Course Development and Curricular Support Grants
During 2022-2023 academic year, DIAD awarded 11 Dartmouth faculty from multiple disciplines with funding and mentorship to support the creation of new design-based curricular modules or courses that have helped deepen and enhance student learning. DIAD funding and mentoring support have helped Dartmouth faculty bring new insights and perspectives to the classroom and provide new tools for students in addressing our world’s most complex challenges, such as food scarcity, energy justice, and climate change. As a result, at least 304 Dartmouth undergraduates experienced the integration of design into non-engineering course curriculum.
"These grants reflect the exceptionally innovative and interdisciplinary work happening all across the Dartmouth community. The projects showcase the possibilities unlocked when design becomes a bridge for boldly creative, inclusive, and impact-driven scholarship."
—Professor Elizabeth Murnane, Chair of DIAD Faculty Steering Committee
New DIAD-Funded Courses (2022–2023)
Anthropology 12.26 / Geography 39.01: Environmental Justice
Environmental Studies 7.17: Nature-based Solutions
Film & Media Studies 7.21: Zombie Media: Memes, Truth, and Forgetting to Remember
Geography 43: Food and Power
Geography 54: Geovisualization
Italian 10: Introduction to Italian Literature: Masterworks and Great Issues
Sociology 91.01: The Sociological Imagination
Speech 20.02: Public Speaking
Spanish 6: Spanish Language Study Abroad: Introduction to Hispanic Literatures
Infusing Design into Existing Dartmouth Courses
DIAD hosted 6 workshops focused on empowering faculty from across Dartmouth how to integrate design and design thinking into existing courses. The workshops drew participation from faculty in the following disciplines: Anthropology, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Engineering, Film and Media Studies, French and Italian, Geography, Latin American Studies, Latino and Caribbean Studies, Mathematics, Middle Eastern Studies, Philosophy, Psychology and Brain Science, Religion, Spanish, Sciences, Spanish and Portuguese, Studio Art, and Theater.