Law and Politics
AS.190.678 (01)

As a field, Law and Politics has evolved from the study of constitutional law and judicial politics to the political behavior of judges and their associates to the study of law and society, the operation of law and courts “on the ground” in the international arena as well as in the United States, historical institutionalism, and the carceral state. In this graduate course, we will review some of the classic texts in the field, with a focus on the tension between legal institutions and democratic politics. In particular, we will examine how that tension is manifest in the foundations of the American political system and in critical reflection on contemporary practices of American democracy. Students will turn in response papers every week on the reading. In addition, there will be two 10-20 page papers due during the semester. Graduate Students Only.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Culbert, Jennifer, Zackin, Emily
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/15

Republicanism, Realism, and Liberalism
AS.190.622 (01)

Close reading of major texts in western political thought on violence, security and politics developed by republicans, realists and liberals

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: David, Steven R, Deudney, Daniel Horace
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/15

Philosophy and the Anthropocene
AS.190.687 (01)

How do philosophers such as Heidegger, Whitehead, Deleuze and Braidotti help us to think about the dynamics of the Anthropocene? What do anthropologists and geoscientists such as Anna Tsing, Bruno Latour, Jason Moore, Michael Benton, Jan Zalasiewics and Wally Broecker--teach those philosophies and us about the contemporary condition? Class presentations on assigned readings, seminar paper, and class discussions.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 2:00PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Allan, Bentley, Connolly, William E
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/14

Enviromental racism
AS.190.605 (01)

Environmental racism has largely been understood in terms of environmental policy-making that discriminates against people of color, particularly with respect to the state-sanctioned siting of toxic waste facilities, the distribution of pollutants, food-deserts, and the exclusion of non-white peoples from leading positions in the environmental movement. This graduate seminar explores environmental racism more broadly, pushing beyond its conventional, place-based understandings and approaching the corresponding logics that produce human disposability and environmental waste from the standpoint of both space and time. Examining colonial legacies of coding racial others in terms natural disasters, epidemics, infestations, non-human animals and dirt, we shall investigate how the natural world is subjected to exploitation and domination in tandem with the subordination of racial subjects historically identified with nature and rendered expendable. In other words, we shall illuminate the logics of power through which race-making coincides with waste-making. Accordingly, we will explore political and theoretical challenges to environmental racism in multiple registers; such as those posed by indigenous studies, decolonial thinkers and Afro-diasporic theories contesting the intersection of racial biopolitics, ecological crises and racial capitalism in an era of proliferating human disposability. Authors considered may include; Mbembe, Du Bois, Hage, Glissant, Césaire, Wynter & Chakrabarty.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 4:00PM - 6:00PM
• Instructor: Brendese, Philip Joseph, III.
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 8/15

Quantitative Methods for the Study of Politics
AS.190.626 (01)

This course is intended as Ph.D.-level introduction to applied statistics, with a focus on the identification of causal effects in the tradition of the Neyman/Rubin potential outcomes framework. Prior coursework in applied statistics or quantitative methods will be useful but is not required. Upon completion of the course, students will be in a position to understand and critically assess scholarship that uses instrumental variables, difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, and other quasi- and natural-experimental research designs. Formal mathematical proof will be kept to a minimum. Students will be asked to adapt existing code and write some of their own code in R.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: WF 12:00PM - 1:15PM
• Instructor: Kocher, Matthew A
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 9/15

Making Social Policy
AS.190.631 (01)

Examines American social policy in comparative perspective. Special attention to issues of poverty and inequality, and their relation to the political system.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: W 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Schlozman, Daniel
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 12/15

The Development of the Conservative Movement
AS.190.654 (01)

The last twenty years has seen a flourishing of literature on conservatism across multiple disciplines. This course will survey that literature, placing it in a developmental context. Particular focus will be placed on the relationship between elite and mass conservatism, especially in the light of the rise of populism in the US, UK and elsewhere.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 12:00PM - 2:00PM
• Instructor: Teles, Steven Michael
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/15

Research Seminar/Political Parties
AS.190.683 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Katz, Richard Stephen
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 14/15

Critical theory, method, and application in International Relations
AS.190.685 (01)

