ANTH 126 CHP: Humans and Animals: Food or Friends?, Prof. Jane Desmond
74329| Monday, Wednesday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | 212 Honors House | 3 Hours
Course Description: Human relations with non-human animals are one of the most complex, and culturally varied, realms of human relations with the “natural” world. Responding to recent developments in anthropology with calls for multi-species ethnography, and within the humanities and humanistic social sciences more broadly for a “more-than-human” approach, this course takes our relations with non-human animals as serious realms of investigation, requiring new methods, and worthy of active study, theorizing, and analysis.
This course, emphasizing questions of how we can move toward a more sustainable future, focuses on two key realms of human relations with non-human animals: as food, and as “friend,” or pets/companion animals. A third category of animals as “fauna” or avatars of the wild, will be touched on briefly.
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Science: Social Science
Instructor: Jane Desmond is Professor in Anthropology and Gender and Women’s Studies, and Co-founder and Director of the International Forum for U.S. Studies, a center for the Transnational Study of the United States. She also holds appointments in the Unit for Criticism and Interpretive Theory, the Center for Global Studies, and in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
Her primary areas of interest focus of issues of embodiment, display, and social identity, as well as the transnational dimensions of U.S. Studies. Her areas of expertise include performance studies, critical theory, visual culture (including museum studies and tourism studies), the critical analysis of the U.S. in global perspectives, and, most recently, the political economy of human/animal relations. She has previously worked as a professional modern dancer and choreographer, and in film, video, and the academy. She is the Founding Resident Director of the International Summer Institute in Animal Studies at UIUC, and of the Animal Lives Book Series at the University of Chicago Press. In addition to academic publications, she has written for CNN, the Washington Post, and the Huffington Post, and her creative work has appeared on PBS and at numerous film festivals.
ARCH 199 CHP: Sustainability and Healthy Architecture, Prof. Mohamed Boubekri
67522 | Tuesday, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | 236 Wohlers | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course emphasizes the important performance aspects of daylighting systems in terms of building occupants’ health and psychological wellbeing. The course will cover the tools necessary for an efficient integration of daylighting issues in the overall design of a building. The fundamentals of daylighting are introduced and their relevance to design decisions emphasized. Benefits of daylighting in terms of health benefits and human factors will be a major emphasis. Using scale modeling and computer simulation techniques, the performance of daylighting strategies will be explored from the quantitative and qualitative aspects.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Science: Behavioral Science
Instructor: Mohamed Boubekri is Professor in the Department of Architecture. His work focuses on sustainable architecture and the intersection of the built environment and human health. In numerous publications, including two recently published books, he explores the impact of the lack of daylight inside buildings on people’s health, behavior and overall well-being. More generally, his work also examines the relationship between architectural design, sustainable technologies and building energy/environmental performance. Professor Boubekri earned his Ph.D. in Architecture from Texas A&M University in 1990.
ARTJ 301 CHP: Manga: The Art of Image and Word, Prof. Lindsey Stirek
75868 | Tuesday, Thursday | 11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m. | 212 Honors House | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course offers an immersive exploration of manga (Japanese comics) and anime, delving into their significance within both Japanese and global contexts. Throughout this class, you will trace the evolution of these art forms and examine their relationship with Japan’s cultural heritage, while also observing their departures from traditional norms and how they represent the concept of “Otherness.” By collaborating with fellow classmates to collectively craft your own manga magazine, you will delve into the fundamental aspects of manga as an artistic medium and experience how manga and anime mutually influence and are influenced by individual and societal perceptions. This course will not only introduce you to the captivating realms of manga and anime but also prompt thoughtful exploration of their cultural, societal, and artistic dimensions and their profound impact on the broader global landscape.
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Cultural Studies: Non-Western and for Humanities: Literature & the Arts
Instructor: Lindsey Stirek is Teaching Assistant Professor in the School of Art and Design and is Visiting Assistant Director of Academic Programming at Japan House. She began studying chadō (the Way of Tea) in 2009 and has spent several years in Japan studying Japanese language and culture. She teaches courses on manga, anime, and Japanese tea ceremony and is currently focusing her research on the convergence of traditional Japanese arts and contemporary and localized modalities ranging from performance to media to three-dimensional art. Professor Stirek received her B.A. in East Asian Languages and Culture from the University of Illinois and her M.A. and Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.
