Fellows
Saint Mary’s College, a Catholic, four-year liberal arts institution for women located approximately 90 miles east of Chicago, established the Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership (CWIL) through support of a Lilly Endowment, Inc. grant. The Center for Women’s Intercultural Leadership seeks to increase awareness of the importance of intercultural dialogue in today’s world, to highlight the leadership roles women have adopted in such dialogue, and to foster the next generation of women leaders. In pursuit of these goals, the Center offers two different types of fellowships, which are joint appointments with academic departments.
Visiting Fellows have three general types of responsibilities: 1) research; 2) teaching courses relating to cultural or women’s leadership issues; 3) assisting the Center and/or the department in its programmatic and community activities. The relative weight of these activities will vary depending upon the type of fellowship and the needs of the sponsoring department. Candidates chosen must have demonstrated interest in issues related to women’s intercultural leadership and the potential to develop an appropriate research strategy. All appointments are for one year with the possibility of a renewal for a second year. A Fellowship Renewal Application must also be filed for a department wishing to extend the appointment of a current CWIL Fellow.
Faculty Fellowships are provided to enable current Saint Mary’s faculty to do research on issues relating to intercultural women’s leadership, or to assist CWIL in its programmatic or curricular activities. Faculty Fellows retain their current department rank and salary while they apply for a course reduction. CWIL then provides the funds to hire part-time instructors to cover the regularly scheduled course.