Diversity & Social Justice Related Courses
Spring 2015 – Undergraduate
Students are encouraged to use this as a guide only; this list is not exhaustive. It is the reponsibility of the student to learn more about the course, as well as registration and cross-‐registration procedures. Catalog Number Course Name
FACULTY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department
Faculty Relation to Diversity (Keywords)
Cross-‐
registration
10 -‐ Introduction to African American Studies
African and African American Studies Henry Louis Gates, Jr. & Lawrence D. Bobo
African American Studies
Y
102x -‐ Urban Problems and the Role of the Expert
African and African American Studies
Laurence A. Ralph
structural violence
Y
41141
109 -‐ Using Film for Social Change
African and African American Studies
Joanna Lipper
race, gender, identity
Y
10526
119x -‐ Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food
African and African American Studies
Carla Denny Martin
social justice, responsible development
Y
68147
122x -‐ The History of African Americans from the Civil War African and African to the Present
American Studies Elizabeth Kai Hinton
social, political, diverse
Y
0802
89772
Notes
This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for United States in the World. This course fulfills the requirement that one of the eight General Education courses also engage substantially with Study of the Past. 128 -‐ Black Nationalism
African and African American Studies
Tommie Shelby
self-‐determination, identity
Y
88142
160 -‐ Christianity, Identity, and Civil Society in Africa
African and African American Studies
Jacob Olupona
historical, cultural, social, indentity(ies)
Y
Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 2337. =
66834
162 -‐ Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity: Seminar
African and African American Studies Jacob Olupona
gender, violence, justice, human rights
Y
Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3703.
96803
164 -‐ Mother Tongue: African American English and Social African and African Change American Studies Marcyliena Morgan
race, class, gender, power, culture, identity, ethnicity
Y
179 -‐ Jazz, Freedom, and Culture
African and African American Studies Ingrid Monson
cultural, social, racial, justice
Y
32391
191x -‐ African American Lives in the Law
African and African American Studies Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
justice
Y
71091
196x -‐ Contemporary Africa and Sustainable Development
African and African American Studies
Patrick Vinck human rights
Y
218 -‐ Topics in African American History
African and African American Studies Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
gender, class
Y
3426
9532
9951
7265
1795 -‐ The Politics of Language and Identity in Latin America
Anthropology
Catalina Laserna
1900
1389 -‐ Economics of Global Health
Economics
Guenther Fink & Margaret McConnell
income, poverty, health
social, identity Y
This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Culture and Belief. Y
Offered jointly with the Kennedy School as SUP-‐518. Writing requirement: A research paper is required. This course meets the concentration writing requirement. 6516
1393 -‐ Poverty and Development
Economics
Nathan J. Nunn
poverty Y
33859
90hv -‐ When Harlem Was in Vogue: Seminar
English
Marina Bilbija
racial authenticity
Y
87917
20.061 -‐ Interpreting the Civil Rights Movement
Expository Writing
Ariane Mary Liazos
social change, civil rights
N
96823
20.068 -‐ Cross-‐Cultural Contact Zones
Expository Writing
Srilata Mukherjee
power, class, gender, racial N
14296
20.099 -‐ HIV/AIDS in Culture
Expository Writing
Joaquin Sebastian Terrones body, identity, difference
N
38416
20.167 -‐ Social Worlds of Friendship
Expository Writing
Dwight Fee
identity, social change, social transformation
43826
20.174 -‐ Reading the Body Expository Writing
Rebecca Summerhays
representations of the body
N
70696
20.197 -‐ Dangerous Speech
Expository Writing
Jessica W. Ziparo
violence, hate speech
N
61846
20.221 -‐ Slave Narratives
Expository Writing
Peter Becker
slavery to freedom
N
66795
152 -‐ Globalizing Folklore: Intangible Cultural Heritage, Intellectual Property and Regimes of Power
Folklore and Mythology
Leah Lowthorp
diversity Y
154 -‐ Folklore and Gender
Folklore and Mythology
Leah Lowthorp
gender
Y
Laura Marie Prager "normal" growth and development
N
Open to Freshmen only.
N
Open to Freshmen only.
N
67054
81872
24u -‐ How Did I Get Here?
57354
30u -‐ Multiethnic American Short Stories: Tales We Tell Ourselves
Freshman Seminars
Freshman Seminars
Tessa Lowinske Desmond
discrimination, oppression, multiethnic
9992
42k -‐ Comparative Law and Religion
Freshman Seminars
Ofrit Liviatan
religious diversity N
14022
Culture and Belief 55 -‐ The Enlightenment
General Education
James Engell
race, gender, religion, just society
Y
7037
Ethical Reasoning 17 -‐ Ethics, Religion, and Violence in Comparative Perspective
General Education
Anne E. Monius
colonization, globalization, religion
Y
General Education
David Luberoff, Christopher Winship, & Matthew E. Kaliner
inequality, cultural, race, ethnic
9395
United States in the World 24 -‐ Reinventing Boston: The Changing American City
Y
This course fulfills the requirement that one of the eight General Education courses also engage substantially with Study of the Past.
