For Faculty and Staff
Taylor offers opportunities to Tulane faculty and staff members from any discipline and department to learn changemaking skills to bring to their research, scholarship, pedagogy, and career.
- Learn the basics of design thinking, explore social innovation and changemaking theory, and more.
Faculty and Staff Opportunities
Changemaker Institute
Changemaker Institute Taylor’s Changemaker Institute (CI) cultivates changemakers within the Tulane community by building student capacities to identify and create lifelong pathways to tackle pressing social issues. Changemakers (n) – People who use their skills, expertise, gifts, and power in a…
Conversations in Social Innovation
Conversations in Social Innovation The conversations allow participants to connect their research with the pursuit of social innovations. Taylor aims to promote networking, explore pathways in social innovation research, and advance our social innovation research collaborations among the center, Tulane, local universities, and…
Design Thinking
Design Thinking for Social Innovation Taylor offers multiple programming opportunities for Tulane students, faculty and staff, and community members to learn the mindsets and methods of design thinking (human-centered design). A design thinking mindset puts people at the heart of…
Design Thinking Breakfasts
Design Thinking the New Orleans Way Our monthly breakfasts: Design Thinking the New Orleans Way(s) will be moving to an online format until further notice … and breakfasts will be BYO😊. These breakfasts intend to further foster community among those…
Experiments in Design-based Learning
Design Thinking in the Classroom The Experiments in Design-based Learning group is comprised of Tulane University faculty and staff members with teaching responsibilities, who are interested in using design thinking in their teaching or research. This group was born out…
Fast 48
The Fast 48 The FAST 48 is a three day weekend training that teaches the basics of human-centered design for social impact. Participants learn via short cycles of individual and group practice, including direct work in the community. Participants can…
Professors in Social Entrepreneurship
Professors in Social Entrepreneurship The endowed Social Entrepreneurship Professorships provide faculty support for university-wide, interdisciplinary endeavors in social innovation & social entrepreneurship. About the Social Entrepreneurship Professorships These professors teach, develop a research or practice agenda, and inform programming and…
Reserve Taylor Space
Reserve Taylor SpaceRead on to learn more about our space and our reservation policies.Spaces Available Taylor Conference Room Conference room can accommodate 10-12 people. Design Thinking Classroom Design thinking classroom can accommodate 50-75 people. Who Can Reserve the Space SISE…
Social Innovation Research Fund
COVID-19 UPDATE March 13, 2020 1:20 p.m. : In response to the announcement from President Fitts, Taylor will follow recommendations outlined by the university. For the current funding process, Taylor will continue to review applications as normal but will not…
The Research and Scholarship Team
Research and Scholarship The Taylor Research and Scholarship team supports researchers working to advance knowledge and understanding of the fields of social innovation and changemaking. Our Work Our work consists of connecting and cultivating a community of changemakers at regular writing…
Virtual Workshop: Using design thinking to shape discussions around Coronavirus
Tackling Misinformation How can global citizens engage in meaningful conversations around the coronavirus? Monday, April 20, 2020 at 6pm CST, attend our free workshop: "Using design thinking to shape discussions around COVID-19 in New Orleans." This virtual workshop will focus…
Questions?
- Interested in learning more about faculty and staff opportunities?
- Email Dr. Laura Murphy at lmurphy2@tulane.edu.