Apply to be a Faculty Fellow

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10/19/2026

Writing@UW is accepting applications for the 2027 cohort of the Writing@UW Fellowship to support faculty who would like to explore more effective ways to integrate writing into their courses. This year the fellowship will be held remotely, and we are inviting faculty who teach W courses to apply in pairs from a given department, unit, or discipline. Faculty from all three UW campuses are encouraged to apply! This paired fellowship is designed to provide time and space for faculty partners to (re)envision writing in their disciplines, consider investments in equitable writing practices, enhance the quality of their W courses (thereby improving student learning and writing quality),  improve self-efficacy and efficiency in assigning writing, and foster a culture of writing across UW. The learning goals for this fellowship include:

  • Understand and teach the fundamental relationship between writing and learning
  • Learn about and use the UW guidelines for teaching W courses
  • Use writing as a means to leverage criticality, equity, inclusion, and belonging in your classes
  • Develop strategies and materials for effective writing instruction
  • Complete a project that enhances writing instruction in your course (see Project section)
  • Create a lasting community of teachers who share the same goal: excellence in writing instruction
  • Become an advocate for writing in your department or program

The Writing@UW Fellowship will take place during Winter 2027 quarter, and participants will:

  • Engage with Writing Across the Curriculum / Writing in the Disciplines scholarship through weekly reading assignments.
  • Attend weekly meetings to discuss readings on topics such as Writing in the Disciplines & Writing Across the Curriculum (WID/WAC) studies, multilingual learners and writing, academic integrity (including ethical use of A.I.), multimodal writing, antiracist teaching and assessment practices, and more. 
  • Conceive, design, and workshop a project plan (see Project section), including meeting once with Writing@UW Director and Assistant Director. 

The Project

The project you design will be an intensive creation of, alteration to, or addition to a teaching resource or course in your department/school/college. You can read about the former cohorts’ projects here. We want the project to serve the broader needs of writing in your discipline, so you and your partner will design with the support of Fellows, Writing@UW leaders, and other colleagues. Projects might include:

  • An overhaul of one or more scaffolded assignment sequences in a course taught by multiple faculty in your unit. 
  • The design of a new W course that fills a department need
  • The creation of a capstone project that responds to the needs of graduates and/or industry
  • A module or resource to help other W instructors in your department/school consider equitable approaches to writing assessment
  • A curriculum or training for TAs who are grading writing in your department/school
  • A discussion series in your department on writing instruction
  • Other ideas are encouraged!

Eligibility

All full-time faculty at UW’s three campuses are eligible to apply. All participants must be available to attend meetings in Zoom every Thursday 10:30am-12:30pm during Winter 2027. If you will need to miss more than one meeting, we encourage you to apply another year.

Compensation

Each participant will receive a $1,500 stipend for the time and labor associated with this work. Participants will receive the stipend at the end of Winter Quarter 2027, upon completion of the fellowship and project.

Requirements

To apply, please complete the following by December 11, 2026.

  • An application [LINK HERE], which contains several short-answer questions about your interest in teaching writing in your discipline, and some of your goals for this fellowship.
  • A brief (i.e., one short paragraph) email message of support from your department chairperson or program director. If both partners share the same sponsor, the sponsor is welcome to write one note on behalf of both applicants. Please have sponsor send their message directly to Megan at mcallow@uw.edu. 

Note: Each partnership only needs to complete one application. 

You are expected to attend every session as scheduled. Stipends and make-up meetings will not be provided for those who miss or leave early from more than one session, unless there is an emergency situation. If you know that participation will not be fully possible for you, we encourage you to apply in a subsequent year.

Notification of acceptance will be sent during Finals Week of Autumn quarter.

Program Leaders

Megan Callow, PhD: Associate Teaching Professor of English and Writing@UW Director

Jennie Baker, doctoral candidate in English and Writing@UW Assistant Director 

We welcome your questions: mcallow@uw.edu