Please apply for and/or help spread the word about the Baltimore Field School (BFS) 3.0:
Collaborative Teaching in Public Humanities application.
The BFS 3.0 application is open to all UMBC graduate students, full-time staff, and full-time faculty involved in teaching.
The application link is provided here and pasted below. Applications are due on 2/16/26 by 11:59 PM.
https://forms.gle/Qd8w26vK1T7L6WMa6
A cohort of 15 fellows will be selected in March 2026 and each fellow will receive a $250 stipend.
The Baltimore Field School 3.0, Collaborative Teaching in Public Humanities, invites applicants for the third iteration in our community-engaged, place-based pedagogy series. This time, faculty, staff, and students will come together for a one-day intensive workshop aimed at creating collaborative teaching tools rooted in public humanities approaches that strive to make the university’s outreach infrastructure more equitable. By the end of the day, participants will have contributed to a toolkit that may include syllabus templates, assignment examples, assessment tools, and rubrics that will be localized in a shared online repository.
The BFS 3.0 application is open to all UMBC graduate students, staff, and faculty invested in teaching and public humanities. A cohort of 15 fellows will be selected in March 2026, and each fellow will receive a $250 stipend. We strive to support early career faculty and build a diverse cohort.
The 2025 BFS workshop will take place on May 27, 2026 from 10:00am – 5:00pm in the Lion Brothers Building. Lunch will be provided, and an informal (and optional) social will take place after the workshop.
Fellow responsibilities include:
1. Attend a one-hour (virtual) pre-gathering check-in on May 26, 2025.
2. Attend the entire BFS 3.0 gathering on May 27, 2026.
3. Give feedback on the project and submit suggestions for future programming.
Fellows should bring interest in or an idea for a public humanities project and/or course focusing on the Baltimore area. Fellows should be interested in discussing and developing ethical methods for public humanities work.
For more info or questions, please contact Nicole King at nking@umbc.edu.
The 2026 BFS workshop will take place May 27, 2026 in the Lion Brothers Building and will take place each day from from 10 AM to 5 PM.
Lunch will be provided.