Graduate School

Teaching and Mentoring

At Brown, graduate students become members of a teaching and learning community. Under the guidance of faculty who are committed to fueling the curiosity, creativity and intellectual joy of their students, graduate students have opportunities to develop their own knowledge and understanding of teaching practices.

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Teaching and Mentoring

At Brown, graduate students become members of a teaching and learning community. Under the guidance of faculty who are committed to fueling the curiosity, creativity and intellectual joy of their students, graduate students have opportunities to develop their own knowledge and understanding of teaching practices.

Graduate students learn how to teach and mentor others in ways that are core to their academic and professional pursuits.

Graduate School Programs

Through collaboration with other institutions and offices at Brown, the Graduate School offers distinctive teaching fellowship opportunities for advanced students, including the Brown-Wheaton Faculty Fellowship and the Deans’ Faculty Fellowship.

Brown-Wheaton Faculty Fellowship

The Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellows Program, a collaborative program between Brown University and Wheaton College, annually offers outstanding advanced graduate students the opportunity to experience faculty life firsthand at a liberal arts college.

Deans’ Faculty Fellows Program

The Offices of the Dean of the Graduate School and the Dean of the Faculty are pleased to share the Deans’ Faculty Fellows Program for 2024-2025. The Deans’ Faculty Fellows program will award selected students a spring semester academic appointment as Visiting Assistant Professors, following completion of the Ph.D. degree.

Teaching at Brown

Teaching is an integral part of the graduate experience at Brown, and most students are expected to teach as part of their professional training and scholarly apprenticeship.

Campus Partner Programs

Graduate students can serve as instructors during Brown University Pre-College and explore other teaching opportunities and training programs offered through the Center for Language Studies, Sheridan Center and other campus partners.

Center for Language Studies Workshops

The Center for Language Studies (CLS) creates a community for language graduate students that includes monthly workshops and social events and other expanded opportunities. Students are encouraged to participate in technology, pedagogy and professionalization workshops and to enroll in the CLS doctoral certificate in Language Pedagogy and Academic Engagement (LA PEACE).

English for International Teaching Assistants

The English for International Teaching Assistants (EITA) program, offered through the Center for Language Studies, evaluates the spoken English proficiency of international teaching assistants prior to their assuming teaching duties at Brown and provides English language courses for international graduate students who wish to improve their spoken English before they begin teaching.

Pre-College Instructors

The Division of Pre-College and Undergraduate Programs offers paid teaching positions that provide graduate students with opportunities to design and teach their own courses, including credit-bearing courses for undergraduate students and noncredit courses for high school students.

Sheridan Center Certificates

The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning offers intensive certificate programs in which graduate students develop and reflect on their teaching practice in order to support diverse learners. These cross-disciplinary programs provide participants with the opportunity to interact extensively with peers and colleagues across the disciplines and regularly give and receive peer feedback.

Teaching Essentials for Graduate TAs

The Sheridan Center offers a fully online, asynchronous, self-paced program for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) who want to improve their students' learning and their own experiences as teachers through a reflective exploration of their own practices and beliefs about teaching.