This course introduces students to medical anthropology, an interdisciplinary approach exploring how humans differently define and experience life, death, illness, wellness, health, sex, and pain throughout the world and over time. We begin with classic texts in medical anthropology and ethnomedicine and shift to more contemporary work in critical medical anthropology. There will be a special focus in the course on global inequalities in health and medicine, on cross-cultural perspectives on pain and suffering, and on understanding biomedicine as a cultural system.

This seminar is reserved for DIV III students whose projects feature creative writing - fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, literary journalism. The seminar will consist of workshops, peer critique, and reading, most of which will be prompted by you. Regular participation and attendance is expected. Students MUST attend the first day of class in order to be considered eligible for enrollment. Depending on class size on the first day, I may have to give priority to students in their final semester of Div III.

Students in this class will have an innovative idea for a social impact initiative or a business venture, will have developed this idea into a rough plan through an entrepreneurship class, and will trying to figure out how to take the next step towards action. In this class students will take an entrepreneurial nonprofit or for-profit venture and, work-shopping with professors and class, take real steps to prototype and test their idea.

Hampshire and Five College students will often take on positions of leadership in companies and organizations, on campus and beyond, usually with little practice or training. People often think of leadership as individualistic and autocratic, requiring outgoing personality. But there are many styles of leadership, and effective leadership is usually collaborative. In this class students will learn and practice ethical and non-hierarchical leadership strategies. Students will explore their own values around leadership, and tap into their own personal leadership qualities.

All ancient books which have once been called sacred. will have their lasting place. and those who possess the courage, the perseverance, and the self-denial of the true miner, and of the true scholar, will find even in the darkest and dustiest shafts what they are seeking. -Max M ller, Introduction to the Upanishads Vol. II. In this class, we will explore sacred texts from various histories and cultures for performance.

This seminar course will take as its starting point the idea that all women's lives are complex, valuable, and interesting, and that creative writers can benefit from closely and courageously imagining, exploring, and textualizing them. Our readings will focus on women writers whose work - including biography, philosphy, poetry, and fiction - is considered 'difficult' - strange, complicated and provocative. We will use these writings as a springboard for our own weekly written work. Formal assignments include 2 class presentations and 3 revised creative writing pieces.

Is it possible to completely eliminate negative environmental impact of the everyday things we buy with careful design? We will learn about where raw materials come from, how they are used in manufacture, and how they are disposed of. We will investigate alternative materials or design approaches that may result in less waste. Students will then choose one consumer product to investigate; how it was made, the source of its components and materials, and what typically happens upon disposal.

Using collage, students will produce two-dimensional projects with found imagery, drawn imagery, and collage making materials, i.e. painted paper, cardboard, plastic and other media, to produce an ambitious body of work. The history of collage, including its role in Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art, Neo Expressionism, Feminist art, Digital Art and Contemporary Art will be covered through slides, readings and a research project. Both representational and abstract imagery will be produced.

This studio course introduces intermediate level sculpture and studio art concentrators to mold making and casting processes. Students will be exposed to a range of cast sculpture both historic and contemporary via books and slide lectures. Through assignments and independent work, students will explore the process of mold making and casting through a range of different materials including plaster, latex rubber, urethane rubber and thermoplastics. Students will research historical and contemporary artists who utilize casting and present relevant work for class discussion.