The Physical Sciences Faculty in Inclusive Teaching (PS FIT) Fellows Program provides a facilitated community to support faculty in making evidence-based, sustainable, and iterative changes in their courses, creating more inclusive and effective classes, fostering a sense of community, reducing equity gaps, and ultimately working to become change agents within their departments.

The PS FIT Fellows Program is a partnership between the Division of Physical Sciences and the Center for Education Innovation and Learning in the Sciences (CEILS), with support from the Faculty Forward Initiative at UCLA’s Office for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

The PS FIT Fellows program award $1000 in funds to qualifying faculty who take the time to make their courses more effective, inclusive and equitable. It is an opportunity to be proactive in planning and designing a course and to do so with a supportive group of instructors and facilitators.

Physical Sciences Faculty (senate and non-senate) who will be teaching in the 2024-2025 academic year and want space and time to discuss ideas with peers.

To start at a similar place in terms of inclusive teaching approaches, we ask participants to attend the CEILS Annual Faculty Workshop or an equivalent. Fellows are then asked to engage in four 2-hour lunches to discuss inclusive teaching approaches and determine which they want to adapt and implement for their own courses; they also survey students or assess implementation in other ways to reflect and iterate on these approaches.

The Fall 2024 cohort has already been selected, but email shaked@ceils.ucla.edu if you’re interested in hearing when the Spring 2025 application opens.

Learn more about the program expectations in the Fall 2024 call for applicants.