Program: Kohler Fellows

2019 - 2021

Revamped UW-Madison's Kohler Fellow program. Due to the updated pedagogy, design and curriculum changes the Kohler Fellows program is now a competitive program that matches graduate students in the arts and sciences to create science-art fusion outreach initiatives.

Scope:

Higher Education, Adult Learning

Mission:

Support multidisciplinary peer teaching, learning and collaboration at the University of Wisconsin Madison while building science-art fusion skills within early career scientists and artists that produce in real-time works for the public good.

Skills:

Design

• collaborated with faculty, administrative staff, and fellows to design learning experiences the leverage constructivist and project-based learning methods

• created syllabus and related curriculum material for the fellowship - materials now the model for each cohort experience design

• led all the graphic design and marketing content creation processes and communication strategies

• produced website content and design from the ground up

• utilized LMS platforms for instructional design purposes

Leadership & Management

• piloted the new program design from end-to-end

• taught weekly: areas included art administration, skills for science-art fusion collaboration, and the intersections of ethics within science and art industries

• mentored fellows and supported the realization of fellows' projects

• co-led all aspects of program administration

Outcomes:

• produced novel science-art fusion partnerships and multi-disciplinary peer-learning communities

• generated multiple science-art fusion projects each year serving municipal and state-wide communities

• expanded graduate student professional skill sets within the arts and sciences

• reinvigorated the fellowship - transforming the program into a competitive and well-recognized graduate experience

Website: https://kohlerfellows.illuminatingdiscovery.wisc.edu/