In this seminar, students will attend four meetings with local people who identify as activists and/or community organizers. The other class sessions will provide opportunities to discuss the visitors' presentations along with related readings. A final paper will allow students to reflect on how different activists and organizers analyze social problems, communicate political positions, and build power in communities.

This seminar will examine the complex intersection of race, gender, sexuality, mental health, and class to understand the phenomenon of police shootings and high rates of incarceration in the United States.

Cannibalism has been, at different times, a necessity, a medicinal fad, a metaphor, a fact of our common ancestry, an act of respect and a grievous taboo. This course will seek to briefly trace the fact of cannibalism through history, and then engage with what the metaphor has come to mean in different contexts and to different people.

This seminar will facilitate an evolving conversation concerning the function and impact of racism on the people of the United States. A century ago WEB Du Bois wrote two of the most important books on race in American history (The Souls of Black Folk and The Gift of Black Folk). These works were, in part, pursuing a mission to educate Americans on the reality of race in our country. A century later this work is still ongoing.

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In-depth study of selected topics covered in Linguist 101. Choice of topics to be determined in consultation with students.

In-depth study of selected topics covered in Linguist 101. Choice of topics to be determined in consultation with students.

In-depth study of selected topics covered in Linguist 101. Choice of topics to be determined in consultation with students.

In-depth study of selected topics covered in Linguist 101. Choice of topics to be determined in consultation with students.