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All departments are welcome, and no previous D.C. experience is necessary. Department chair and dean approval required.
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Benefits for Faculty
Teaching with the W&M Washington Center allows W&M faculty to take advantage of all that D.C. has to offer including:
Connections with experts in your field and network with D.C.-area colleagues
Experience in an urban environment while working for W&M—the best of both worlds!
Ability to teach courses in your department while you are in D.C.!
Life in the heart of downtown D.C., walking distance from the W&M Washington Center!
Meetings with local alumni and development of fundraising opportunities for your department
D.C. Semester Program
Fall 2025:
Accelerated course I: August 29, 2025 through October 10, 2025
Accelerated course II: October 24, 2025 through December 12, 2025
Spring 2026:
Accelerated course I: January 23, 2026 through March 6, 2026
Accelerated course II: March 20, 2026 through May 1, 2026
Faculty are responsible for one 3-credit hybrid, 7-week accelerated course
Faculty are expected to attend Friday synchronous speaker/site-visit sessions in D.C.
Max of 20 students
Two graduation requirements will be taught each year
D.C. Winter Seminars
January 5, 2026-January 15, 2026
9-day January experience, before spring semester
Includes 3 prep class meetings on campus in fall (and one non-academic session on campus in early spring)
Max of 25 students per course
Faculty are responsible for one 3-credit course
Courses must fulfill either COLL 300 or COLL 350 requirements
D.C. courses must engage at least two COLL 300 visitors. COLL 300 directly connect students with people, places, and ideas that enhance her comprehension of different ways of thinking and being in the world.
Visitors must engage students in their lived experiences and communities and cultures outside the United States. While faculty in D.C. may have access to visitors with rich experiences engaging global issues, COLL 300 visitors should not solely focused on domestic or academic perspectives.
For example, an effective visitor with Doctors Without Borders might be a doctor who can reflect on the work they accomplished on the ground in another country, not staff members are based in D.C.
COLL 350
COLL 350 courses must integrate a consideration of social norms, institutional practices, and patterns of belonging/marginalization through the lens of race and at least one other social identity
Questions about how to incorporate COLL curriculum requirements into your Study in D.C. course? Contact EPC at as-epc@wm.edu.
Compensation
As a Study in D.C. faculty member, professors will earn $3,000 per academic credit taught (with adjustments for under- or over-enrolled courses).
Housing is provided for all faculty members during in the D.C. Semester Program Friday sessions, D.C. Winter Seminars, and D.C. Summer Institutes two-week course.
