The Latina/o Studies Program’s Graduate Teaching Grants for ENGL 105/105i

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

The UNC Latina/o Studies Program is seeking applicants for up to four (4) teaching grants to be awarded early Spring 2026 for use during the Spring 2026 semester. Graduate teaching fellows instructing ENGL 105 or 105i will commit to four (4) hours per week for six (6) weeks to incorporate LatinX Studies content into their ENGL 105 or 105i courses, paid at $500 total. If you already received an award for Fall 2025, then you must wait until next Fall to apply. If you did not receive an award this Fall 2025, you may apply.

Deadline to apply is Monday November 17, 2025.

To apply, please read the information below, and then send a 1-2 page specific proposal to Dr. María DeGuzmán (deguzman@email.unc.edu) and to Dr. Ylce Irizarry (ylceiriz@unc.edu) by no later than the application deadline.

APPLYING:

The application will ask you to attach a cover letter that addresses the following questions:

• How do you envision incorporating LatinX Studies content into your course?
• How might you combine your own research interests and expertise with LatinX Studies to develop your LatinX Studies unit?
• What unit would you incorporate LatinX Studies content in and what genre(s) would you assign for that unit—why?
• What dates do you intend to begin and end instruction in this unit?
• What questions do you have about LatinX Studies?
• What kind of support do you anticipate needing from the LSP?

*Instructors who have already held this position can re-apply if one year has passed since their initial grant award period.

Click here to see a list of our current and past teaching fellowship recipients and their unit assignments.

Click here to see our resources for developing unit assignments and to view our sample unit assignments for Writing in the Humanities, Writing in the Natural Sciences, Writing in Business, Writing in the Social Sciences, and Writing in Law.

FOLLOW-UP REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE AWARDED AN LSP TEACHING GRANT:

• LatinX Studies Unit: We ask that instructors incorporate LatinX Studies content—in which Latina/o/x populations, lived experiences, and cultural productions are the sole focus— into an original unit assignment that they will develop (final project & any incremental assignments).
• Sharing Original Project: Instructors are required to share their original unit assignments (final project & any incremental assignments) with the UNC Latina/o Studies Program, which will post them to the LSP website as a resource for future instructors. Instructors can choose whether they would like for their assignments to be published with or without their names.
• Syllabus: Participants must provide the UNC Latina/o Studies Program (deguzman@email.unc.edu, ylceiriz@unc.edu, rmarzuk@unc.edu, vvalle@unc.edu) with a syllabus reflecting their incorporation of LatinX Studies content into at least one unit.
• Assignments. By the beginning of the unit focusing on LatinX Studies content, recipients must provide the UNC Latina/o Studies Program with a handout of the assignment sequence.
• Check-ins: The Latina/o Studies Program will check in with instructors two times during the semester to hear about the instructor’s and students’ experiences with LatinX Studies content. One check-in will occur during the weeks of the unit focusing on LatinX Studies content and the second one toward the end of the semester when instructors can reflect on their experiences teaching a unit with Latina/o Studies content.
• LSP Staff Visit: The Latina/o Studies Program would like to conduct a virtual visit with your class to introduce students to the program and the LTNO minor.
• Recruiting LTNO Minors & Promoting LSP Events: Instructors are asked to help us recruit LTNO minors and share LSP events with their students.

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:

We urge instructors to consider their Full-Time Employment (FTE) status throughout the application process to ensure that there are no conflicts with financial aid guidelines.

For more information on funding, financial aid, or taxes, the following contacts may be useful:

• Financial Aid
  • Phone: 919-962-8396
  • Email: aidinfo@unc.edu

• Payroll:
  • Phone: 919-962-0047
  • Email: payroll@unc.edu

• Taxes:
  • The UNC Payroll Services has information on payroll taxes and forms, such as W-2, W-4, and NC-4.
  • The University Cashier has detailed information on forms issued by their office, such as form 1098-T.