CBLI Courses
Spring 2010 Courses
ANT 433
Initiation, Education, and Apprenticeship: Cross Cultural Perspectives
Professor Graham M. Jones
From Brazilian capoeira, Japanese dance, and American jazz piano, to glassblowing, lawyering, and navigating a warship: how do people acquire the skills necessary to perform expert activities in different cultural settings? What kinds of knowledge can anthropologists gain as apprentices, and how does it translate into writing? This course focuses on apprenticeship as a subject and method for anthropological research. We examine theories of learning and their application to case studies of wide-ranging domains of expertise. Students conduct ethnographic and experiential activities, generating original data for discussion and analysis.
AMS 401
At Home in New Jersey
Professor William A. Gleason, Hendrik A. Hartog
This team-taught seminar is designed as a capstone course for AMS concentrators and offers an opportunity to work at a more sophisticated and advanced level. Taking New Jersey as our object of study, we will reflect on the ways various residents (and visitors) have constructed worlds--spatial worlds as well as worlds of meaning--in and on this particular ground. We will examine both how we live today and the multiple ways that "how we live today" must be situated within longer histories, including such topics as property rights, suburbanization, zoning, transportation, home and homelessness, immigration, environment and community.
EGR 250, 251; EGR 350, 351; EGR 450, 451
Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS)
Professor Michael G. Littman, Winston O. Soboyejo
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 340
Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
Professor Eileen Zerba
Focuses on environmental challenges and sustainable solutions related to interrelationships between constructed and natural processes. Topic areas include resource conservation, sustainable practices, stormwater management, and habitat restoration. The format of the course is experiential learning with problem-solving research projects, lectures, and discussions. A central theme of the projects is to track the impact of land use and sustainable practices on the ecological balance of environments in and around Princeton's campus. Sample projects include: stream restoration; the health of Lake Carnegie; and the benefits of green roofs.
SOC 340 / REL 390
God of Many Faces: Comparative Perspectives on Migration and Religion
Professor Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Immigrants often experience discrimination in areas of destination. Religion can strengthen their sense of worth, particularly when the circumstances surrounding departure from the country of origin are traumatic, as with exiles and refugees. We take a comparative approach and use examples from the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America. The course broaches questions such as: how does religion transform and is transformed by the immigrant experience? When is religion used to combat stereotypes? Are there differences between the way men and women or dominant groups and racial minorities understand religion?
SOC 203 / URB 201
Introduction to Urban Studies
Professor M. C. Boyer
This course will examine different crises confronting cities in the 21st century. Topics will range from immigration, to terrorism, shrinking population, traffic congestion, pollution, energy crisis, housing needs, water wars, race riots, extreme weather conditions, war and urban operations. The range of cities will include Los Angles, New Orleans, Paris, Logos, Caracas, Havana, New York, Hong Kong, and Baghdad among others.
Fall 2009 Courses
AMS 201
American Places: An Introduction to American Studies
Professor William H. Gleason, Ricardo Montez
With a focus in the fall on four cities (L.A., Detroit, New York, and San Antonio), this course will delve into the significance of place in U.S. history, society and culture. Through the lenses of urban studies, social history, environmental studies and using a wide range of cultural media (film, photography, music, fiction etc…), the course will approach topics such as colonial contact, race, migration, labor, music and citizenship.
ANT 218/REL 218
Religion and Medicine
Professor João Biehl
This seminar examines illness experiences and therapeutic practices as they are related to religious traditions worldwide, specifically in regards to the mind-body interface amid suffering and investigate how new medical technologies intermingle with belief systems and local forms of care. In addition, the course covers the topics of salvation and sacrifice in the context of humanitarian and global health interventions and emerging theories of well being and human agency. Students will have a chance to do ethnographic interviews and will learn to analyze representations of religious experience.
