Andrew John Howell

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Primary Title:  
Fire and Safety Officer
Institution:  
UMASS Amherst
Department:  
Environmental Health & Safety
Email Address:  
ajhowell@umass.edu
Telephone:  
413-545-2075
Office Building:  
Hampshire Dining Commons

Jennifer Baumgardner

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Lucille Geier Lakes Writer-in-Residence
Institution:  
Smith College
Department:  
Writing & Public Discourse
Email Address:  
jbaumgardner@smith.edu

Kant & the 19th Century

Immanuel Kant's philosophy set off a revolution that reverberated throughout 19th-century Europe. That revolution was grounded in Kant's radical claim that our own reason, not God or nature, is the original source of all moral principles, freedom, and even goodness itself. Why is this radical? Because it is counterintuitive. Our individual freedom is not curbed by morality. Rather, so Kant suggests, it is precisely what commits us to being part of the moral community.

 

Catie Cutia

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Primary Title:  
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Institution:  
Smith College
Department:  
Neuroscience
Email Address:  
ccutia@smith.edu

Jeroen van der Maat

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Primary Title:  
Director Technical Services
Institution:  
Hampshire College
Department:  
Information Technology
Email Address:  
jvdmIT@hampshire.edu
Telephone:  
413-559-5874
Office Building:  
Harold Johnson Library
Office Room Number:  
303

Language and Advertising

This course investigates the language used in advertisements. Advertisements are designed to persuade us to do things. Our focus will be on how advertisers use language to convey meanings, how they appeal to our emotions and elicit humor. We will examine concrete examples and use basic concepts from linguistic theory to understand the properties of persuasive language and the kinds of meanings that are at play.

Deb Howard

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Primary Title:  
Assoc Dir RecWell for Fac Ops
Institution:  
UMASS Amherst
Department:  
Recreation & Wellbeing
Email Address:  
debhoward@umass.edu

Media Theories

This course provides a historical and critical framework for understanding the literature and research traditions within the field of media studies. Starting from the history of "mass society" as a concept in social thought, we will examine media as institutional actors, technological artifacts, systems of representation, and meaningful cultural objects. We will discuss the links between media, culture, and power from a broad range of perspectives, including political economy, media effects, cultural studies, racial capitalism, postcolonialism, and technology studies.

Electrochemistry

Fundamental principles of electrochemistry. Topics include thermodynamics and kinetics of electrochemical processes, commonly used analytical electrochemical techniques and associated analysis of data, principles of electrochemical sensors, surface science principles as related to electrocatalysis, and the basics of photoelectrochemical energy conversion systems.

FYS- The Human Species

This course will provide first year students with an introduction to UMass and campus resources while also learning about the four fields of anthropology: cultural anthropology, archaeology, biological anthropology, and linguistic anthropology. Specifically, we will focus on biological anthropology through hands-on activities using specimens and discussing the scientific method. Get ready to learn more about yourself and the Human Species!
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