The lcture is an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the causes and remedies of the racial achievement gap.

Students carry out a field experiment in order to test the hypothesis that able bodied individuals receive less help than those perceived to have an injury. Students collect and analyze data and write an APA style research report.

This course explores theoretical issues and concerns underlying global feminisms, and their expression through diverse forms of feminist activism at the community, national, and transnational levels. A comparative perspective is used to examine the following questions: How are women’s issues understood and articulated in different contexts? What are the linkages between women’s multiple identities (class, race, caste, ethnicity, religion, location) and feminist activism? How do conflict, religious fundamentalism, and militarization of societies impact women’s lives? Further, the course explores the role of the state in influencing the course and direction of women’s movements, and women’s mobilization within and across national boundaries for social and gender justice. The challenges and dilemmas facing contemporary women’s activism are also addressed.
In this semester the course will devote a section of the course to the Black Lives Matter struggle in the US and its global impact.

This course focuses on a number of qualitative social science methods that can be productively used in media studies research including interviewing, participant observation, focus groups, cultural probes, visual sociology, and ethnography. The emphasis will primarily be on understanding and learning concrete techniques that can be evaluated for their usefulness in any given project and utilized as needed. Data organization and analysis will be addressed. Several advanced critical thematics will also be covered, including ethics, reciprocity, “studying up,” and risk. The course will be taught via a combination of lectures, class discussions, group exercises, and assignments. This course requires a willingness to work hands-on with learning various social science methods and a commitment to the preparation for such (including reading, discussion, and reflection).

In small groups and in a fishbowl discussion, students consider how race affected the trial of George Zimmerman for the murder of Trayvon Martin.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Access to clean drinking water is widely considered a fundamental human right But many people, especially those living in urban settings and market economies, face water insecurity, borne of political and economic inequality Water sharing – defined as the exchange of water among households – is so widespread that is could be regarded as a grassroots practice to ensure a human right to water Despite its clear importance, however, there’s been little research into the practice New research in WIREs Water aims to fill this void This global study highlights a number of factors that appear to shape who shares water with whom, and why Researchers found that water sharing offers insight into the everyday and, at times, invisible ties that bind people and households to one another Water sharing isn’t simply a fleeting charitable impulse – the practice depends on specific livelihood strategies, spiritual beliefs and cost/benefit calculations For example, many cultures have complex institution.."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Access to clean drinking water is widely considered a fundamental human right But many people, especially those living in urban settings and market economies, face water insecurity, borne of political and economic inequality Water sharing – defined as the exchange of water among households – is so widespread that is could be regarded as a grassroots practice to ensure a human right to water Despite its clear importance, however, there’s been little research into the practice New research in WIREs Water aims to fill this void This global study highlights a number of factors that appear to shape who shares water with whom, and why Researchers found that water sharing offers insight into the everyday and, at times, invisible ties that bind people and households to one another Water sharing isn’t simply a fleeting charitable impulse – the practice depends on specific livelihood strategies, spiritual beliefs and cost/benefit calculations For example, many cultures have complex institution.."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"Social capital, or SC, refers to the many resources that can be derived from social interactions These interactions are critically involved in various neurobiological processes Accumulating evidence supports that SC has a protective effect on mental and physical health as well as mortality But the role of SC in neurological disease is just beginning to be explored A new review article in Brain and Behavior takes a closer look at the issue The article proposes that SC constitutes an integral part of medical care for neurological patients The work aims to help practitioners more effectively monitor and act on their patients' SC backgrounds and provides an important first step in translating current evidence on SC into health-promoting interventions Reyes, S., Giovannoni, G., Thomson, A. Social Capital: Implications for Neurology..."

The rest of the transcript, along with a link to the research itself, is available on the resource itself.