This course, when taken for a letter grade, may be counted for introductory Sociology concentration requirement.
8833
United States in the World 32 -‐ The World's Religions in Multicultural America: Case Studies in Religious Pluralism
General Education
5900
United States in the World 41 -‐ Power and Protest: The United States in the World of the 1960s
70642
Societies of the World 44 -‐ Human Trafficking, Slavery and Abolition in the Modern World
General Education
General Education
Diana L. Eck
faith, freedom, minority
Y
Offered jointly with the Divinity School as 3847. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for United States in the World or Culture and Belief, but not both.
This course fulfills the requirement that one of the eight General Education courses also engage substantially with Study of the Past.
Lisa M. McGirr
social, political, social change
Y
Orlando Patterson
servitude, exploitation
Y
Y
37934
Government Government
Andrea Tivig
social marginality, racially segregated, undocumented
3345
94ef -‐ Black Politics in the Post Civil Rights Era
Government
Claudine Gay
African American political life Y
2053
94oa -‐ Inequality and American Democracy
Government
Theda Skocpol
inequality, women, marginalized, African Americans
Y
Government
Jennifer L. Hochschild & Claudine Gay
racialization, race, class, gender, and ideology
Y
Philip Deloria
self-‐determination, tribal people, American Indian History
Y
7260
88816
65043
2576 -‐ Racial and Ethnic Politics in the United States
60o -‐ American Indian History in Four Acts
97h -‐ What is Urban History? History
History
Elizabeth Kai Hinton
class, ethnicity, migration, race, gender
Y
Y
Y
66383
1014 -‐ Gender, Empire and the Politics of Appearance
History
Genevieve A. Clutario
(post)colonial national identity formations, gender, race
8440
1330 -‐ Social Thought in Modern America
History
James T. Kloppenberg
gender, race, ethnicity
83347
80263
25348
1462 -‐ History of Sexuality in the Modern West
1988 -‐ Indigenous Histories and Settler Societies
1991 -‐ Asian America in the World
History
History
History
Nancy F. Cott
class, gender, race, age, sexuality
Y
Bain Attwood
indigenous, history and the construction of Aboriginality
Y
Allan Edward Lumba
Asian America, immigrant narrative and the model minority myth, self-‐determination, critical ethnic studies, postcolonial studies, queer theory
Y
This course, when taken for a letter grade, may be counted for introductory Sociology concentration requirement.
This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Culture and Belief. This course fulfills the requirement that one of the eight General Education courses also engage substantially with Study of the Past.
48812
1996 -‐ An Introduction to Issues in American Indian Studies: Black Elk Speaks
History
96219
90bg -‐ Colonialism, Globalization, and Culture in Asian Diaspora(s)
57429
245 -‐ The Changing Concept of Race in Science and Medicine in the United States: From Jefferson to Genomics (Graduate Seminar in General Education)
History of Science
History and Literature
Philip Deloria
American Indian Studies, spirituality, colonialism, modernity, cultural production
Y
Genevieve A. Clutario
race, gender, class, ethnicity, sexuality, (trans)nationalism, colonialism, globalization
Y
Evelynn M. Hammonds
race Y
The seminar will design and develop a General Education course on these themes for undergraduates.
Y
Preference will be given to undergraduates.
Y
69335
1560 -‐ The Psychology of Being Rich or Poor
Psychology
Sasha Y. Kimel
inequality, class, biases, health and well-‐being
4440
2570r -‐ Intergroup Relations: Research Seminar
Psychology
James Sidanius
interracial and interethnic conflict and prejudice
69012
Spanish 126 -‐ Performing Latinidad
Romance Languages and Literatures
Lorgia H. Garcia Pena
cultural, social and political history of people of Latin American descent
Y
Class will be conducted in English. Discussions in English and Spanish according to class composition.
2276
98kb -‐ Gender in Developing Nations
Social Studies
Meghan Elisabeth Healy
poverty Y
This course will be lotteried.
racial inequality N
This course will be lotteried.
justice N
This course will be lotteried.
Y
formerly Sociology 132: Mobilizing for Change. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for United States in the World.
Required of and limited to Sociology concentrators. Spring Junior Tutorials are by assignment only.