ANT 335
Medical Anthropology
Professor João Biehl
Medical anthropology looks at the interaction of biology, social environment, and medical rationality. The course examines affliction, care, and health in a cross-cultural perspective. It compares non-medical models of disease causality and healing with biomedical ones, and explores how social and technological inequalities shape disease and health outcomes (with a focus on Latin America). Students learn to collect and interpret individual illness narratives as well as to assess the cultural and political dynamics of public health problems. The course draws from ethnography, medical journals, media reports and films.
EGR 250/251, 350/351, 450/451
Engineering Projects in Community Service
Professor Michael G. Littman, Winston O. Soboyejo
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 307
Agriculture and Food: A Foundation for Living
Professor Xenia K. Morin
Agriculture and food provide all people with a foundation for living. Land and water resources provide food, fiber, medicines, industrial commodities, fuel and more. We investigate and analyze specific topics in agriculture and food and evaluate the environmental impact of our current practices. We weigh the challenges farmers face to produce enough food for the growing world population, we critique the controversy over technology used to rise to these challenges, and we consider how farming can be done in an environmentally-friendly and sustainable way.
MOL 460, STC 460
Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
Professor Daniel A. Notterman
Within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns, a survey of normal childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Emphasis on the complex relationship between genetic and acquired causes of disease, medical practice, social conditions, and cultural values. Patient visits are an integral component of the course.
SOC 205
Sociology from E-Street: Bruce Springsteen’s America
Professor Mitchell Duneier
Bruce Springsteen’s songs have ranged in topics from loneliness, happiness and broken dreams to immigration, racism, teenage pregnancy and nostalgia. Through listening to Bruce and his E-Street band’s songs and in-class interviews with actual people that have led lives similar to the characters found in these songs, students will explore sociological theories. Additionally, students will have the option of doing community-based research.
SOC 227
Race and Ethnicity
Professor Patricia Fernández-Kelly
Our first goal in this course is to understand definitions of race and ethnicity in various contexts from a theoretical perspective. Our second goal is to account for the rise of ethnicity and race as political and cultural forces in the age of globalization. Why are ethnic and racial delimitations expanding in areas of the world where such distinctions were formerly muted? Is race and racial discrimination the same regardless of geographical region? What are the main theories and methodologies now available to study race and ethnicity comparatively?
Spring 2009 Courses
AAS 381 / AMS 381
Social Change and the City: Education, Environmental Justice and Social Entrepreneurship
This seminar examines entrepreneurial approaches to addressing urban inequality, with a special emphasis on Trenton. Drawing on theoretical and historical scholarship along with case studies, students will explore organizations and experiments such as the Black Panther Party, the SNCC Freedom Schools, the Algebra Project, the Industrial Areas Foundation, and Sustainable South Bronx. In collaboration with the Community-Based Learning Initiative, the seminar will also offer students the opportunity to conduct hands-on research.
AAS 396 / ANT 396
Ethnography of Black Americans in the United States
Judith S. Casselberry
This seminar is an interdisciplinary survey of writings, film, and music on and by Black Americans in the United States from the 18th-21st century. We will examine theories of race and gender constructions, performance, and power, as well as systems of image construction in popular culture. In addition to readings, the last half of the semester will be devoted to an ethnographic project, which will expose students to the aims and practicalities of doing ethnographic research.
AAS 403/ANT 403
Race and Medicine
In 1998, then-President Clinton set a national goal that by the year 2010 race, ethnic, and gender disparities in six disease categories would be eliminated. While the agenda, called Healthy People 2010, is a noble goal there, is one major hurdle. No study has definitively determined the cause of health disparities. This course examines the role culture plays in reproducing health inequalities in the United States. For a final project, students will be asked to propose their own solutions for eliminating health disparities.
