Freshman Seminars - Spring 2011-2012 - Listed by Department

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African-American Studies
101-6-20     Iton, John Richard      DIASPORA STUDIES
TTH 3:30-4:50

African-Asian Languages
110-6-20    Rami Nair   ART OF LANUGAGE THROUGH THE SOUTH ASIAN LENS
TTH 12:30-1:50
 
Anthropology
101-6-21     Hansen, Karen     CLOTHING AND CULTURE
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
101-6-22     Robin Rivera, Cynthia     ANCIENT WOMEN AND MEN
MW 11:00-12:20
 
Art History
101-6-20     Feldman, Hannah     LOOKING AT WAR
MW 11:00-12:20
 
Biological Sciences
105-6-20     Russin, Christina     GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS: SAFE OR SORRY?
MW 2:00-3:20
 
Chemistry
105-6-30     Harel, Elad     TIME TRAVEL AND OTHER STRANGE PARADOXES FROM PHYSICS, MATH, AND PHILOSOPHY
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
105-6-31     Trzupek, Larry     DRUG DEVELOPMENT & THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
105-6-32     Hatch, Shelby     GREEN CHICAGO
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
Classics
101-6-20     Zatta, Claudia     FROM LOVE-GIFTS TO BEASTS:ANIMALS IN ANTIQUITY
MW 3:30-4:50
 
Comparative Literary Studies
104-6-20     Oruc, Firat     WORLD LITERATURE & HUMAN RIGHTS
MWF 12:00-12:50
 
Earth and Planetary Sciences
102-6-01     McInerney, Francesca     GLOBAL WARMING: THE SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
Economics
101-6-20     Zelder, Martin     ECONOMICS OF (ALMOST) EVERYTHING
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
English
101-6-20     Sheerin, Brian     FANTASIZING THE URBAN
MWF 10:00-10:50
 
101-6-21     Gregersen, Chanelle     FORMS OF GRIEF:EXPLORING THE LITERATURE OF LOSS
MWF 11:00-11:50
 
101-6-22     Jafri, Maha     LITERATURE, GOSSIP AND SCANDAL
MWF 12:00-12:50
 
101-6-23     Mwangi, Evan     HUMANITY OF ANIMALS IN GLOBAL LITERATURE CULTURES
MWF 1:00-1:50
 
101-6-24     Leahy, Nathan     UTOPIAN & DYSTOPIAN VISIONS OF AMERICA
MWF 2:00-2:50
 
101-6-25     Lampert, Bahareh     THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME: THE LITERATURE OF DISLOCATION
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
101-6-26     Lahey, Sarah     THE CIVIL WAR SOUTH
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
101-6-27     Romero, Wanalee     POCHOS,COCONUTS, & PASSERS: ASSIMILATION IN EARLY 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERATURE
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
Environmental Sciences
101-6-20     Wilson, Thea     BIOFUELS: PRODUCTION AND ETHICS    
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
French
105-6-20     Hiley, Scott     FICTIVE SEDUCTIONS AND LITERARY TRAPS
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
German
104-6-20     Wilberg, Henrik     AGAINST LIFE, AGAINST THE WORLD: ORIGINS OF SCANDINAVIAN NOIR
MWF 10:00-10:50
 
History
101-6-20     Sowerby, Scott     RISE AND FALL OF ANNE BOLEYN
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
102-6-20     Sherry, Michael     SEX CRIME PANICS IN MODERN AMERICA
TTH 3:30-4:50
 
103-6-20     Rice, Jeffrey     CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS    
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
103-6-21     Yosmaoglu, Ipek     HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
MW 2:00-3:20
 
Linguistics
101-6-21     Gundlach, Robert     HUMAN VOICE, SPOKEN AND WRITTEN
TTH 11:00-12:20
 
General Music
101-6-20     Dobroski, Bernie     ANATOMY OF A CONCERT
MW 2:00-3:20
(Not open to Music Students nor Double Degree WCAS/Music Students)
 
Philosophy
109-6-20     Lafont, Cristina     FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AFTER GLOBALIZATION
TTH 1:00-2:20
 
109-6-21     Ludlow, Peter     NEW MODELS OF (H)AC(K)TIVISM:  FROM ANONYMOUS AND WIKILEAKS TO THE ARAB SPRING AND OCCUPY WALL STREET
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
Physics
110-6-20     Odom, Brian     THE SCIENCE OF TIME: HISTORY, SCIENCE AND SCIENCE FICTION
TTH 3:30-4:50
 
Political Science
101-6-20     Chong, Dennis     PARTICIPATION AND PROTEST IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS
W 3:30-6:20
 
101-6-21     Toender, Lars     POLITICS OF COMEDY
W 9:00-11:50
 
Psychology
101-6-20     Rosenthal, Allen     DEFINING CRAZY: THE CONTROVERSIAL SCIENCE OF MENTAL DISORDERS
M 9:00 - 11:50
 
101-6-21     Smith, David     MUSIC AND THE MIND
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
Religious Studies
101-6-20     Helmer, Cristine     OLYMPICS AND RELIGION
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
Slavic
105-6-20     Doak, Connor     CONFRONTING STALIN:THE DICTATOR IN HISTORY,LITERATURE & POLITICAL THEORY
MWF 11:00-11:50

Sociology 
101-6-20     Demetry, Daphne     BORN TO BUY: THE SOCIOLOGY OF CONSUMPTION
MW 11:00-12:20
 
101-6-21     Lara-Millan, Armando     WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THESE POOR PEOPLE? INCARCERATION AND WELFARE IN THE AGE OF AMERICAN DECLINE
TTH 9:30-10:50
 
101-6-22     Zaloznaya, Marina     SOCIOLOGY OF THE INFORMAL SPHERE: CORRUPTION, SHADOW ECONOMY AND WHITE COLLAR CRIME
TTH 2:00-3:20
 
Spanish
105-6-20     Diakow, Anna     SPANISH FLAMENCO CULTURE
MWF 10:00-10:50