PUBPOL 290-04: Two Faces of America
Professor Michael Powell, MW 11:45am – 1:00pm
We have come to see America as a house divided. Sometimes this is painted in lurid terms as a nation verging on a divorce, a civil war even. We will interrogate these views by looking at what divides and unites, and our fault lines. We will do this with as much nuance as we can muster. Our subjects will include: poverty and inequality; our political divides; free expression on campus from the debate around Israel to the identity wars of gender and race. We will read journalism, non-fiction books, and studies, and explore individual cases with an emphasis on training ourselves to think broadly and ecumenically. We will seek to write clearly, intelligently, and with style.
POLSCI 547: Politics of United States Foreign Policy
Professor Bruce W Jentleson, TU 1:25 – 3:55 PM
Examine the institutions and actors shaping U.S. foreign policy, the influence of democratic processes, and the interplay between historical context, theory, and contemporary policy analysis.
PUBPOL 302D: Policy Choice as Value Conflict
Professor Gunther Peck, TUTH 10:05 – 11:20 AM
Explore the challenges of decision-making in conflicts of values and interests, focusing on how norms from ethics, ideology, law, and other sources shape policy issues like welfare, environmental management, and national defense.
PUBPOL 902: The Political Economy of Policymaking
Professor Mallory E SoRelle, WE 3:20 – 5:50 PM
Examines the political and institutional dynamics of policymaking, blending frameworks from political science, economics, and social sciences to analyze policy evaluation, stability, change, and the feedback effects of public policies.
PUBPOL 383S: Politcs of Sexuality
Professor Gabriel N Rosenberg, TUTH 10:05 – 11:20 AM
Investigates the intersections of sexuality, politics, and citizenship, using interdisciplinary approaches to explore diverse topics such as social movements, law, medicalization, militarism, immigration, and reproductive rights in varied sociocultural and historical contexts.
POLSCI 525S: Race and American Politics
Professor Paula McClain, MO 3:05 – 5:35 PM
A broad overview of the salience of race in the American political fabric and how it structures racial attitudes on a number of political and policy dimensions.
PUBPOL 577: U.S. Environmental Politics
Professor Jack Zhou, MO 6:15 – 7:30 PM
Examines the formation and implementation of environmental policy, focusing on the roles of interest groups, environmental movements, public opinion, political systems, and institutions.
HISTORY 120: History of American Democracy
Professor Reeve Huston, TUTH 3:05 – 4:20 PM
This course surveys U.S. political history, examining the evolution of democracy, electoral politics, grassroots movements, and voter suppression, while analyzing how historical conflicts shape contemporary political challenges and opportunities.
POLSCI 333S: Democracy and Social Choice
Professor Emerson Niou, MOWE 4:40 – 5:55 PM
Introduces social choice and democratic theory, exploring how individual preferences are aggregated into collective decisions through voting methods, electoral systems, and other political institutions, while analyzing issues like strategic voting, suffrage, voting fraud, and representative districting.
EDUC 275S: Complex Issues in United States Healthcare
Professor Devdutta G Sangvai, MOWE 1:25 – 2:40 PM
This course explores the historical, educational, social, political, economic, and ethical aspects of U.S. healthcare, focusing on provider education, health outcomes, reform efforts, and the challenges posed by an aging population and healthcare inequalities.
PUBPOL 275: United States Environmental Policy
Professor Betsy A Albright, MOWE 1:25 – 2:40 PM
This course provides an overview of major U.S. environmental legislation, covering topics such as air and water pollution, hazardous waste, agriculture, wildlife, and the institutions involved, with a focus on political, economic, ethical, and scientific analysis.
PUBPOL 165: Introduction to the United States Health Care System
Professor Hilary A Campbell, MO 1:40 – 4:10 PM
This course offers an overview of key U.S. health policy issues, covering topics such as morbidity and mortality, access to healthcare, financing (including insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid), healthcare quality, end-of-life care, the role of healthcare facility ownership, long-term care, caregiving, and the impact of social factors like income inequality and culture on health outcomes.