EGR 250/251, 350/351, and 450/451
Engineering Projects in Community Service
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for participating in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local non-profits. The teams are: 1) multidisciplinary--drawing students both from engineering and from other departments; 2) vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and 3) long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, the technical depth, and the disciplinary breadth of these teams enable students to deliver projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 310
Environmental Law and Moot Court
Examining the relationship between law and environmental policy, this course focuses on cases that have established policy principles. The first half of the seminar will be conducted using the Socratic method. The second half will allow students to reargue either the plaintiff or defendant position in a key case, which will be decided by the classroom jury.
ENV 340
Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions
Focuses on environmental challenges and sustainable solutions related to interrelationships between constructed and natural processes. Topic areas include resource conservation, sustainable practices, stormwater management, and habitat restoration. The format of the course is experiential learning with problem-solving research projects, lectures, and discussions. A central theme of the projects is to track the impact of land use and sustainable practices on the ecological balance of environments in and around Princeton's campus. Sample projects include: stream restoration, the health of Lake Carnegie, and the benefits of green roofs.
PSY 320
Theories of Psychotherapy
This course will examine different theories, techniques, settings and issues in psychotherapy. A number of class meetings will take place in clinical field settings, including the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and the Forensic Center.
SOC 302
Sociological Theory
This course invites you to systematically review foundational texts in sociology. Attention is given to the formulation of concepts, hypotheses, and research methods. We explore social structure and action; change and conflict; norms and roles; social class and stratification; deviance; and the link between micro- and macro-sociology. We also consider phenomena such as modernization, urbanization, migration, industrialization, and global capitalism. Why does theory matter to contemporary politics and policy? These are among the questions we ask.
Fall 2008 Courses
AAS 322/POL 300
Black Women's Political Activism
This course uses the history of political activism among African American women to ask questions about participating in American politics. We explore the interaction of gender, race, sexuality, and class with politics in the United States, and this exploration helps us to reconceptualize politics and political science. By relocating black women from their historically marginal position in the curriculum to the center of our attention, we explore ways to transform knowledge about American politics. Our assignments cover feminism, labor activism, and the civil rights movement.
AAS 330/HIS 455
Black Metropolis: African American Urban History
In this seminar we discuss the transformation of the African American population from one rooted in the rural South to one located overwhelmingly in the cities of the North and West. Starting with the post-Civil War era and spanning the twentieth century, our study critiques the impact of urbanization on African American family life, social relations, culture, and political expression. Throughout the course we address not only the “where” and the “who” of the migration, but also the “how” and the “why.”
ANT 314
The Anthropology of Development
This course examines why well-meaning development experts get it wrong and why their projects fail. It looks closely at what anthropologists mean by culture and why many development experts ignore the cultural forces that hold communities together. As students analyze development projects from South Asia to the United States, they learn why genealogy, religion, exchange relations, indigenous law, and power relations are relevant to the success of these projects. Particular attention will be given to development projects related to water.
ANT 335
Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology examines the interaction of biology, social environment, and medical rationality. The course analyzes affliction, care, and health with a cross-cultural perspective. It compares non-medical and biomedical models of disease causality and healing. With a focus on Latin America, the course also explores how social and technological inequalities impact disease and health outcomes. On the micro scale, students learn to collect and interpret individual illness narratives. On the macro scale, students assess the cultural and political dynamics of public health problems. The course draws from ethnography, medical journals, media reports and films.
EGR 250, 350, and 450
Engineering Projects in Community Service
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for participating in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local non-profits. The teams are: 1) multidisciplinary--drawing students both from engineering and from other departments; 2) vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and 3) long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, the technical depth, and the disciplinary breadth of these teams enable students to deliver projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 307
Agriculture and Food: A Foundation for Living
Agriculture and food provide all people with a foundation for living. Land and water resources provide food, fiber, medicines, industrial commodities, fuel and more. We investigate and analyze specific topics in agriculture and food and evaluate the environmental impact of our current practices. We weigh the challenges farmers face to produce enough food for the growing world population, we critique the controversy over technology used to rise to these challenges, and we consider how farming can be done in an environmentally-friendly and sustainable way.
