This course examines how social inequality begets educational inequality, and how educational inequality reproduces social inequality.
Public Policy and the Criminal Justice System: Perceptions and Realities
In this course we will consider how we know what we think we know about crime in the United States.
Citizenship and the Constitution
This course will address the concept of citizenship as a legal status as it is established and governed under constitutional law.
Charlottesville Syllabus: Readings on the History of Hate in America
The history of racism and ethnic hate in America is long and deep. What are the cultural, economic, and political currents that led us here?
The Rise of Authoritarian-Populism
The rise of authoritarian populist forces in recent years has generated new challenges in many affluent societies and long-established democracies. What explains the rise of these forces?
Introduction to Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Eliminating health disparities is a broad national goal for improving the health of Americans, and part of the mission of the Gillings School of Global Public Health.
Race and Capitalism in American Cities
An introduction into the various ways in which race and capitalism, our dominant economic system, have shaped the history of American cities.
Race and Identity in Latin America
This course explores multiple dimensions of race, gender/sexuality, class, and ethnic identity in several Latin American societies, as well as the complexities of racial formations and the historical and political context of social movements in Latin America.
Capture and Control: Geographies of Detention and Incarceration
Richard Nisa Fairleigh Dickinson University Modern democratic states often rely on practices of detention…