This course introduces Comic Art in North America, from the beginnings of the newspaper comic strip through comic books graphic novels, and electronic media including the history and aesthetics of the medium, comparison between developments in the United States, Mexico, and French Canada, and the social and cultural contexts in which comic art is created and consumed. (Gen.Ed. AT, DU)

This course introduces Comic Art in North America, from the beginnings of the newspaper comic strip through comic books graphic novels, and electronic media including the history and aesthetics of the medium, comparison between developments in the United States, Mexico, and French Canada, and the social and cultural contexts in which comic art is created and consumed. (Gen.Ed. AT, DU)

This seminar is intended to provide Ph.D. students with instruction and support to develop their teaching skills, both as teaching assistants/associates in their doctoral programs and as preparation for future careers in academia.

This graduate seminar focuses on theories of family, kinship, and parenting. Theoretical perspectives will be explored through empirical work on family behaviors and household relationships. The course will be reading- and discussion-centered. It will cover contemporary trends in the U.S., but we will also address global perspectives. The readings include studies with an international focus. Further, students will work on a research proposal relevant to the study of families during the semester.

This course introduces graduate students to major theoretical approaches and areas of empirical research in the study of American politics.

The struggle to establish the State of Israel, focusing on the forces which have shaped contemporary Israeli society and culture. Emphasis on the ideological foundations of Zionism, its religious and intellectual roots, and its relationship to the rise of modern antisemitism. Topics include: Zionist ideologies; Kibbutz movement; British and U.S. policies in the modern Near East; Arab-Israeli conflict; religion and politics in modern Israel.

This course examines value in the US healthcare delivery system. By introducing value as a concept we take on the issue of how to improve outcomes and the cost of healthcare delivery. We will think about how to measure value and understand the various stakeholder perspectives of value. We will examine ways to improve the value of healthcare delivery from the perspective of health systems, providers and policy makers. The notions of improvement, innovation and reliability to improve value will be core concepts discussed.

What was the world like at the time of the Rise of Islam and how did the new religion change the Global World Order? The Historical circumstance of the rise of Islam is often misunderstood and shrouded in mystery, or obfuscated by partisan bickering.

This seminar will focus on recent research into equitable and transparent algorithms and systems. We will review cutting-edge research that supports the properties of fairness, accountability, and transparency across various research areas, in particular fair machine learning, explainable artificial intelligence, and their interdisciplinary underpinnings. The seminar will offer introductory lectures describing the origins of relevant research problems, highlighting major threads and approaches in this vivid research space, and describing the relations between them.

This course combines reading and discussion with application of theoretically informed methods in the study of everyday social interaction. We will: 1) Read and discuss representative studies of social interaction and communicative behavior in cultural context. 2) Do graduated classroom and field exercises to assemble methodological tools and accumulate data for your final paper. The final paper will be based on accumulated data - especially recordings and transcripts - from your field site. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BA-Comm majors.