MOL 460/STC 460
Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
This course is a survey of normal childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Development and disorder are situated within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns. The course emphasizes the complex relationship medical practice bears to social conditions, cultural values, and genetic and acquired causes of disease. Patient visits are an integral component of the course.
POL 334/AAS 335
The Politics of Race and Health in America
Racial disparities in the health of U.S. citizens are persistent and widening. African Americans are more likely to develop cancer, to suffer from diabetes, heart disease and stroke, and to contract and die from HIV-AIDS. From birth to old age, race in North America influences quality of life and access to both health insurance and care. This course explores the structural and political reasons for important racial disparities in health trends.
SOC 227
Race and Ethnicity
Our first goal in this course is to understand definitions of race and ethnicity in various contexts from a theoretical perspective. Our second goal is to account for the rise of ethnicity and race as political and cultural forces in the age of globalization. Why are ethnic and racial delimitations expanding in areas of the world where such distinctions were formerly muted? Is race and racial discrimination the same regardless of geographical region? What are the main theories and methodologies now available to study race and ethnicity comparatively?
SOC 340/REL 390
God of Many Faces: Comparative Perspectives on Migration and Religion
Immigrants often experience discrimination, but religion can strengthen their sense of worth. This strengthening is particularly important when the circumstances surrounding departure from home are traumatic, as with exiles and refugees. We use examples from the United States, Asia, Europe, and Latin America to ask: how does religion transform the immigrant experience? How is religion transformed by the immigrant experience? When is religion used to combat stereotypes? Are there differences in the ways men versus women or dominant groups versus racial minorities understand religion?
Spring 2008 Courses
AAS 403/ANT 403
Race and Medicine
In 1998, then-President Clinton set a national goal that by the year 2010 race, ethnic, and gender disparities in six disease categories would be eliminated. While the agenda, called Healthy People 2010, is a noble goal there, is one major hurdle. No study has definitively determined the cause of health disparities. This course examines the role culture plays in reproducing health inequalities in the United States. For a final project, students will be asked to propose their own solutions for eliminating health disparities.
EGR 250, 350, and 450
Engineering Projects in Community Service
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
PSY 320
Theories of Psychotherapy
This course will examine different theories, techniques, settings and issues in psychotherapy. A number of class meetings will take place in clinical field settings, including the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and the Forensic Center.
SOC 302
Sociological Theory
This course invites you to systematically review foundational texts in sociology. Attention is given to the formulation of concepts, hypotheses, and research methods. We explore social structure and action; change and conflict; norms and roles; social class and stratification; deviance; and the link between micro- and macro-sociology. We also consider phenomena such as modernization, urbanization, migration, industrialization, and global capitalism. Why does theory matter to contemporary politics and policy? These are among the questions we ask.
TPP 401
Seminar on Education
Senior Seminar, usually taken concurrently with Practice Teaching (TPP402) by students in the Certificate program, is designed for those preparing to teach in public or private elementary and/or secondary schools. CBLI students taking this course undertake a community-based research project in local school. Course content includes: the development of learning goals and rubrics for assessment, the study of national and local issues in education and their impact on schools, the examination of current literature and research on teaching and learning, the discussion and evaluation of each student's performance as practice teachers, and the use of research to measure the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process.
Fall 2007 CBLI Course Offerings
ANT 335
Medical Anthropology
Medical anthropology looks at the interaction of biology, social environment, and medical rationality. The course examines affliction, care, and health in a cross-cultural perspective. It compares non-medical models of disease causality and healing with biomedical ones, and explores how social and technological inequalities shape disease and health outcomes (with a focus on Latin America). Students learn to collect and interpret individual illness narratives as well as to assess the cultural and political dynamics of public health problems. The course draws from ethnography, medical journals, media reports and films.