BIOE 199 CHP: Bioengineering Experience, Prof. Caroline Cvetkovic
47810 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 2:00-2:50 p.m. | 18 CIF | 3 Hours
Course Description: Bioengineering is a multidisciplinary field that utilizes engineering tools and principles to solve issues related to medicine and human health. In this course, students will be exposed to a variety of sub-topics that encompass the diverse field of bioengineering through a multitude of experiences, including lectures, guest seminars, lab tours, hands-on activities and demonstrations, team-based biomedical design challenges, and basic laboratory experiments that demonstrate the scientific process.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Natural Sciences & Technology: Physical Sciences
Instructor: Caroline Cvetkovic is Teaching Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering. Her primary focus of research is in cell and tissue engineering and regernative tissue engineering. Prior to her teaching position, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow for the Center for Neuroregeneration and Depratment of Neurosurgery at the Houston Methodist Research Institute. Professor Cvetkovic received her BA, MS, and PhD from the University of Illinois.
CHP 395B: History of Sexuality and Literature, Prof. Carl Niekerk
40547 | Tuesday, Thursday | 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | 212 Honors House | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course will look at the history of sexuality in the Western tradition and, in particular, although not exclusively, at the German and French literary and cultural traditions. Literature and film are interesting media to study the history of sexuality. While they document the norms and values that regulate, or are supposed to regulate, sexual behavior, they also reveal that theory and practice are often not the same. We will try to answer some of the following questions: To what extent are Western European ideas about sexuality at the roots of ideas about gender roles — about the ways men and women are supposed to behave in society? How are Western ideas about non-Western cultures influenced by negative stereotypes about the sexuality of those belonging to these other cultures? To what extent is “sexuality” a Western invention, and is it a specifically modern idea? Is the Western discourse on sexuality exclusively focused on heterosexual forms of sexual behavior, or is there space for alternative forms? Freud claimed that Western societies repressed sexuality, but is this really true?
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Humanities: Literature & the Arts
Instructor: Carl Niekerk is Professor of German, Comparative and World Literature, and Jewish Studies. His areas of teaching and research include German literature and culture since 1750, European perceptions of other cultures, music and literature, and comparative Dutch studies. In addition to many articles, essays, book reviews and book chapter contributions, Professor Niekerk is the author of the book Reading Mahler: German Culture and Jewish Identity in Fin-de-siècle Vienna, which looks at the music of Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) in the context of German cultural and literary history, focusing in particular on the Jewish-German cultural tradition.
CHP 395C: Gender Communication, Prof. Grace Giorgio
31308 | Tuesday, Thursday | 12:30 – 1:50 p.m. | 1062 Lincoln Hall | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course investigates how gender and sexuality are communicated. Language – our statements as well as our demeanors – both explains and defines us. It sends covert as well as overt messages about us and our culture. In a complicated and not generally symmetrical fashion, our gender and sexuality inform our language and our language informs our gender and sexuality. This course focuses on the ways in which we discuss and enact – verbally and physically – gender and sexuality. This course interrogates social and cultural notions of gender and sexuality and examines the way in which language serves to both reinforce and challenge these notions.
Students will have the opportunity to develop a fundamental understanding of how gender and language interface in contemporary social and political contexts; analyze and critique how gendered language shapes individual subjectivity in social, cultural, and political spheres; increase skillfulness in analysis, theory, and praxis; and apply qualitative research methods to the study of gendered communication.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Science: Social Science
Instructor: Grace Giorgio has been teaching in the Department of Communication since she arrived on campus as a graduate student in 1995. In 2001, she began teaching full-time for the University of Illinois, developing and teaching courses in popular media, gender communication, public policy and sustainability, and the geography of culture. Professor Giorgio began teaching for CHP in Fall 2012, launching a course on place making, Communicating Public Policy: Our Cities/Ourselves (CMN 220). She also taught Gender Communication for CHP in Fall 2015 and 2019. In 2013, Professor Giorgio received the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Teaching Award. In Fall 2015, she received two Provost Office grants to develop and launch Writing Fundamentals, an online, interactive grammar program for Illinois writing courses. In concert with Engineering faculty, Professor Giorgio received a Strategic Innovations Instructional Program grant to support Engineering students with public speaking. Her research interests include an experimental use of qualitative research methods to investigate the intersection of self, culture, and the public sphere.
