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American Studies Conference 2012
Honors Projects
Dean for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
Urban Faculty Colloquium
August 10-12, 16-17, 2010
Department Conception (5/7/2003)
Department of Multicultural Life
Student Organizations
Guidelines for First-Year Students
Consortium
for Faculty Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges
Digital Commons at Macalester
Mahmoud El-Kati Distinguished Lectureship in American Studies
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COURSE SCHEDULES
Spring 2012 »
Fall 2011 »
Spring 2012 Class Schedule - updated February 13, 2012 at 05:56 pm
| Number/Section Title |
| Days |
Time |
Room |
Instructor |
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| AMST 101-01 Explorations of Race/Racism |
| MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
HUM 212 |
Duchess Harris |
*First day attendance required*
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| AMST 112-01 Intro to LGBTQ Studies |
| TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
MAIN 009 |
Corie Hammers |
*Cross-listed with WGSS 110-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 194-01 Great Lakes Native American History |
| MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
OLRI 101 |
Scott Shoemaker |
*Cross-listed with HIST 194-02*
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| AMST 194-02 American Jews, American Judaism |
| MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
MAIN 009 |
Barry Cytron |
*Cross-listed with RELI 194-03*
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| AMST 194-03 American Catholics |
| MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
MAIN 010 |
James Laine |
*Cross-listed with RELI 194-04*
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| AMST 222-01 Imagining the American West |
| TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
MAIN 001 |
Lynn Hudson |
*Cross-listed with HIST 222-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 224-01 African American History |
| MWF |
09:40 am-10:40 am |
MAIN 010 |
Peter Rachleff |
*Cross-listed with HIST 224-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 254-01 Peoples/Cultures Native Amer |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
CARN 05 |
Diana Dean |
*Cross-listed with ANTH 254-01*
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| AMST 260-01 Race, Cultural Politics and Social Movements |
| TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
HUM 214 |
Jane Rhodes |
| *First day attendance required; cross-listed with HIST 294-05* Since the nineteenth century, the struggles for racial equality and ethnic identity formation in the United States have been situated within formal and informal social movements. This course examines the central role of culture - including music, art, performance, literature, and media - in race-based activism. We will consider various aspects of the African American freedom struggle, Asian American and Latino/a activism, and the indigenous rights movement, paying particular attention to how culture functions as a tool for organizing, group cohesion, and outreach. The course will also consider how popular culture reflects and shapes social movements.
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| AMST 262-01 Asian American Psychology |
| MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
OLRI 301 |
Sun No |
*Cross-listed with PSYC 262-01*
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| AMST 294-01 Feminism and the Law |
| MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
HUM 212 |
Duchess Harris |
*First day attendance required; crosslisted with WGSS 294-02*
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| AMST 294-02 School to Prison Pipeline: An Introduction |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
HUM 216 |
Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
| *First day attendance required; cross-listed with EDUC 294-01* When we look at the shocking rates with which poor black and brown students are disproportionately punished, suspended and expelled from classrooms across the nation - and often, within a few months, drawn into the juvenile correctional system - we cannot help but wonder: What is going on, and what can we do to fix it? This lecture-based, introductory level course will focus on Zero Tolerance policies in the U.S. public schools and juvenile corrections as connected and overlapping sites of structural racism, social segregation, and potential violations of universal human rights. We will explore these concepts from a variety of inter/disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. The question of "civil rights and human rights" will provide a central frame for thinking about the fate of youth who are funneled into the pipeline. No prerequisites.
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| AMST 294-03 Mixed Race America: Identity, Culture, and Politics |
| M |
07:00 pm-10:00 pm |
HUM 215 |
SooJin Pate |
This course is an introduction to the animating debates, themes, and issues in Critical Mixed Race Studies. Utilizing critical race theory and postcolonial analysis, we will examine the identities and experiences of multiracial or mixed race people, as well as the ways in which they have played a fundamental role in constructing race and shaping race relations, politics, and culture in the U.S. Topics in this course address the following: conquest and slavery, miscegenation laws, debates about the U.S. Census categories, U.S. militarism, representations of "mixed" people in the media, cultural expressions of "mixed" Americans, transracial adoption, queering mixed race studies, and the Mixed Race/Multiracial Movement.
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| AMST 294-04 American Indians in American Thought |
| MWF |
03:30 pm-04:30 pm |
MAIN 002 |
Scott Shoemaker |
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| AMST 308-01 Intro to U.S. Latino Studies |
| MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
HUM 217 |
Alicia Munoz |
*Cross-listed with HISP 308-01 and LATI 308-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 341-01 Urban Social Geography |
| TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
HUM 213 |
Daniel Trudeau |
*Cross-listed with GEOG 341-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 380-01 Postmodern African American Literature |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
MAIN 001 |
Daylanne English |
*Cross-listed with ENGL 380-01*
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| AMST 400-01 Senior Seminar |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
HUM 113 |
Duchess Harris |
*First day attendance required*
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Fall 2011 Class Schedule - updated February 13, 2012 at 05:56 pm
| Number/Section Title |
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Time |
Room |
Instructor |
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| AMST 103-01 Race in US Social Thought |
| MWF |
09:40 am-10:40 am |
HUM 213 |
Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
| *First Year Course only; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 110-01 Intro to African American St |
| MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
HUM 112 |
Duchess Harris |
*First day attendance required*
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| AMST 200-01 Critical Methods |
| M |
07:00 pm-10:00 pm |
HUM 212 |
Jane Rhodes |
*First day attendance required*
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| AMST 202-01 Engaging the Public |
| W |
02:20 pm-04:20 pm |
HUM 304 |
Teresa Fishel |
*2 credit course; course meets in the Library* Students enrolled in this course form the editorial collective for the American Studies on-line journal Tapestries published on Macalester's Digital Commons. Course content will focus on writing, editing, and the art of preparing a journal article for publication. It will also consider how to engage various publics, including students, the College, and local communities, through digital publishing. Students are part of a collaborative model for circulating scholarship, art and criticism. The class is involved in all aspects of layout and design and peer-review, and discuss issues including verifying facts, copyright, intellectual property, author rights, and open access.