EGR 250, 350, and 450
Engineering Projects in Community Service
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 201A,B
Fundamentals of Environmental Studies: Population, Land Use,
Biodiversity, and Energy
An expanding human population and the desire of all people for a more prosperous life have placed tremendous demands on the environment. We will explore how human activities have affected land use, agriculture, fisheries, biodiversity, and the use of energy. Our focus is both global and local, highlighting not only fundamental changes in the biosphere, but also the ways in which individual decisions lead to major environmental changes. We explore the fundamental principles underlying contemporary environmental issues, and we use case studies to illustrate the scientific, political, economic, and social dimensions of environmental problems.
FRS 145
Life in a Nuclear-Armed World
The nuclear age has been more than just growing arsenals, crises, proliferation, and an ever present threat of nuclear war. This course will try to unpack some of these meanings of the nuclear age, using scholarly and popular writings as well as movies and documentary films about the bomb. It will start by introducing some of the basic science and technology of nuclear weapons, and the consequences of the atomic bombing of Japan. We will then examine the decision to build and field the even more destructive hydrogen bomb, and the use of nuclear weapons for deterrence and as an instrument of power in international affairs. We will examine the struggles of the anti-nuclear movement in its efforts to restrain decision-makers, end arms races, and to ban the bomb. While much of the course will focus on what it has meant to live with the bomb in America, we will cover the spread of nuclear weapons to other states and the fear of nuclear terrorism, especially after the attacks of September 11. At the end of the course, we will try to examine what the future may hold and ask whether the bomb is here to stay or whether it may be possible to imagine an end to the nuclear age.
MOL 460/STC 460
Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
Within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns, a survey of normal
childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Emphasis on the complex relationship between genetic and acquired causes
of disease, medical practice, social conditions, and cultural values. Patient visits are an
integral component of the course.
SOC 227
Race and Ethnicity
Our goal in this course is (a) to understand various definitions of race and ethnicity from a theoretical perspective and in a plurality of contexts and (b) to account for the rise of ethnicity and race as political and cultural forces in the age of globalization. Why are ethnic and racial delimitations expanding in areas of the world where such distinctions were formerly muted? Is race and racial discrimination all the same regardless of geographical region? What are the main theories and methodologies now available for the study of race and ethnicity from a comparative point of view? These are among the questions our course aims to answer.
TPP 401
Seminar on Education
Senior Seminar, usually taken concurrently with Practice Teaching (TPP402) by students in the Certificate program, is designed for those preparing to teach in public or private elementary and/or secondary schools. CBLI students taking this course undertake a community-based research project in local school. Course content includes: the development of learning goals and rubrics for assessment, the study of national and local issues in education and their impact on schools, the examination of current literature and research on teaching and learning, the discussion and evaluation of each student's performance as practice teachers, and the use of research to measure the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process.
WWS 303/POL 345
Quantitative Analysis and Public Policy
This course provides an introduction to the basic ideas of applied statistics with examples and applications focused in the social sciences. It covers univariate and multivariate analysis, linear regression and analysis of variance, with an emphasis on graphical displays. These methods are in frequent use across the social sciences, testing claims about the relationships between variables in political, economic, psychological, and policy research. The approach adopted differs from that of typical courses in statistics and methodology.
WWS 333
Claims and Evidence in Policy Research
Concentrators will learn the foundations of research design, including how to formulate researchable questions from general topics and how to use empirical evidence to evaluate claims. Students will be exposed to a variety of substantive problems and research approaches that use qualitative and quantitative methods through critical reading of applied social science research and review of WWS senior theses. The course will also cover several practical aspects of research, including ethics and regulations concerning human subjects, use of library and reference search tools, and resources for acquiring and presenting of data.
Spring 2007 CBLI Course Offerings
These courses and many others have a community-based component and/or offer an opportunity to do a community-based research paper in partnership with local organizations.
