Category: DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion)
Online Asynchronous 05/30/2023 – 07/02/2023: Shepherd Aaron Ellis 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Diamond Crowder This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society…
Online Asynchronous 05/08/2023 – 06/21/2023: Austin Hall 06/22/2023 – 08/05/2023 : Alysha Federkeil This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous 07/03/2023 – 08/05/2023: Daniel Farrell This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the…
Spring 2023; Online Asynchronous Anthony Russomanno This course explores the settlement and expansion of the American colonies as a pluralistic society in which attempts at inclusion were challenged…
Lecture Mondays & Wednesdays, 10:10 am – 11:05 am + Discussion Sections (time and days vary) Dr. Wayne Durrill This course explores the settlement and expansion of the…
Spring 2023; MW 10:10 – 11:05 AM + Discussion Sections Dr. Anne Steinert This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is the second part of a two-semester sequence that surveys U.S. history from the end of Reconstruction through the late 20th century….
Lecture Mondays and Wednesdays, 11:15-12:10 + Discussion Sections (time varies) Dr. Robert Haug This course investigates the origins, development, and interactions of world cultures from ancient times to…
Online Asynchronous Instructor TBA This course is an introductory survey of world history from approximately 1450 to the present. In this roughly five hundred-year period, the world has been…
Tuesdays & Thursdays, 2:00 pm – 3:20 pm Dr. Yeliz Cavus In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the era just…
Spring 2023; T/TH 12:30-1:50 PM Online – Synchronous Dr. Elizabeth Frierson In this course, we study the Middle East (Southwest Asia) and North Africa from the early modern…
Dr. Isaac Campos This course studies the political, economic, and cultural history of Latin America from approximately 1820 to the present. Key themes include nationalism, democracy, authoritarianism, modernity, …
Spring 2023; T/TH 11:20- 12:20 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the Aztec…
This course examines the history of India since 1880. We will concentrate on the impact of colonialism on the Indian subcontinent and on the formation of the modern…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00 am- 12:20 pm Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This introductory-level course explores over 500 years of Latin American history from the rise and fall of the…
In this course, we will investigate the history, geography, and civilizations of South Asia (India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Maldives) by focusing on important historical…
This course explores 10 of the greatest moments of sociopolitical movement and institutional change in American History. The Civil War, twentieth-century labor movements, women’s suffrage, anti-globalization, gay rights, …
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, 11:15 am – 12:20 pm Instructor TBA (AFST) This course is Cross-Listed with JUDC 1027. Beginning on the African continent, this course follows African captives…
Spring 2023; This course is cross-listed with AFST 2014. This course surveys major themes in African American History from the start of the Civil War through Reconstruction’s “long…
A history of the Americas, Europe, and West Africa between 1500 and 1850 that examines the economic, political, and cultural interactions emerging across the Atlantic Ocean. Focusing on the topics of colonialism…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course explores the anti-colonial nationalist movement of India with a specific focus on M.K. Gandhi, a major political activist and thinker of our times. It…
This course takes an in-depth look at the national events and controversies that led to the American Civil War, the most tumultuous era and momentous event in our…
Spring 2023; MWF 1:25-2:20 PM Dr. Christopher Phillips This course is the second of a two-semester sequence on the Civil War era. This course introduces students to the…
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30 am- 10:50 am Dr. Jason Krupar This class provides students an opportunity to study the history of Native Americans, the interactions between indigenous peoples,…
Online Synchronous; Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:00 pm -7:20 pm Dr. Casey Huegel This mixed lecture and discussion course examines the development of American environmentalism in the twentieth century….
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:15 am -12:10 pm Dr. David Stradling This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the growth and eventual decline of American cities, with…
This mixed lecture and discussion course will examine the construction and consequences of race and ethnicity in American history. Through an exploration of controversies, debates, and critical events in American…
This course will introduce students to the history of the American South from its colonial beginnings to the conclusion of the American Civil War. The region’s history was…
This class will examine the South and its people, black and white, as well as its institutions, political ideology, and ultimately, its meaning in the early American continuum from the end of…
Dr. Erika Gasser This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses about “Colonial America” have traditionally followed…
This class is cross-listed with AFST 2060 This course explores the various political, social, and economic developments in pre-colonial Africa and the continent’s relationship with other parts of…
This class is cross-listed with WGS 2077 & URBN 2077. This course will introduce students to the rich and varied history of LGBTQ people and movements in American…
Mondays & Wednesdays 10:10 am -11:05 am Fridays Online Asynchronous Dr. Shailaja Paik This course examines how women have been affected by and have in turn shaped the…
This course will examine the origins and development of servitude and chattel slavery in North and South America, the Caribbean, and the United States. The course will introduce students to…
Dr. Maura O’Connor This course will examine how Britain made the modern world and how the modern world made Britain, particularly in the decades that followed the Second…
This course focuses on the peoples, societies, and cultures that shaped early North America before the American Revolution. Courses in “Colonial America” have traditionally followed the beginnings and development of…
Online – Asynchronous Dr. Joseph Takougang (AFST) This class is Cross-listed with AFST 3006. This course discusses the various forces that helped in shaping the history and life…
Spring 2023; T/TH 2:00 – 3:30 PM Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara This course focuses on the central role played by women, sex, gender, and race in the conquest and colonization of Latin…
T/Th 12:30 – 1:50PM Dr. Wayne Durrill This course will examine the origins and development of race-based chattel slavery in British North America and the United States, the…
This course is an introduction to American immigration history, focusing on immigration to the United States in the 19th and 20th centuries. Special attention will be paid to the…
M/W/F 11:15AM – 12:10PMDr. Tracy Teslow This course examines the way scientific concepts and practices have defined racial difference in the United States. Spanning the 19th and 20th…
Mondays, Wednesdays, & Fridays 1:25 pm – 2:20 pm Dr. Mark Raider This course examines William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (c. 1596) in historical perspective. It explores…
Online Synchronous Tuesdays & Thursdays, 12:30 pm – 1:50 pm Dr. Elizabeth Frierson This class will focus on the history of World War I and the world, in…
T/Th 11:00AM – 12:20PM Dr. Maura O’Connor This course examines the historical, cultural, and economic histories of the rise and expansion of financial and global capitalism through the…
The goal of this course is to examine the causes, events, and consequences of the destruction of European Jewry during World War II; an event known historically as the…
This course offers students in the Honors Program and other high-achieving undergraduates the opportunity to study focused historical topics that incorporate social and ethical reasoning from an historical…
Dr. Shailaja Paik This course will explore the transformations of intimate life as well as of political culture in South Asia during the last two hundred years through…
Dr. Sigrun Haude The course explores the roots of the reformations, their theological and religious profiles , and their social, political, economic, and cultural underpinnings. It evaluates these movements in the context…
Since the last few decades of the 20th century the disability rights movement and the field of disability studies have forcefully critiqued the legal social and cultural concepts…
Dr. Maura O’Connor This course will examine how Britain made the modern world and how the modern world made Britain, particularly in the decades that followed the Second…
Dr. Brianna Leavitt-Alcántara People in the U.S. often think of African slavery as a North American story. But the vast majority of enslaved Africans went to Latin America, ten…
Spring 2023; Dr. Holly McGee It is impossible to understand the true history of this nation, or place into proper context the current racial crisis in society, without…
