Mack Awarded Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence
The fellowship supports the university's strategic interest in developing academic leaders in the area of teaching.
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Assistant Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences Jennifer Mack is one of the eight UMass Amherst faculty members who have been selected as 2024-25 Lilly Fellows for Teaching Excellence by the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
Established in 1986, the Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence supports the university’s strategic interest in developing academic leaders in the area of teaching. During their fellowship year, participants attend regular seminars on pedagogy, develop a new course or substantially redesign an existing one, complete a teaching portfolio that includes teaching reflections and activities adapted to the course, and work collaboratively to anticipate many of the challenges and rewards of faculty life at UMass Amherst.
Mack will redesign SLHS 215: Introduction to Language Science. The course will weave together multiple perspectives on language, including language structure and meaning, the cognitive bases of language, language as an important aspect of our identities and social experiences, and the experience of living with conditions that affect language.
Read more about the Lilly Fellowship for Teaching Excellence.