Proposing Faculty Member: Kari Wilson Short description:Course presents students with a recognition of the ways that social media sites impact human minds, bodies, and institutions by studying content creation, dissemination, and reception. Specific topics include mass communication, the history of the Internet, personal and organizational social media use, textual analysis, and ethics.
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WGS-B 190 (VT: Coming to America: Race, Gender and Immigration)
Proposing Faculty Member: Christina Gerken Description: This course will examine how immigrants have shaped America and how the immigration experience alters their own gender, racial, and class identity. Much of the recent debate about immigrants and asylum seekers has perpetuated negative stereotypes and portrayed immigration as an “unprecedented problem.” This course will provide historical context and… Read more »
HSC-B 190 (VT: Flint Water Crisis: What the Eyes Don’t See)
Proposing Faculty Member: Jenny Daranek Description: This course will provide students the opportunity to learn more about the Flint Water Crisis. Students will have the opportunity to connect the Flint Water Crisis to the five determinants of health. Students will develop an understanding of five determinants of health and apply them to the Flint Water… Read more »