CLCV 133 CHP: Archaeology of Israel, Prof. Brett Kaufman
70705 | Tuesday, Thursday | 2:00 – 3:50 p.m. (POTA) | 313 Davenport | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course explores the archaeology and history of the Near East with a specific focus on the development of Israel. Cultures of the Near East adapted to a rapidly changing world by pioneering the world’s earliest innovations in agriculture, urbanism, bronze technology, and writing. We will investigate the Near Eastern background of the Israelites and their neighbors from the beginnings of agriculture during the “Neolithic Revolution”, to the formation of the world’s first cities in the Bronze Age, to the archaeological remnants of the Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament. The course will investigate the materials remains and societal ramifications of wave after wave of military conflict and how this has shaped the Middle East, including the Babylonian Exile, the conquests of Alexander the Great, and the Jewish Revolts against the Romans.
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Humanities: Historical & Philosophical Perspectives
Instructor: Brett Kaufman is Assistant Professor in the Department of the Classics, joining the faculty in 2018. He is an archaeologist specializing in the Mediterranean and Near East, ancient engineering and design, the formation and maintenance of sociopolitical hierarchy, and reconstructing ecological management strategies of ancient and historical societies. He has directed or supervised archaeological excavations in Tunisia, China, Italy, Israel, and New York. He received a B.A. from Brandeis University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. Prior to joining the Classics department, he held a postdoctoral fellowship at Brown University and a faculty appointment at the University of Science and Technology Beijing, where he still maintains a visiting affiliation. His research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Geographic Society, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
CW 199 CHP: The How of Where: Writing from Place,Prof. Amy Hassinger
71978 | Monday, Wednesday | 3:00 – 4:15 PM | 212 Honors House | 3 Hours
Course Description: “Story comes from place,” says Pulitzer-prize winning author Annie Proulx. Well, how, exactly? In this introductory writing workshop, we’ll set out to explore the answer to that question. Together, we’ll study a selection of evocative place-based fiction, teasing apart what makes the writing work, and then set out to write our own stories that come from and are bound up with place. Students will practice many of the basic elements of fiction writing through targeted writing exercises, story drafting, workshopping, and revision, all in the quest of learning to write place-based stories others will want to read.
By the end of the semester, you will:
- Identify and understand the basic building blocks of successful place-based fiction, including the effective use of concrete detail to describe setting and create atmosphere, exposition of significant history, representation of place as a kind of character, character desire and development tied to place, narrative tension, and plot design.
- Practice using these techniques in a series of weekly targeted exercises and in writing your own complete place-based short story (2000 – 4000 words, double-spaced).
- Give and receive constructive feedback, written and oral, with the shared goal of helping everyone create their best work.
- Grow more aware of your own unique writing process as well as your own growth over time through regular written reflections on your work.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Humanities: Literature & the Arts
Instructor: Amy Hassinger is Assistant Professor in the English Department, specializing in creative writing. Her novels–Nina: Adolescence, The Priest’s Madonna, and After the Dam—have been translated into six languages, and her work has won awards from Creative Nonfiction Magazine, the Independent Publisher Book Awards, Publisher’s Weekly, and the Illinois Arts Council, as well as fellowships from the Ucross and Ragdale Foundations. Her nonfiction appears in such venues as The New York Times, Creative Nonfiction, Fourth Genre, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Her current projects include a middle grade novel set on the Galápagos Islands about the problem of extinction, and a book of creative nonfiction about singing and the pursuit of joy in the face of climate apocalypse.
EPOL 199 CHP: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in K-12 Education, Prof. Rachel Roegman
66761 | Tuesday, Thursday | 9:00 – 10:20 a.m. | 212 Honors House | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course is intended to engage students in the current national debates about the role of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in K-12 schools. We will situate these debates within Gloria Ladason-Billings’s foundational book, DreamKeepers, which brought the concept of culturally relevant pedagogy to the education world. Alongside this text, we will conduct classroom observations in a local elementary school to see this pedagogy in action. Through documentary and text, we will then engage in examination of Ethnic Studies of a high school course in Arizona and California, while conducting classroom observations in a local high school. We will conclude the semester by analyzing state laws across the U.S. that seek to restrict or promote aspects of DEI in K-12 classrooms.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Science: Social Science
Instructor: Rachel Roegman is Associate Professor in the Department of Education Policy, Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Her research examines the interconnections of equity, contexts, and leadership, and her work focuses on the development and support of equity-focused leaders. Professor Roegman received her B.A. in Comparative Literature and Judaic Studies at Brown University in 1998, her M.A. in Teaching at University of San Francisco in 2001, and her Ed.D. in Curriculum & Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University in 2014.
