Read more about the funded projects below.
Faculty-Driven, Object Based Learning in the Museum at SCU
Team: Andrea Pappas (Art & Art History), Ciara Ennis (Art & Art History), Lauren Baines (de Saisset Museum), Summer Olsen (de Saisset Museum).
Description: The second in the series of Faculty-Driven exhibitions, this project effectively models how object-based learning in the museum can be used across the curriculum. Inherently multimodal, object-based learning engages students--sensorily, emotionally, socially, and intellectually--thereby providing multiple opportunities to address students as whole persons.
What Reviewers Said: This was a well-rounded, well-designed, and well-written proposal that effectively addresses all key criteria, including impact on curriculum, student learning, and connection to the Jesuit mission; dissemination of results; and student involvement and interdisciplinary work.
A Teacher-Scholar Approach to Digital Research Methods Pedagogies with AI in the Jesuit Tradition
Team: Katia Moles (Engineering), Laura Robinson (Sociology).
Description: This project maps how AI can be ethically integrated into the teaching of digital research methods across social sciences and engineering. Using interviews and surveys, it examines how teacher-scholars use AI in research instruction and explores the ethical implications. The goal is to produce an interdisciplinary, values-based roadmap for AI pedagogy aligned with SCU’s mission.
What Reviewers Said: This is a strong, well-developed proposal focused on the timely and relevant topic of integrating AI into the teaching of digital research methods. It clearly addresses the benefits and the connection to the Jesuit mission, with a particularly strong evaluation plan that includes presenting findings at a CAFE session and seeking cross-disciplinary feedback.
Improving Writing With Data in Engineering Theses
Team: Laura Doyle (Engineering), Jacquelyn Hendricks (English), Robert Marks (Mechanical Engineering), Loring Pfeiffer (English), Maura Tarnoff (English), Andy Wolfe (E&C Engineering), Andrew Carlos (Library), Sophia Mosbe (Library).
Description: This interdisciplinary team of English and Engineering faculty members will focus on improving engineering majors' skills in writing with data. First, we will assess senior engineering theses to determine students' primary areas for growth in writing with data; and second, we will develop new modules for English 181, Engineering Communications, that target these areas.
What Reviewers Said: This is a meaningful, richly interdisciplinary project dedicated to updating the current composition class requirements of all Engineering students. This has the potential to make a big impact on many students.