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Sharpe Professor for Civic Renewal and Entrepreneurship
The Sharpe Professor of Civic Renewal and Entrepreneurship was established through a generous gift from the late Jane A. Sharpe and Robert F. Sharpe. This professorship supports teaching with community-based learning and research, reinforcing W&M’s commitment to engaged teaching and scholarship. This professorship is awarded for a three-year term and is not renewable. Due to the required teaching duties, the Sharpe Professor must have a presence on campus throughout their term in this role (summers excepted) and must not be on leave during this period.
Eligibility:
Tenured CAS faculty, and those who expect to be tenured by Fall 2027, may apply.
Duties:
The Sharpe appointee will be responsible for engaging with first-year Sharpe Community Scholars across the academic year as follows:
1) Fall: The appointee will teach a COLL 100 or 150 that incorporates a pedagogy of community-based learning/research to be taught in the Sharpe Program. The course may be offered in the appointee’s home department or under Interdisciplinary Studies.
2) Spring: The appointee will include and mentor a subset of Sharpe Scholars in an ongoing or developing community-based learning/research project or experience. See Action Research Pathways for the variety of experiences supported by Sharpe.
Support:
- $5,000 as an annual salary stipend.
- $3,000 annually for faculty professional expenses, including research and conference travel.
- up to $10,000 annually to support Sharpe course-related expenses and/or community-based
research efforts involving Sharpe Scholars, contingent upon submission of an annual
proposal and approval by the Charles Center Director in consultation with the Sharpe
Program Director.
Application process:
Interested faculty members should submit a CV, proposal, and brief endorsement from the applicant’s department chair or program director. The proposal is limited to 3 pages in length and must describe the project(s) that would be supported by the $10,000 annual allocation over the three years of the professorship.
Please see the CAS consolidated call for term professorships for more application and deadline information.
The CFAPP review committee will make recommendations to the Sharpe Program Director, the Director of the Charles Center, and the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, who are responsible for the final selection.