FAA 110 CHP: Exploring Arts & Creativity, Prof. J.W. Morrissette and Prof. Brad Mehrtens
69421 | Thursday | 2:00 – 3:20 p.m. | 113 Davenport | 3 Hours
Course Description: High and street art, tradition and experimentation, the familiar and unfamiliar, and international and American creativity provide this course’s foundation. Students will attend performances and exhibitions, interact with artists, and examine core issues associated with the creative process in our increasingly complex global society. Faculty from the arts, sciences, humanities, and other domains will lead students through visual arts, music, dance, and theatre experiences at Krannert Center, Krannert Art Museum and other locations to spark investigation and dialogue.
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Humanities: Literature and the Arts.
Instructor: J.W. Morrissette is currently Associate Head of the Department of Theatre and has served in that Department for 21 years. He has been Chair of the BFA Theatre Studies Program, as well as the assistant program coordinator for Inner Voices Social Issues Theatre. He earned his BFA in Acting at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, and both his MFA in Acting and MA in Theatre History at the University of Illinois. Professor Morrissette has taught and directed for the past 17 years with the summer Theatre Department at Interlochen Center for the Arts, has directed and taught at Parkland College, and teaches acting, directing, and Introduction to Theatre Arts at Illinois. He has been integral in developing components for the online course offerings in the department, as well as supervising all senior Theatre Studies Thesis Projects.
Instructor: Brad Mehrtens is an instructor and advisor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Brad earned his B.A. in Biology from Truman State University and his M.S. in Microbiology from the University of Illinois. His research interests include educational pedagogy, course design and assessment. His advising interests include transitions for freshmen and transfer students, preparing for professional or graduate programs, understanding the undergraduate research experience, and acknowledging and addressing academic or personal issues. In his spare time, Brad enjoys acting, theatre, movies, music, and sports.
FSHN 199 CHP: Nutrition & Health, Prof. Hannah Holscher
65510| Tuesday, Thursday | 12:30 – 1:50 p.m. | 328 Bevier Hall | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course provides an overview of how foods influence health and disease. Students will develop broad knowledge in nutrition and the application of this knowledge to promote health across the lifespan. The overarching objectives of the course are to provide students with opportunities to discuss foundational knowledge in nutrition and develop and refine skills that are necessary to critically evaluate nutrition and health claims. In this course, you will have the opportunity to develop an understanding of the nutritional aspects of health and disease. Class sessions will include a combination of lecture and problem based learning group activities that allow you to apply information to real life examples.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Natural Science and Technology: Life Sciences
Instructor: Hannah Holscher is Assistant Professor in the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. Her research laboratory studies the connections between diet, the gut microbiota, and health. Professor Holscher’s work informs dietary recommendations to improve health and well-being. In 2017, she received the New Innovator in Food and Agriculture Research Award from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research. She also received the Outstanding Faculty Award from the Division of Nutritional Sciences in 2017 and the Outstanding Educator Award from the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition in 2018 at the University of Illinois.
