experience of significance in a course. We would like to document this in the following ways:

A copy of your syllabus for the altered course
A copy of a previous semester’s syllabus or a syllabus for another section of the same course taught in your department (if available)
Two class periods for longitudinal course assessments (30 minute segments): one at the beginning of the semester and one at the end.

What training will be provided?

We will provide faculty guides from the Network for the Dissemination of Curriculum Infusion to guide the process.
A welcome lunch will allow everyone to get to know each other and brainstorm.
An optional training session will be offered, focusing on background material, resources & campus and community referrals.
One meeting with the project director about an evaluation plan will be required.

The Faculty Scholars in Violence Prevention will also be highlighted in a Center for Teaching Excellence workshop near the end of each semester, where the Fellows can present their work to interested faculty. There is also an opportunity to make course highlights or best tips on curricular infusion available to other faculty through podcasts or material posted on the CTE website.

What is the process?

Applications are due on April 1st. Applications will be reviewed by the project director of the grant and staff from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Successful applicants will be notified on April 18th.

For more information, please contact Rebecca Caldwell, Director of Substance Abuse & Violence Prevention at 962-7360 or caldwellr@uncw.edu

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