Critical theories are often taught by focusing on their various philosophical and ethical claims. But how do you “apply” critical theories in the study of International Relations? Is “method” only a “mainstream” concern? This course seeks to relate philosophy and ethics to method with a (future) eye to dissertation writing. We will consider e.g. Marxist, feminist, postcolonial, and poststructural lines of inquiry, as well as, at the same time, a range of conceptual areas of inquiry – e.g., the affective, the normative, the poetic, the phenomenological, and the material.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: M 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Shilliam, Robert
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/15

American Political Development
AS.190.616 (01)

An examination of state-building and nation-building throughout American political history. (AP)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: Th 10:00AM - 12:00PM
• Instructor: Lieberman, Robert C, Sheingate, Adam
• Room: Mergenthaler 366
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 7/15

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (01)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Bennett, Jane
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (02)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Allan, Bentley
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (03)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Chambers, Samuel Allen
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 1/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (04)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Chung, Erin
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Connolly, William E
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Brendese, Philip Joseph, III.
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (07)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Culbert, Jennifer
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: David, Steven R
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (10)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Ginsberg, Benjamin
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (11)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Zackin, Emily
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (07)

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• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Culbert, Jennifer
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (08)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: David, Steven R
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (11)

• Credits: 0.00
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• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Zackin, Emily
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (05)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Connolly, William E
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (09)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (06)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Brendese, Philip Joseph, III.
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (10)

• Credits: 0.00
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• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Ginsberg, Benjamin
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (09)

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• Instructor: Deudney, Daniel Horace
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 2/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (13)

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• Instructor: Parkinson, Sarah
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (02)

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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (17)

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• Instructor: Marlin-Bennett, Renee
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (22)

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• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (16)

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• Instructor: Lawrence, Adria K
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (24)

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• Instructor: Lieberman, Robert C
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (20)

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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (25)

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Independent Study
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Independent Study
AS.190.800 (21)

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• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (03)

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• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (19)

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• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (04)

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Independent Study
AS.190.800 (18)

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• Seats Available: 5/5

Independent Study
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Independent Study
AS.190.800 (23)

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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (01)

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• Status: Waitlist Only
• Seats Available: 0/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (15)

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• Instructor: Katz, Richard Stephen
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (12)

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• Instructor: Mazzuca, Sebastian L
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (14)

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• Instructor: Jabko, Nicolas
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (25)

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• Instructor: Parkinson, Sarah
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (16)

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• Instructor: Lawrence, Adria K
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• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Independent Study
AS.190.800 (12)

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• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Mazzuca, Sebastian L
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (15)

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• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Katz, Richard Stephen
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (17)

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• Instructor: Marlin-Bennett, Renee
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (19)

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• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Spence, Lester
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 3/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (22)

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• Instructor: Schlozman, Daniel
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (23)

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• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Schmidt, Sebastian
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (13)

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• Level: Graduate
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• Instructor: Lieberman, Robert C
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

What is a Person? Humans, Corporations, Robots, Trees.
AS.300.618 (01)

Knowing who or what counts as a person seems straightforward, until we consider the many kinds of creatures, objects, and artificial beings that have been granted—or demanded or denied—that status. This course investigates recent debates about being a person in literature and law. Questions examined will include: Should trees have standing? Can corporations have religious beliefs? Could a robot sign a contract? Although our explorations will be focused on these questions, the genre of materials examined will be wide-ranging (including legal essays, philosophy, contemporary novels, and film). Texts will include novels by William Gibson and Lydia Millet, essays by John Dewey and Daniel Dennett, and films such as Ex Machinaand Her.

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times: T 1:30PM - 4:00PM
• Instructor: Siraganian, Lisa Michele
• Room: Gilman 208
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 6/10

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (18)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Sheingate, Adam
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (20)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Teles, Steven Michael
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (24)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Kocher, Matthew A
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (26)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Shilliam, Robert
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 4/5

Graduate Research
AS.190.849 (21)

• Credits: 0.00
• Level: Graduate
• Days/Times:
• Instructor: Weaver, Vesla
• Room:  
• Status: Open
• Seats Available: 5/5