Questions about the courses or the DSSC minor program? Contact Karen Brown at [email protected].
Fall 2022
DSSC 8111: Ways of Knowing
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Richa Nagar, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Course Schedule: Fridays, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Who takes this course? ICGC Scholars in their first year of the program should enroll in DSSC 8111. ICGC Scholars from earlier cohorts who have not yet taken Ways of Knowing due to scheduling conflicts should also enroll in this seminar.
DSSC 8211: Doctoral Research Workshop
Credits: 3
Instructor: Dr. Karen Brown, ICGC
Course Schedule: Thursdays, 10:30am-1:00pm
Who takes this course? ICGC Scholars in their third year, or in the year prior to their dissertation research year, should enroll in DSSC 8211 in Fall semester.
DSSC 8310: Topics in Development Studies and Social Change
Section 1: Decolonization and Education in Transnational Contexts
Credits: 1
Instructor: Dr. Nina Asher, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Course Schedule: Thursdays, 11:00am-12:50pm., 2nd half of semester
Who takes this class? ICGC Scholars in their second year of the program should enroll for a minimum of 2 credits of DSSC 8310. DSSC 8310 is a variable credit course, typically offered for one credit. Students are welcome to enroll in multiple sections of DSSC 8310, and must complete at least two credits.
Course Description
Scholars, educators, community organizers, artists, and others across the globe grapple with the complexities and contradictions of decolonizing educational and social structures and systems in the aftermath of colonialism. In this course we will consider such issues as the intersections of race, culture, gender, nation, language, displacement, migration, and socioeconomic inequities; and the challenges of and possibilities for developing decolonizing curriculum (broadly defined) and pedagogy, within and beyond formal educational contexts, towards equity and justice in transnational contexts. Course texts will include books, films, and media clips.
Spring 2023
DSSC 8112: Scholarship and Public Responsibility
Credits: 1
Instructor: Dr. Karen Brown, ICGC
Course Schedule: Fridays, 10:00am-11:30am
Who takes this course? ICGC Scholars in their first year of the program should enroll in DSSC 8112.
ICGC Scholars from earlier cohorts who have not yet taken DSSC 8112 due to scheduling conflicts should also enroll in this seminar.
DSSC 8310: Topics in Development Studies and Social Change
Section 1: Environmental Justice Worldmaking
Credits: 1
Instructor: Drs. Rose Brewer (Department of African & African American Studies) and Tania D. Mitchell (Department Organizational Leadership, Policy, and Development)
Course Schedule: Thursdays, 10:45am-12:00pm., 2nd half of semester
Who takes this class? ICGC Scholars in their second year of the program should enroll for a minimum of 2 credits of DSSC 8310. DSSC 8310 is a variable credit course, typically offered for one credit. Students are welcome to enroll in multiple sections of DSSC 8310, and must complete at least two credits.
Course Description
This course centers on the work and relationships developed (and developing) towards environmental justice. Bringing together faculty, students, activists, and leaders (some who claim space in multiple categories), the class will learn from and with people doing the work of environmental justice to consider strategies and best practices for engaging in collaborative action and ideation to affect the just transformation of democracy. Those involved in the course will emphasize the need for multiracial coalitions, mutuality, reciprocity, and ethical engagement to advance the goals of environmental justice.