Student Resources
Research:
Worldcat (very helpful catalogue system – access through Duke library)
Web of Science (also helpful catalogue system - access through Duke library)
Professional Affiliations of Interest:
MLA - Modern Language Association
Society of Cinema and Media Studies
Latin American Studies Association
UPenn listserv – for most humanities-based CFPs
Used Book Resources:
Grants/Funding
Asian/Pacific Studies Institute
American Association University Women – both International and US Citizens
Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies
FLAS:
DUCIS Graduate Awards for Research and Training
Duke Center for North American Studies
Center for European Studies Funding Resources
UCLA funding/postdocs database
Affiliated Programs/Institutions:
Duke Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Teaching:
Teaching Guide for Graduate Instructors
Fantastic Pedagogy Handouts from Stanford
Pedagogy Journal with theoretical articles
Teaching at Duke:
General site for teaching and planning a course at Duke:
The handbook is mostly intended for faculty, department, tenure and other faculty, but Chapter 6 is about academic policies, assessing students, expectations in the classroom, grading, add/drop policies, withdrawals, etc.
http://www.provost.duke.edu/pdfs/fhb/FHB_Chap_6.pdf
Enter your grades, see student photos, student information, class lists.
Read policies for grad students, undergrads, and faculty (in terms of teaching policies). Includes information on plagiarism, ways to promote academic honesty (i.e. how to encourage your students not to cheat!), honor codes.
Find out when your final exam or final paper should be due. You are theoretically supposed to get your final grades into the registrar 48 hours after the final exam.
Freshmen are assigned a pre-major dean. If you think a student is struggling with the transition to Duke or other personal issues, the pre-major dean can help figure out how to proceed. It’s also a liaison between the academic deans and the CAPS psychological counseling.
A/V training and access:
Email ahead of time to schedule a training session in your classroom on the a/v equipment if needed.
Email: askav@aas.duke.edu
Phone: 660-3088
Facilities Management:
Air conditioning, desks, windows, blinds, etc.
See main Literature office
Work Control Center (and after-hours calls): 919-684-2122 (*** NOTE THERE IS A $65 CHARGE FOR AFTER HOURS SERVICE, WHICH MAY BE CHARGED TO THE INDIVIDUAL IF THIS IS USED FOR NON-EMERGENCIES... i.e. forgetting your ID to get into the building).
Ordering Textbooks:
Textbooks and other course materials can take at least 4-6 weeks to arrive. You should request a complimentary desk copy for yourself through the publisher. Order them as early as possible to ensure they’re in stock for the start of the semester.
Duke Bookstore
Email: textbook@notes.duke.edu
Phone: (919) 684-6793
Regulator:
Email: mail@regbook.com
Tel: (919) 286-2700
This is a mini-seminar offered by the Graduate School on teaching, pedagogy, course development, etc. It runs for 8-9 weeks during the semester.
Students can make an appointment online with trained writing tutors. Tutors will work with students on papers-in-progress on every stage of the process- from the brainstorming or conceptual stage, all the way through polishing and editing. Students can request that the tutor send you a brief overview on what they worked on, so that you can pay attention to that aspect in the final paper. You can request for the Writing Studio to send someone to your class at the beginning of the semester to give your students an overview on what kind of help they provide.