Course Enhancement Grants

Course Enhancement Grants support innovative approaches to global teaching, learning and research, both at Duke and abroad. Grants will be awarded to faculty projects that provide Duke students with meaningful global experiences and create new opportunities for global learning and engagement.

To apply for a Course Enhancement Grant, please use the form below:

2022/2023 Academic Year Awardees

Deborah Reisinger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of the Practice in Romance Studies

Project: To support the development of a suite of new language tutorials to be taught alongside PubPol 155 to internationalize the curriculum, allowing students to use their language competencies across their major field, and deepening cultural understanding.

Andrea Larson
Ph.D. candidate, Department for German Studies

Project: (1) To offer students to opportunity to take the Goethe B2 exam at the conclusion of the seminar either free of charge or at a discounted rate. The Goethe B2 certificate is internationally recognized as a demonstration of students’ language skills and frequent requirement for study abroad programs in the humanities and social sciences. (2) To enhance interest in the Duke in Berlin study abroad program by regularly connecting our campuses in shared Zoom gatherings and by inviting German people of interest to our topics to join our class virtually for casual conversations.

Sophia Enriquez
Assistant Professor of Music

Project: (1) To expand the global content focus of the course MUSIC237/LSGS 337, “Latinx Music Cultures” by welcoming to Duke’s campus Los Utrera, a musical group from Veracruz, Mexico that performs son jarocho. Son jarocho is a participatory, community-based folk music tradition that originated in Veracruz in the 18th century and now boasts a global community. (2) To purchase son jarocho instruments, with hopes to fuel the potential for collaborations with an emerging community in Durham, and sparking international travel possibilities for students with an interest in learning more about traditional music and dance of Mexico.

Rachel Myrick
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Project: To replace the midterm exam in POLSCI 362 with a complex, multi-stakeholder simulation of an international negotiation. The exercise, called “The Future of Georgia” is about managing security and humanitarian issues in post-Soviet Georgia. In the exercise, students will be assigned a specific role in the negotiation that they prepare for in advance. The exercise was developed by the Negotiation Task Force, a research program based at Harvard that designs immersive simulations for students and practitioners. Funding from Duke Global would be used to purchase the license and relevant instructor materials and to hire research assistants to manage the simulation.