EGR 250, 350, and 450
Engineering Projects in Community Service
In the Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS) program, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technology-based problems for local not-for-profit organizations. The teams are: multidisciplinary--drawing students from across engineering and around the university; vertically-integrated--maintaining a mix of sophomores through seniors each semester; and long-term--each student may participate in a project for up to six semesters. The continuity, technical depth, and disciplinary breadth of these teams enable delivery of projects of significant benefit to the community.
ENV 310
Topics in Environmental Studies: Environmental Law and Moot Court
Examining the relationship between law and environmental policy, this course focus on cases that have established policy principles. The first half of the seminar will be conducted using the Socratic method. The second half will allow students to reargue either the plaintiff or defendant position in a key case, which will be decided by the classroom jury. One three-hour seminar
MOL 460, STC 460
Diseases in Children: Causes, Costs, and Choices
Within a broader context of historical, social, and ethical concerns, a survey of normal childhood development and selected disorders from the perspectives of the physician and the scientist. Emphasis on the complex relationship between genetic and acquired causes of disease, medical practice, social conditions, and cultural values. Patient visits are an integral component of the course.
PSY 320
Theories of Psychotherapy
Examination of different theories, techniques, settings and issues in psychotherapy. A number of class meetings will take place in clinical field settings, including the Trenton Psychiatric Hospital and the Forensic Center.
SOC 302
Sociological Theory
This course invites you to systematically review foundational texts in sociology. Attention is given to the formulation of concepts, hypotheses, and research methods. We explore social structure and action; change and conflict; norms and roles; social class and stratification; deviance; and the link between micro- and macro-sociology. We also consider phenomena such as modernization, urbanization, migration, industrialization, and global capitalism. Why does theory matter to contemporary politics and policy? These are among the questions we ask.
SOC 339
Sociology of International Migration
This course provides an overview of immigration trends over the twentieth century and the sociological theory and research that informs our understanding about its causes and consequences. Some topics covered in this course include: the origins and settlement patterns of immigrants throughout the 20th century, immigrant entrepreneurship and political participation, the adaptation of second-generation immigrants, the role of religion in immigrant communities, and current immigration policy debates. We will also discuss similar topics with regards to immigration in Canada and Europe.
TPP 401
Seminar on Education
Senior Seminar, taken concurrently with Practice Teaching (TPP402), is designed for those preparing to teach in public or private elementary and/or secondary schools. Course content includes: the development of learning goals and rubrics for assessment, the study of national and local issues in education and their impact on schools, the examination of current literature and research on teaching and learning, the discussion and evaluation of each student's performance as practice teachers, and the use of research to measure the effectiveness of the teaching/learning process.
WWS 310/POL 339
The American City
This course provides an introduction to issues and challenges confronting American cities and metropolitan areas and the policy remedies and options available to government and the private sector. First, we examine political, social, and economic explanations for the origin and evolution of urban environments. We trace the historical development of local government institutions, analyze urban coalitions, and investigate distributions of power. The second half of the course analyzes urban policies in the areas of growth, education, culture wars, housing, and poverty particularly in the post war period.
WWS 469
Health, Housing, Employment: What works for the Poor in Small Cities?
Offers a hands-on research opportunity for students interested in urban poverty. We will be working with a non-profit organization in Trenton (Isles) on questions of public health (asthma and lead exposure), prisoner re-entry, and predatory lending as a barrier to low income home ownership, among other issues. Our "job" will be to understand the scholarly literature as background to these problems, learn the best practices that other cities and communities have developed to deal with them, and design new strategies for Isles as they move forward. Committed students, willing to visit Trenton and engage in team research, are welcome.
WWS 540/SOC 575
Urbanization and Development
Examines the origins, types, and characteristics of cities in less developed countries and the ways in which patterns of urbanization interact with policies to promote economic growth and social equity. Readings and class discussions address three areas: a) a history of urbanization in the Third World; b) an analysis of contemporary urban systems, demographic patterns, and the social structure of large Third World cities; c) a review of the literature on urban dwellers with emphasis on the poor and their political and social outlooks.
Fall 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2005
