Courses

Practice can be understood as ‘what we do’ as artists and arts educators. It involves patterns of behavior, thought, and values that construct the conditions for teaching, learning, and experimentation. Furthermore, power structures such as class, race, and gender influence...

*Lottery-Based Enrollment* This course examines the potential of modern and contemporary art in young children’s learning today. We will explore the history of visual art in childhood theories, including Froebel, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, as well as its positioning in...

Critical participatory action research (CPAR) is a form of critical, collective inquiry that provides youth and adults with opportunities to identify concerns that impact their lives, to gather and analyze data about these issues, and to take collective action to create more...

What does the process of conducting qualitative research look like? How can qualitative research tools and approaches be incorporated into everyday practice? How does one craft research questions, collect and analyze data, and make appropriate claims about findings? This...

Why is an intervention that was successful in a pilot program faltering in the broader rollout? What are the enablers of and barriers to implementing a new statewide policy? What are the strengths and limitations of a mentoring program? How can we ensure the voices and lived...

Throughout history, individuals, scholars, social justice movements, and social justice organizations have leveraged disciplined inquiry or research to highlight untold stories, illuminate goodness, expose systems of power and colonialism, and offer pathways to greater...

This course aims to provide an overview of major topics related to adolescent health for future public health practitioners, including health care providers, mental health workers, educators, and others. It is meant to be a broad introduction to adolescent health through...

This course examines behaviors that place an individual at higher risk of injuries and mortality, including substance use, violence and antisocial behavior, suicide and risky sexual behaviors. With a focus on adolescent risk behavior, the course covers developmental, social...

SBS 222 demonstrates the crucial role of federal and state governments to advance the health and well-being of children and families in the United States. The course begins with a historical overview of how political forces driven by power and privilege systematically led to...

What does it mean to be a child? What is it like to be a child? Drawing on the tools of sociology, we will see how children’s lives and life chances are shaped by their social position, their social contexts, and the broad social structures in their society. Additionally, we...

Nearly one in three residents of the United States lives close to the poverty line, and a growing number of people live in deep poverty, subsisting on less than $2 per day. This course examines the social world of poverty in the US today. It pays particular attention to the...

Even in rich countries, many people are poor, and their chances of moving from poverty to affluence are constrained. People often remain stuck in the same social and economic positions as their parents---and this lack of mobility has major consequences for individuals and...