38039
98md -‐ Race in America
Social Studies
Matthew Stephen Desmond
85576
98ny -‐ And Justice for All: Ethics and America's Schools
Social Studies
Olivia K. Newman
Sociology
Jocelyn Viterna
political, social, and cultural change, religion, gender, race
67106
27 -‐ Introduction to Social Movements 18222
98M -‐ Social Class in the United States: Identity, Culture, and Consciousness
Sociology Rachel Meyer
social class, class based identities
N
68018
98Ma -‐ Urban Social Problems and Public Policy
Sociology Eva Rosen
social problems N
17111
119 -‐ From Plantations to Prisons
Sociology Kaia Stern
justice, race, citizenship
Y
1589
137 -‐ Money, Work, and Social Life
Sociology Filiz Garip
social relations, religion
Y
10985
143 -‐ Building Just Institutions
Sociology Christopher Winship
justice, social, cultural, historical
Y
poverty
Y
27234
177 -‐ Poverty in America
Sociology
Matthew Stephen Desmond
2809
304 -‐ Culture and Social Analysis Workshop
Sociology Bart Bonikowski
identity, class, inequity
Y
9932
309 -‐ Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
Sociology Mary C. Waters
migration
Y
65203
315 -‐ Inequality and Social Policy: Seminar
Sociology Devah Pag
inequality Y
187 -‐ Brains, Identity, and Moral Agency
Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology
Steven E. Hyman identity Y
For students who have taken MCB 80, it is contemplated that there will be a section that incorporates more advanced concepts from neurobiology. This course, when taken for a letter grade, meets the General Education requirement for Ethical Reasoning.
8094
98s -‐ Tutorial -‐ Junior Year: Research and Methods
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Sarah S. Richardson
gender, sexuality N
Required of all Honors concentrators in their junior year.
61128
1144 -‐ Gender and Science ALSO Culture and Belief 61 -‐ Gender and Science Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Sarah S. Richardson
gender
Y
1210qt -‐ Queer Theory
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Tey Meadow
gender, queer, race, ethnicity, nationality, class
Y
15864
1228 -‐ Race, Gender, and Criminality
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Juli Grigsby
race, gender, poverty, social inequity, Y
55146
1261 -‐ On Love: Gender, Sexuality, Identity
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Mari Ruti
gender, sexuality, identity
Y
Y
73713
9232
81563
1272 -‐ Global Reproductive Health
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Madina Agenor
socioeconomic position, ethnicity, nationality, religion, gender, sexuality, poverty
66514
1467 -‐ Sex, Race, and The Visual: Studies in Art and Literature
Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality
Kimberly Juanita Brown
race, gender, sex
Y
9774
Religion 1009 -‐ Religion, Gender, and Politics in Transnational Perspective
The Study of Religion
Ann D. Braude & Leila N. Ahmed religion, gender, sexuality, race, class
Y
Offered jointly with Divinity school as 3223.
63761
Religion 1019 -‐ Women, Gender and Religion in Colonial North America and the United States
The Study of Religion
Catherine A. Brekus women, gender, religion
Y
Offered jointly with the Divinity School 2181.
HARVARD EXTENSION SCHOOL
Catalog Number Course Name
Department
Faculty Relation to Diversity (Keywords)
AAAS E-‐
119 (24223)
African and African American Studies 119x -‐ Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food
African and African American Studies
Carla Denny Martin
social justice, responsible development
ANTH E-‐
1660 (23622)
Anthropology and Human Rights
Anthropology and Archaeology
Theodore Macdonald
ECON E-‐
1661 (24298)
Environmental Economics
Economics
Jennifer Clifford
HIST E-‐
1635 (24256)
Active Learning Weekend: Boston in the Era of Busing
History Robert J. Allison
PHIL E-‐
160/W (23590)
Philosophical Problems of Economic Justice
Philosophy
Joanne Baldine
PSYC E-‐
1507 (24068)
Psychology of Diversity
Psychology
RELI E-‐
1525 (24255)
Active Learning Weekend: World Religions Face the Climate Crisis
Religion
Cross-‐
registration
Notes
Online option available.
SOCI E-‐144 Human Trafficking, Slavery, and Abolition in the Modern (24245)
World
Sociology
N
Required sections to be arranged.
N
environmental issues, poverty, income distribution, N
Optional sections to be arranged. N
Registration deadline Feb. 6
economic justice, poverty
N
Online option available
Mona S. Weissmark diversity, race, nationality, religion N
Course taught via live web conference.
Christopher S. Queen
economic justice, religion
N
Registration deadline March 27
N
Online only.
Orlando Patterson & John Cowles servitude, exploitation
Catalog Number Course Name
A102
A108
A117B
A122
A418
H311
H517
HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION
Department
Faculty Relation to Diversity (Keywords)
Cross-‐
registration
Dennis Keith Norman
culture, language, religious freedom, Native American Indian tribes
Y
Permission of instructor required. Prerequisite: A-‐101. Enrollment procedure will be posted on the course website. Jointly offered at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) as PED-‐502.