HIST 394 CHP: Hidden Political Figures, Prof. Marsha Barrett
76857 | Tuesday, Thursday| 2:00 – 3:20 p.m. | 108 DKH | 3 Hours
Course Description: We examine the development of US politics since 1964, a significant year in the nation’s history because of the civil rights movement’s successful advocacy for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This landmark legislation remade the body politic and brought the nation closer to its ideal of multiracial democracy. This new era of inclusion resulted in new challenges and divisions in politics and society that this course examines from the 1960s to the 2000s. Students have an opportunity to examine how individual factors impacted our politics by contributing to efforts to make politics and society more inclusive and those who sought to lessen the efficacy of federal civil rights legislation. While numerous “hidden political figures” are examined throughout the semester, the course begins with Shirley Chisholm, the first African American congresswoman and a pioneer in U.S. politics who challenged the political establishment and advocated for the rights of people of color and women. This course, which is inspired by Chisholm’s political career, will introduce students to the U.S. Representative from Brooklyn, while examining political, social, and cultural trends in U.S. history after 1964. Special attention will be paid to the experiences of racial minorities, women, and the poor. Beginning with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s challenge at the 1964 Democratic National Convention and ending with the presidency of Barack Obama, this course highlights efforts to reshape party politics and political discourse from the left and right. Students will explore a range of topics such as the War on Poverty; the labor movement; the presidential campaigns of Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama; the battles over busing and the Equal Rights Amendment; mass incarceration; the moral majority; welfare reform; and the impact of deindustrialization.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Humanities: Historical & Philosophical Perspectives
Instructor: Marsha Barrett is Assistant Professor in the Department of History. Her research examines the political and social history of the United States during the twentieth century, with a particular interest in how public sentiment, racial dynamics, and social movements have influences modern U.S. politics, policy, and political culture after 1945. In 2019, Professor Barrett was awarded the American Council of Learned Studies Fellowship. Prior to working at the University of Illinois, she was an assistant professor at Mississippi State University. Professor Barrett received her BA from Yale University, and her PhD from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
HORT 223 CHP: Intelligent Behavior of Plants, Prof. Sarah Hind
76875| Tuesday, Thursday | 2:00-3:20 p.m. | W223 Turner Hall | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course serves as an integrative guide to understanding the complex behavior of plants. The course is divided into two main sections: plant structure and function, and plant senses and behavior. In the first section of the class, we will learn about basic plant structures and examine how these parts function in ways that make plants well-adapted to diverse environments. Then we will explore what constitutes senses, behavior, and language, and explore the concepts of intelligence and consciousness from different perspectives in order to create our own personal philosophies about plant intelligence.
Campus has granted General Education credit for this course for Advanced Composition and for Natural Sciences & Technology: Life Sciences
Instructor: Sarah Hind is Assistant Professor in the Department of Crop Sciences. Research in her laboratory includes characterization of plant immunity genes and bacterial virulence factors for diseases of cucurbit and solanaceous crops caused by Xanthomonas species. Professor Hind received her B.S. in Biological Science in 2005, and her Ph.D. in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology in 2010 from the University of South Carolina-Columbia.
IS 390 CHP: All in the Gutter: Race, Gender, Sexuality in Comics, Prof. Carol Tilley
72304 | Tuesday, Thursday | 2:00 – 3:20 p.m. | Honors Classroom | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course is a critical, historical, and scholarly exploration of US comics’ engagement with race, gender, and sexuality. Reading comics from a range of genres and formats from the past 150 years, we will consider 1) how comics have affirmed and challenged social and cultural norms, 2) changing visual, textual, authorial, and publishing conventions for comics engaging with race, gender, and sexuality, and 3) the ways visual culture problematizes the representation and circulation of complex identities. Through reading, lecture, discussion, and written/creative activities, we will investigate the unique ways in which comics help us understand who we are individually and collectively.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Humanities: Historical & Philosophical Perspectives and Cultural Studies: U.S. Minority Cultures
Instructor: Carol Tilley is Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences. She is also an affiliate faculty member in Gender and Women’s Studies and the Center for Writing Studies. Professor Tilley’s research focuses on U.S. comics, libraries, and readership in the mid-20th century. She has been a judge for two important comics awards, the Eisner and the Ringo Awards, and served as President of the Comics Studies Society. A long time ago, she was a student in the Honors program at Indiana University. Professor Tilley received her B.A. in English in 1992, her M.L.S. in 1993, and her Ph.D. in Information Science in 2007 from Indiana University.
LING 199 CH1: English Across Cultures, Prof. Rakesh Bhatt
50888 | Tuesday, Thursday | 2:00 – 3:20 p.m. | G20 LCLB | 3 Hours
Course Description: This course introduces the role of English in globalization by examining communication issues concerning English use across cultural, political and geographic boundaries, pointing out how English flows in global networks, across cultural fault-lines, constructing trans-cultural and trans-national identities. Among the topics it discusses are issues of identity, the spread of English and its acculturation to local contexts of use, creativity in language mixing, in global pop cultures, online use, and how its global dominance affects minority language experiences and loss of indigenous languages. The specific goal of this course is to invite students to appreciate (English) linguistic diversity: how this diversity comes about; its social and cultural production; what social functions do diverse linguistic forms enable; and to what extent do innovations in English language use reflect linguistic and literary creativity and expressions of solidarity and identity.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Cultural Studies: Non-Western Cultures.
