FYI: This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in teaching ethnic
studies (*lato sensu*) and digital humanities or through digital pedagogy.
As a former fellow, I’m happy to answer any questions you might have.

———- Forwarded message ———
From: Roopika Risam <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Subject: Please share: DEFCon Teaching Fellow Call for Applicants
To: Roopika Risam – Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium <
[email protected]>

Dear DEFCon friend,

I would appreciate your assistance with sharing the opportunity below with
colleagues who may be interested: one last round of DEFCon Teaching
Fellowships for this summer.

Thank you!

Warm wishes,
Roopsi

The Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) is pleased to announce that
we are accepting applications for Teaching Fellowships for Summer 2025.
Applications are due May 31, 2025 and decisions will be made by June 10,
2025.

Eligibility: Faculty (contingent and tenure-line) and librarians at
four-year or two-year public colleges and universities in the U.S. or U.S.
territories (excluding R1s) who wish to develop a course in ethnic studies
that integrates digital humanities methodologies or a course in digital
humanities that integrates ethnic studies.

Graduate students are welcome to apply, provided that they are developing
the course to teach at a four-year or two-year public college or university
in the U.S. or U.S. territories (excluding R1s).

DEFCon Teaching Fellowships support course design. Fellows develop a course
that explores topics from one or more ethnic studies fields (Black,
Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American studies) and digital humanities.
Courses that include a community-engaged component are especially welcome.
Revamping an existing course to include digital humanities assignments is
also welcome. These materials will be deposited in Humanities Commons with
a Creative Commons license to permit reuse with attribution. Fellows retain
the rights to their materials.

DEFCon Teaching Fellows receive a stipend of $2,500 (50 hours @ $50/hour)
to support their course development.

Teaching Fellows are also paired with a mentor, an experienced digital
humanist, who will offer 25 hours of support for their work during the
summer. We also encourage fellows to attend our virtual summer workshops,
which will teach them how to use open-source digital humanities tools that
work well in the classroom.

The deliverable for this program is a syllabus for the course and
assignment materials to be completed by August 31, 2025. Fellows are also
encouraged to present their work at our Virtual Annual Meeting in
September.

This will be paid as a stipend to the fellow directly as a contractor. We
can only make payments to individuals, and we cannot make payments directly
to universities. Payments will be disbursed by end of July.

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025
(https://tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025)

—

Roopika Risam, Ph.D. (*she/her/hers*)

Chair, Film and Media Studies

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Comparative Literature

Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster

Dartmouth College

Home

Director, Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium
(http://digitalethnicfutures.org/)

Editor, Reviews in Digital Humanities (https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/)

—
Stefano Morello, Ph.D. // http://www.stefanomorello.com
Assistant Director for Digital Projects // American Social History Project
/ Center for Media and Learning (https://ashp.cuny.edu/) // The Graduate
Center, CUNY
Founding Editor // *JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)*
(https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jamit/)
Executive Council Representative // Association for Computers and the
Humanities

FYI: This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in teaching ethnic
studies (*lato sensu*) and digital humanities or through digital pedagogy.
As a former fellow, I’m happy to answer any questions you might have.

———- Forwarded message ———
From: Roopika Risam <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, May 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Subject: Please share: DEFCon Teaching Fellow Call for Applicants
To: Roopika Risam – Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium <
[email protected]>

Dear DEFCon friend,

I would appreciate your assistance with sharing the opportunity below with
colleagues who may be interested: one last round of DEFCon Teaching
Fellowships for this summer.

Thank you!

Warm wishes,
Roopsi

The Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium (DEFCon) is pleased to announce that
we are accepting applications for Teaching Fellowships for Summer 2025.
Applications are due May 31, 2025 and decisions will be made by June 10,
2025.

Eligibility: Faculty (contingent and tenure-line) and librarians at
four-year or two-year public colleges and universities in the U.S. or U.S.
territories (excluding R1s) who wish to develop a course in ethnic studies
that integrates digital humanities methodologies or a course in digital
humanities that integrates ethnic studies.

Graduate students are welcome to apply, provided that they are developing
the course to teach at a four-year or two-year public college or university
in the U.S. or U.S. territories (excluding R1s).

DEFCon Teaching Fellowships support course design. Fellows develop a course
that explores topics from one or more ethnic studies fields (Black,
Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American studies) and digital humanities.
Courses that include a community-engaged component are especially welcome.
Revamping an existing course to include digital humanities assignments is
also welcome. These materials will be deposited in Humanities Commons with
a Creative Commons license to permit reuse with attribution. Fellows retain
the rights to their materials.

DEFCon Teaching Fellows receive a stipend of $2,500 (50 hours @ $50/hour)
to support their course development.

Teaching Fellows are also paired with a mentor, an experienced digital
humanist, who will offer 25 hours of support for their work during the
summer. We also encourage fellows to attend our virtual summer workshops,
which will teach them how to use open-source digital humanities tools that
work well in the classroom.

The deliverable for this program is a syllabus for the course and
assignment materials to be completed by August 31, 2025. Fellows are also
encouraged to present their work at our Virtual Annual Meeting in
September.

This will be paid as a stipend to the fellow directly as a contractor. We
can only make payments to individuals, and we cannot make payments directly
to universities. Payments will be disbursed by end of July.

Apply here: https://tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025
(https://tinyurl.com/DEFConTF2025)

—

Roopika Risam, Ph.D. (*she/her/hers*)

Chair, Film and Media Studies

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies and Comparative Literature

Digital Humanities and Social Engagement Cluster

Dartmouth College

Home

Director, Digital Ethnic Futures Consortium
(http://digitalethnicfutures.org/)

Editor, Reviews in Digital Humanities (https://reviewsindh.pubpub.org/)

—
Stefano Morello, Ph.D. // http://www.stefanomorello.com
Assistant Director for Digital Projects // American Social History Project
/ Center for Media and Learning (https://ashp.cuny.edu/) // The Graduate
Center, CUNY
Founding Editor // *JAm It! (Journal of American Studies in Italy)*
(https://www.ojs.unito.it/index.php/jamit/)
Executive Council Representative // Association for Computers and the
Humanities