Ronald Ferguson
racial achievement gaps, racial, ethnic, and social class backgrounds, students of color, Y
Jointly offered at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) as SUP-‐470.
Y
Strongly recommended for Teacher Education Program students who wish to obtain special education licensure.
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment is limited to 50. Students who have taken or plan to take A-‐111R should not take this course. Enrollment procedure will be posted on the course website.
Native Americans in the 21st Century: Nation-‐Building II
International Education, Culture, Communities, and Contexts, Diversity and Equity
Strategies and Policies for Narrowing Racial Achievement Gaps
Diversity and Equity, Culture, Communities, and Contexts, Education Policy
Implementing Inclusive Education
Diversity and Equity, Risk, Resilience, and Prevention, Language and Literacy
Thomas Hehir
Students with disabilities, inclusive education, The Why, What, and How of School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Education Policy, Culture, Communities, and Contexts, Diversity and Equity
Karen L. Mapp
school, family, community Y
History of Schooling in America
Arts in Education, History, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education, Diversity and Equity
Julie A. Reuben
cultural, social, economic, and political context, incorporation of diverse groups Y
Issues of Diversity in Cross-‐Cultural Counseling and Advocacy
Risk, Resilience, and Prevention, Culture, Communities, and Contexts, Diversity and Equity
Josephine M. Kim
Diversity and Equity, Sociology of Education, Culture, Communities, and Contemporary Immigration Policy and Educational Practice Contexts
Notes
Roberto G. Gonzales
diverse students, sociopolitical factors, ethnic and nonethnic minority immigration, school policy makers, advocates, allies
Y
Permission of instructor required. Ed.M. and CAS students in the Prevention Science and Practice Program given preference. Enrollment procedure will be posted on the course website.
Y
Permission of instructor required. HGSE enrollment is limited to 20, and total enrollment is limited to 50. Enrollment procedure will be posted on the course website. Jointly offered at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) as Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality 1167.
T010A
T010B
Critical Theory, Politics, and Pedagogy
Educating to Transform Society: Leveraging Student Tools for Resilience and Resistance
History, Philosophy, and Foundations of Education, Culture, Communities, and Contexts, Diversity and Equity
Diversity and Equity, Risk, Resilience, and Prevention
Houman Harouni
economic, political, cultural structures, power relations, epistemological diversity, and hegemony
Y
Aaliyah El-‐Amin
race, racism, youth of color, dominant social and political institution, racial meaning, systemic racism, racial identity, antiracist education
Y
Permission of instructor required. Enrollment is limited. Doctoral students will be given preference. Enrollment procedure will be posted on the course website.
Diversity & Social Justice Related Courses
Wintersession Noncredit 2015 Students are encouraged to use this as a guide only; this list is not exhaustive. It is the reponsibility of the student to learn more about the course, as well as registration and cross-‐registration procedures. SPECIAL TOPICS SEMINAR
Catalog Number Course Name
Dates
Faculty Relation to Diversity (Keywords)
Open to
sts-‐38
Freire and Education, Today
January 12 and 14, 2015, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Houman Harouni
critical pedagogy
all students
sts-‐40
Equity and Excellence in Education, from International Perspectives January 22 and 23, 2015, 9:00 – 11:00am
Pasi Sahlberg
poverty, diversity and equity
all students
Creating Inclusive Teaching & Learning Communities January 23, March 6, April 17, 2015, 1:00 – 3:00pm
Chiwen Bao
systems of privilege, inclusive educational communities, discourses
all students
sts-‐44
sts-‐46
Nudging Students to Success? The Role of Information in Improving Student Outcomes
sts-‐48
Leading In and For a Diverse World—Reflections of a Leader January 22, 2015, 3:00 – in Progress
4:15pm
sts-‐56
sts-‐58
Experiences Across the Spectrum: A Qualitative Research Clinic
January 22, 2015, 11:00am – 1:00pm
Bridget Terry Long
January 15 and 16, 2015, 1:00pm -‐ 3:00pm
Elizabeth City
low awareness and complexity in educational processes; low-‐
income students; college access; interventions and policies
all students
leadership and diversity
issues relating to identity and research topic; conducting Kimberly A. Truong & Van research with historically Bailey
underrepresented populations;
Creating in the 21st Century: How Do Contemporary Artists January 10, 2015, 9:00am – Provoke Conversations and Help Us Imagine the Future?
12:00pm
Jessica Hamlin
ideas, concepts and issues that characterize contemporary society; understand, interpret, respond to the uncertain and complex world we live in
all students, faculty, and staff
Doctoral students doing qualitative and mixed-‐methods research, particularly those who seek to do research with historically underrepresente
d populations
all students
Notes