Instructor: Rakesh M. Bhatt received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Illinois. He is now Professor of Linguistics and SLATE (Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education). He is a former director of the Program in SLATE and associate director of the Program in South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. He specializes in sociolinguistics of language contact: in particular, issues of migration, minorities and multilingualism, code-switching, language ideology, and world Englishes. The empirical focus of his work has been on South Asian languages: particularly Kashmiri, Hindi, and Indian English. He has published Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri (1999, Kluwer Academic Press), and has co-authored another book, World Englishes (2008, Cambridge University Press). Professor Bhatt is the author of numerous essays, and he currently is working on a book-length manuscript, under contract with Cambridge University Press, on the sociolinguistic patterns of subordination of Kashmiri language in Diaspora.
LING 199 CH2: Hittite Language and Culture, Prof. Ryan Shosted
52895 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 1:00 – 1:50 p.m. | 138 Wohlers | 3 Hours
Course Description: In this course, students will explore the grammatical structure of the oldest‐attested Indo‐European language. They will use clay and reeds to master the art of composing texts in cuneiform, one of the world’s oldest writing systems. They will read and comment on primary texts relating to the decipherment of the language, as well as cuneiform ‘autographs’ of Hittite inscriptions. They will investigate how nineteenth‐century orientalists with a thirst for empire used the re‐discovery of Hittite to promote themes of racial supremacy. They will observe how the earliest predictions of modern linguistics were borne out once Hittite was deciphered and fully understood. They will reflect on the truly ancient nature of multilingualism and multiculturalism by better understanding how Mesopotamian cultures strongly influenced the language, religion, and culture of the Hittite world.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Sciences: Social Science and Cultural Studies: Non-Western
Instructor: Ryan Shosted studied Czech language and literature at the College of Wooster and Beloit College before transferring to Brigham Young University and graduating in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics. He was a Student Fulbright Fellow at Eduardo Mondlane University in Maputo, Mozambique, where he studied Changana. Professor Shosted then began his post-doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He joined the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2007. He was a Visiting Professor at the State University of Campinas, Brazil in 2015 and was promoted to the rank of Professor at Illinois in 2020. Professor Shosted is interested in phonetics, phonology, and the development of sound-symbol correspondences, particularly in cuneiform.
PSYC 144A CHP: Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination, Prof. Chadly Stern
70435 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. | 11 Psychology Bldg| 3 Hours
Course Description: This course introduces students to the basics of utilizing behavioral science methods, and how those methods can be applied to understand factors that shape societal inequality. Students will have opportunities to experience the inner workings of the behavioral science research process through gaining information about UIUC behavioral science laboratories, discussing measures of stereotyping and bias employed in the behavioral sciences, and proposing how behavioral science can be used to address questions related to inequality. A particular focus will be given to research methods that span across multiple areas of inquiry in the behavioral sciences (e.g., social psychology, organizational behavior). Additionally, students will learn basic skills of how to read, analyze, and critique behavioral science research, as well as how to convey their ideas in written and oral formats and provide critical feedback on others’ ideas. In doing so, students will build critical thinking skills and gain competence in communicating their ideas to others.
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Social & Behavioral Science: Behavioral Science and Cultural Studies: U.S. Minority Cultures
Instructor: Chadly Stern is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology. Dr. Stern’s research broadly examines how belief systems and motivations guide the way that people perceive and interact with the world. One central line of work concerns how political belief systems (e.g., whether a person is liberal or conservative) shape the way in which people evaluate and categorize others based on group membership (e.g., race, sex, and sexual orientation). Another line of work examines consensus in political groups, and the implications of both perceived and actual attitude consensus for individual behavior (e.g., voting) and large-scale societal outcomes (e.g., levels of societal stability).
