Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program
Amal El-Ghazaly
About the Fellow
- Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; College of Engineering
- Amal El-Ghazaly’s faculty profile
Cohort year(s)
- 2020-21, Faculty Fellow in Engaged Learning
Topic(s):
- Access, Equity and Justice; Education
2020-21 Project
Succeeding in the Graduate Environment
Amal El-Ghazaly is developing a new course that will assist new PhD students, particularly underrepresented minorities, in their transition to Cornell. The goal: strengthen the community and increase retention for PhD students from underrepresented minority groups.
The course will introduce students to on-campus resources and equip them with the skills needed to succeed in research, academia and their future careers. The course will also address specific issues pertaining to diversity and minority resources. Guest panelists throughout the semester will include graduate students, administrators and faculty across engineering and computer science. For the course, titled Succeeding in the Graduate Environment, El-Ghazaly will partner with Diversity Programs in Engineering to recruit incoming doctoral students from across all engineering disciplines.
Engaged Faculty Fellowship Program
A yearlong cohort program in which faculty dive deep into the theory and practice of community-engaged learning; meet monthly to discuss readings, share projects and workshop challenges; and help transform what it means to teach at Cornell