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| AMST 202-01 Engaging the Public |
| W |
02:20 pm-04:20 pm |
HUM 304 |
Jane Rhodes |
*2 credit course; course meets in the Library* Students enrolled in this course form the editorial collective for the American Studies on-line journal Tapestries published on Macalester's Digital Commons. Course content will focus on writing, editing, and the art of preparing a journal article for publication. It will also consider how to engage various publics, including students, the College, and local communities, through digital publishing. Students are part of a collaborative model for circulating scholarship, art and criticism. The class is involved in all aspects of layout and design and peer-review, and discuss issues including verifying facts, copyright, intellectual property, author rights, and open access.
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| AMST 225-01 Native American History |
| TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
HUM 214 |
Scott Shoemaker |
*Cross-listed with HIST 225-01*
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| AMST 233-01 Intro Hist US Working Class |
| MWF |
09:40 am-10:40 am |
MAIN 001 |
Peter Rachleff |
*Cross-listed with HIST 233-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 280-01 Re-envisioning Educ/Democracy |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
HUM 216 |
Ruthanne Kurth-Schai |
*Cross-listed with POLI 211-01 and EDUC 280-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 294-01 Native American Cultural Revitalization |
| TR |
01:20 pm-02:50 pm |
OLRI 350 |
Erik Redix |
*First day attendance required.* This will course focus on Ojibwe cultural practices and their historical context. Topics include revitalization of Ojibwe language, meaning of Ojibwe stories, Ojibwe music, traditional and contemporary art, and the practice of Ojibwe off-reservation treaty rights. The role of gender in traditional culture and how these have changed over time will be a reoccurring theme. The course will also look at the international context of Ojibwe cultural revitalization, examining communities on both sides of the US-Canada border.
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| AMST 294-03 African Amer Lit to 1900 |
| MWF |
10:50 am-11:50 am |
MAIN 001 |
Daylanne English |
*Cross-listed with ENGL 275-01*
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| AMST 294-04 Environmental Justice |
| TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
OLRI 241 |
Chris Wells |
*Cross-listed with HIST 237-01 and ENVI 237-01; first day attendance required; permission of instructor required for ACTC students*
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| AMST 300-01 Jr Civic Engagement Seminar |
| MWF |
01:10 pm-02:10 pm |
HUM 213 |
Duchess Harris |
*First day attendance required*
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| AMST 308-01 Intro to U.S. Latino Studies |
| MWF |
12:00 pm-01:00 pm |
HUM 228 |
Galo Gonzalez |
*Cross-listed with HISP 308-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 310-01 Comparative Freedom Movements |
| W |
07:00 pm-10:00 pm |
MAIN 001 |
Peter Rachleff |
*Cross-listed wtih HIST 235-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 334-01 Cultural Studies and the Media |
| TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
HUM 110 |
Leola Johnson |
*Cross-listed with MCST 334-01; plus screening times TBA*
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| AMST 340-01 Living on the Edge: Asian American Experience |
| TR |
03:00 pm-04:30 pm |
HUM 214 |
Karin Aguilar-San Juan |
| *Cross-listed with ASIA 340-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 345-01 Race/Culture/Ethnicity |
| M |
07:00 pm-10:00 pm |
HUM 215 |
Ann Hite |
*Cross-listed with EDUC 340-01; first day attendance required*
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| AMST 354-01 Blackness in the Media |
| TR |
09:40 am-11:10 am |
HUM 110 |
Leola Johnson |
*Cross-listed with MCST 354-01; screening times TBA*
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| AMST 394-01 Race, Gender, and Science |
| MWF |
03:30 pm-04:30 pm |
MAIN 001 |
Lynn Hudson |
*Cross-listed with HIST 350-01 and WGSS 394-03; first day attendance required*
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EVENTS
Feb. 23, 2012
13th Annual American Studies Conference Keynote Address
Dr. Julianne Malveaux, president of Bennett College, presents “Economic and Social Justice In The 21st Century” for the keynote address of the 13th Annual American Studies Conference at Macalester.
Dr. Malveaux is an economist and public intellectual known for her incisive commentary on race, gender, labor, and the economy. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications. The address will consider the hard truths of the nation's economic failure and will issue a call-to-arms for change. This event is free and open to the public.
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