SE 298 CHP: Designing Your Phygital World, Prof. Molly Goldstein
77128| Monday, Wednesday | 4:00 – 5:20 p.m. | 207 Transportation | 3 Hours
Course Description: “Designing Your Phygital World” is an interdisciplinary course that bridges the physical and digital realms to create innovative, user-centered products and services. Over the semester, students will delve into interaction design, explore constraints, and master rapid prototyping techniques. The course will emphasize project management (i.e. agile methodologies), effective use of design tools like Figma, and the art of pitching innovative ideas. Through a series of project-based assignments, students will work in teams to develop creative solutions, fostering both analytical and creative thinking.This course values humanity-centered design and encourages a balance of right-brain and left-brain thinking, preparing students to excel in the dynamic field of phygital product and service.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education credit for Natural Sciences & Technology: Physical Sciences
Instructor: Molly H. Goldstein is Teaching Assistant Professor and Product Design Lab Director in Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at the Grainger College at the University of Illinois. Dr. Goldstein earned her Ph.D. in Engineering Education at Purdue University in 2018. During this time, she was awarded the College of Engineering Outstanding Research Award and was a Bilsland Fellow. Dr. Goldstein’s research focuses on student designer trade-off decisions through the study of their design actions and thinking. Her studies often involve educational and professional contexts with cross-disciplinary collaborations. She has a B.S. in General Engineering (Systems Engineering & Design) and M.S. in Systems and Entrepreneurial Engineering, both from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., she worked as an environmental engineer specializing in air quality, influencing her focus in engineering design with environmental concerns.
SPAN 199 CHP: Multicultural Miami Travel Course, Prof. Salvatore Callesano ***Application must be submitted and approved before registering for this class***
XXXXX | 5 class sessions during POT B of Spring 2025 plus travel to Miami, FL in May 2025 (travel dates: May 19 – 27) | 212 Honors House| 3 Hours
Course Description: Using sociolinguistics as a guiding discipline, we will explore the relationship between language, power, and multilingualism within the diverse cultural landscape of Miami. We will study how migration, exile, globalization, and the media have shaped the stories of Spanish, Haitian Creole, English, and other languages. Through readings, food tours, local fieldwork, seminars with Miami-based researchers, visits with local authors, and cooking classes that teach you Spanish, students will immerse themselves into Miami to study multilingualism in an urban, global city.
This course has been petitioned and approved for General Education Credit for Cultural Studies: U.S. Minority Cultures and Advanced Composition
Instructor: Salvatore Callesano is Assistant Professor in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese and is a sociolinguist whose research focuses on language variation, perception, and bilingualism. He investigates the relationship between language and social variation and how that variation is judged and policed by others. Having completed his M.A. in Linguistics in Miami at FIU and after a decade of research on the sociolinguistic context of Miami, Prof. Callesano is thrilled to share this course with students.
The application deadline for Multilingual Miami is October 14, 2024. Application information was distributed in info sessions at the Honors House in September 2024. Please see or contact Anne Price (aeprice@illinois.edu) if you have questions or still need an application.
THEA 110 CHP: Broadway Musicals, Prof. J. W. Morrissette
74646 | Tuesday, Thursday | 3:30 – 4:50 p.m. | 4506 KCPA| 3 Hours
Course Description: In this course, students will learn about a cultural context of the uniquely “American” Broadway musical through an introduction to the art form, an analysis of the pertinent time period, and historical and critical placement of the work as a reflection (and development) of the identity of the United States. This course will introduce the collaborative artistry of the musical, survey specific iconic works, and explore the socio-economic impacts of the Broadway musical
Campus has granted this course General Education credit for Cultural Studies: Western/Comparative Cultures and Humanities: Literature & the Arts
Instructor: J.W. Morrissette is currently Associate Head of the Department of Theatre and has served in the Department of Theatre for 21 years. He has also served as the chair of the BFA Theatre Studies Program as well as the assistant program coordinator for Inner Voices Social Issues Theatre. He earned his BFA in Acting at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio, and both his MFA in Acting and MA in Theatre History at the University of Illinois. Professor Morrissette has taught and directed for the past 17 years with the summer Theatre Department at Interlochen Center for the Arts, has directed and taught at Parkland College, and teaches acting, directing, and Introduction to Theatre Arts at Illinois. He has been integral in developing components for the online course offerings in the department, as well as supervising all senior Theatre Studies Thesis Projects.