This course examines issues of environmental quality and social justice. It takes the premise that all people have a right to live in a clean environment.
The Politics of Race and Violence in Brazil
This class investigates the race/gender/sexuality aspects of violence in Brazil, and how this violence maintains social hierarchies in the nation.
Poetics of Blackness
This course combines Black critical theory and contemporary black poetry to think through key sites of conflict in the theorization of Blackness.
US-Iran Relations
This course examines America’s involvement in Iran with reference to economic objectives, military assistance, strategic needs, and foreign policy.
Caribbean Religion and Cultures
The Caribbean is the United States of America’s neighbor. But how much do Americans know of the Caribbean in its rich and varied complexity?
Black Psychology
This course provides a broad exploration of the psychological experiences of people of African descent in the United States.
Love and Power: The Anthropology of Kinship and State
This course explores kinship anthropologically through its relation to other feelings and things like power, authority, violence, and loss.
Womanifesto: Black Women Writers in Literature and Music
Using Jazz, Gospel, Neo-Soul, and Hip‐Hop music genres, this course explores the performance of the black woman’s voice in 20th century literature and music.
Southeast Asia – Burma/Myanmar
This course will introduce students to Burma/Myanmar’s modern history and its democratic transition after military dictatorship.
Mind/Body Medicine and the Art of Self-Care
A course designed to give future health care providers practical methods for taking care of themselves and preventing burnout.