Faculty Information

Faculty Directors and Scholars in Residence

For each seminar, a faculty director oversees the academic component by selecting readings, advising on speakers and presenting lectures on relevant convention topics. Drawing from their unique experience and expertise, they also provide analysis and insight into convention politics and the 2008 presidential race.

We are pleased to have the following widely recognized authorities join us for the National Political Convention program. These experts will provide guest lectures and analysis of convention activities and political events. Continue to check back for the announcement of the Faculty Director for The Presidential Inauguration Seminar.

Faculty Directors for Inside Washington '08
Ross Baker, Ph.D. Faculty Director Week One In Pursuit of the Presidency Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey	Prof. Steve Bell FacultyDirector Week Two Politics and the Media Ball State University
The Democratic National Convention	The Republican National Convention
Thomas Cronin, Ph.D. Faculty Directory McHugh Professor of American Institutions and Leadership Colorado College Michael A. Genovese, Ph.D. Scholar-in-Residence Loyola Chair of Leadership Studies Loyola Marymount University	Hon. Mickey Edwards, J.D. Faculty Director Executive Director, Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellowships in Public Leadership The Aspen Institute and Princeton University Meena Bose, Ph.D. Scholar-in-Residence Peter S. Kalikow Chair for Presidential Studies Hofstra University

Position Overview

Faculty Leaders

A faculty leader is a college or university instructor who is responsible for supervising and evaluating a small group of seminar participants, usually in the range of 10-15 students.

Specifically, the faculty leader takes attendance, leads small group meetings, accompanies students on site visits, evaluates the students’ written work and provides a recommended grade for the student to the student’s home institution. During the national convention seminars, faculty leaders take on additional responsibilities, such as monitoring students’ volunteer fieldwork and helping students familiarize themselves with the host city.

If a faculty member comes with a pre-formed group of at least ten students, the faculty member is automatically hired to be in charge of their own students. Priority is then given to faculty who recruit less than ten students from their home institution and who may be assigned additional students at the seminar. In the past, many faculty have been able to arrange their participation in the program by offering the seminar as a course with tuition being collected by the institution and either forwarded to The Washington Center or waived.

We encourage faculty to utilize our Student Recruitment Guide found at the bottom of this page as an aid in mobilizing students for the seminars.

Faculty Fellows

College Faculty and secondary- education teachers are eligible to apply for the Faculty Fellows program. Participants pay for the program and housing fees, fully participate in program activities, and are assigned volunteer fieldwork placements at the national convention programs upon request. During the Campaign 2008 Inside Washington and Inauguration seminars in Washington, D.C., faculty members who accompany ten or more students from their home institution receive complimentary housing.

Position Requirements

Faculty Leaders

• Graduate degree (Ph.D. strongly preferred)
• Experience teaching at the college level
• Mature, ethical and positive approach to dealing with students
• Energy and enthusiasm to be able to work from 8 a.m. to about 5 p.m. during the January seminars (five or six days per week) and 8 a.m. to early evening and sometimes later during the national convention programs (about 5 or 6 days per week). Weekends are generally free.
• Since programming and other arrangements are of a very flexible nature and often subject to last-minute changes, participants must be able to adapt and adjust as necessary

Faculty Fellows

• College Faculty and secondary-education teachers are eligible to apply for the Faculty Fellows program.
• Faculty fellows may apply to attend the seminar at the special rate of $3750.

Compensation

• Faculty leaders receive free housing and a stipend for each seminar.
• During the national political convention seminars, there is also a modest travel stipend.
• For more specific information about faculty leader stipends, please email us at C2008@twc.edu.

Application

• To apply for a position as a Faculty Leader, please complete the Faculty Leader Response Form and mail or fax to The Washington Center. For more information, please direct all inquiries to C2008@twc.edu.
• To apply for a position as a faculty fellow, please complete the Campaign 2008 Presidential Academic Seminar Series application and select the “Faculty Fellow” response in the appropriate field.