Call for Proposals
Bacca Fellowship for
Undergraduate Course Development in Language, Arts and Media
2026-27
Submit your Bacca Fellowship proposal here.
The Duke University Language, Arts, and Media Program (LAMP) is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Bacca Fellowship for Undergraduate Course Development, Innovation and Enhancement in Language, Arts and Media.
The Bacca Fellowship offers an invigorating, collegial faculty learning community where Trinity faculty from across disciplines can support each other as they improve their undergraduate courses and develop dynamic plans to achieve their desired LAMP-related learning outcomes for undergraduates.
Bacca Fellows explore undergraduate course enhancements through new pedagogies or materials consistent with any of the following LAMP strategic priorities:
- Media Literacy - Promoting undergraduate research and/or analysis in such areas as misinformation, disinformation, social media, and/or social justice and media
- Multimedia Design - Integrating opportunities for undergraduates to engage with various media forms, such as sound essays, web design, podcasts, photographic essays, digital stories, performance, social media, and dialogue
- Teaching with Creativity - Infusing play, arts, creative writing, performance and/or presentations into pedagogy across disciplines
- Public Engagement with Language, Arts and Media - Fostering undergraduate collaborations/engagement with local or broader publics through performance art (e.g., storytelling, slam poetry) and/or designing public-facing digital or print media.
The Bacca Fellowship includes:
- a day-long introductory workshop in late August.
- monthly Bacca interactive meetings during fall 2026.
- opportunities for group meetings individual consultations, workshops, and class visits during spring 2027.
- sharing Bacca fellows’ projects with the broader community.
- a final group meeting in April where Bacca Fellows share reflections on their pedagogical projects.
Applicants must be able to attend meetings in person for both semesters. Each Fellow will receive a $2000 stipend payable into their discretionary account in two installments (December 2026 and May 2027) contingent upon full participation in monthly meetings and showcase.
Open to Duke Trinity faculty of any rank who teach undergraduates.
Applications accepted through May 22, 2026.