HSS 141-01
Philosophy of Art
MAC Oral Communication (MOC)
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Bottenberg, Frances
CRN: 83254
Seats: 20
Across cultures and histories, making and sharing art help define what it means to be human. Why is that? What is art’s power? More broadly, what makes aesthetic experience so special in the flow of our lives? These are some of the philosophical questions we will explore together in this course, alongside hands-on experiences with artistic creativity and attendance at arts events on and off campus. As a MAC Oral Communication course, we will pay special attention to how verbal and nonverbal expression are used to create and share artistic and aesthetic meaning. As we discuss intriguing questions in the philosophy of art, we will also practice communicative strategies that can be applied to a variety of contexts.
Dr. Frances Bottenberg is an Assistant Dean in the Honors College and holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Stony Brook University. Dr. Bottenberg has designed and taught over a dozen courses in topics as wide-ranging as education, art, aging, theories of consciousness, sustainability, logic and critical thinking, ethical theory and political philosophy. Her research is interdisciplinary, focusing on the nature and meaning of intelligence and its bearing on concepts such as personhood and sentience. She also publishes in the scholarship of teaching and learning and is especially interested in learner-centered classrooms that authentically connect curricular objectives with students’ personal and professional development.
HSS 143-01
Wellness, Social Justice, and Art
MAC Health and Wellness (MHW)
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Colonna, Sarah
CRN: 83255
Seats: 20
This class intends to ask the question, “What if our health systems kept us healthy?” All institutions, including our health institutions, have been created and can thus be recreated. With an eye toward creativity and the optimism of the human spirit, what happens when we (re)imagine health and wellness differently?
Dr. Sarah E. Colonna (Pronouns: She/Her) has degrees in nursing, women’s and gender studies, and educational leadership. She has worked in hospitals and outpatient clinics and taught at the community college and university levels. Teaching in this program is a unique way to combine her nursing and educational experience. Her research interests include feminist thought and pedagogy, equity and diversity, leadership, and young adult literature/ science fiction. Sarah is a voracious basketball fan, goes to the beach whenever possible, has two spoiled pups, and reads as much as she can. Giving book recommendations is one of her favorite pastimes!
HSS 144-01
Originalists and Living Constitutionalists: The History and Power of the United States Supreme Court
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Flood, Christine
CRN: 83256
Seats: 20
Architecture can convey powerful images—look at the Supreme Court Building—Visitors, lawyers, plaintiffs and defendants have to mount 44 massive and imposing steps and pass through eight towering columns to enter the structure, meant by the architect to be a central, symbolic representation of the long march to justice. However, most of us have little to no idea what goes on in this temple to Justice. In this course, we will explore how the Supreme Court works, and moreover, how the Court’s decisions affect your daily life in the modern world. In the first half of the course, we will examine the monumental decisions of the court, from Marbury v. Madison to Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, and in the second half we will follow and track the cases before the Court this year, which will be begin its session on the first Monday in October, 2024. This course will encourage students to discuss issues, exercise logic, track current events, and analyze the Constitution with a lens on how the Justices have interpreted it over time.
HSS 144-02
Government and Its Critics
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Bolte, Angela
CRN: 83257
Seats: 20
The interplay between the role of the individual within society and the role of government within society is critical to a number of subjects: what makes governments and their laws legitimate, the social contract, what rights do citizens possess and what duties do citizens owe each other and their (legitimate) governments. We will draw on competing social and political philosophies, both classic and contemporary, to explore these questions and beyond. Critical to this exploration will be the inclusion of challengers to traditional perspectives and the discussion of controversial government laws and policies that form our current political discourse.
Dr. Angela Bolte is an Assistant Dean in Lloyd International Honors College. She earned her PhD in Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from Washington University in Saint Louis. She also earned a MA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and an Honors BA in Philosophy from Kansas State University. Her research interests include issues in ethical theory such as autonomy, philosophy of emotions, philosophy of law, applied ethics, and feminist philosophy.
HSS 144-03
Art + Technology + Economics = Mass Media
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
MW 3:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Dodson, William
CRN: 83258
Seats: 20
The historical development of media is a confluence of factors, most fundamentally the human impulses toward creative expression (art), inventing new tools (technology), and trading (economics). This course studies the historical interaction of these impulses from the advent of writing to the proliferation of personal media devices. In many ways, humans have gone from scribes to cyborgs, from the logography of hieroglyphics to the infinite potential of alphabets, to a logo-alphabetical hybrid of emojis and texting dialects. This course explores some of the ramifications of our mass media in the unfolding present.
Dr. Will Dodson (he/him/his) has taught courses in rhetoric & composition, media studies, and literature at UNC Greensboro since 2006. He is the co-editor of American Twilight: The Cinema of Tobe Hooper (2021) and co-editor of The Anthem Series on Exploitation and Industry in Global Cinema. His essays have appeared in Quarterly Review of Film & Video, Film International, and many edited collections. His research interests include neurological memory and interactionism, film and new media, and literary theory. Prior to teaching, Dodson worked in non-profit rural advocacy organizations.
HSS 147-01
Laws and Human Rights in World History
MAC Global and Intercultural (MGIL)
TR 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.
Instructor: Williams, Kaitlyn
CRN: 83259
Seats: 20
The history of law and human rights is a vibrant tapestry woven through the fabric of civilizations across time and geography. This course provides an in-depth exploration of how legal systems developed over time and the evolution of what is considered a human right from the ancient world to the present. In an ever-evolving global landscape, understanding how laws and rights developed and changed is paramount for understanding current political, social, and cultural systems.
HSS 240-01
Dreaming the World Differently: Theory and Activism as Generative Practices
MAC Written Communication (MWC)
TR 9:30 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Instructor: Toler, Eric
CRN: 84175
Seats: 15
Creating a new vision of our world takes time, thought, and effort. As we navigate broken systems, disconnected communities, and systemic disenfranchisement, it also takes tremendous courage to imagine what could be different about the ways we engage each other and the earth. In this course, we will read texts that invite us to be brave and think through new possibilities for our lives and the social systems in which we find ourselves embedded. From meditations on the unique lessons marine mammals can offer us about connection, to explorations of the anti-capitalist possibilities that mushrooms represent, to arguments for new models of justice, the authors we will read in this course show us how to stretch our imaginations to dream the world differently. As we engage with these readings, students will explore current events, issues, or questions through written work that explores new ways of thinking and engaging the world around us.
Eric B. Toler (he/him/his) is Coordinator of Data and Student Records and Senior Academic Advisor for Lloyd International Honors College. Eric has worked with the Honors College since 2018, and his current work includes advising students in all Honors programs, coordinating data and student records, and other miscellaneous projects. Eric has his B.A. (2018) and M.A. (2020) in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from UNCG. He is passionate about LGBTQIA+ issues, critical community building, and empowering students to dream big about how to change the world for the better. Outside of work, Eric enjoys drinking tea, spending time in nature, and cuddling with his cat, Augustus.
HSS 243-01
Playing Doctor
MAC Health and Wellness (MHW)
TR 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Bolte, Angela
CRN: 83267
Seats: 20
Issues within Biomedical Ethics are some of the most hotly debated topics within American society today: the nature of the Doctor-Patient Relationship, arguments for Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide, Reproductive Issues (including abortion, contraception, and artificial reproductive technologies), principles of Patient Decision-Making (including informed consent), and Research Ethics. The aim of this course is to carefully explore a variety of issues within Biomedical Ethics, working through the ethical dilemmas that are inherent within health care. While this course will be valuable for those considering a career in the health professions who will be regularly confronted with these dilemmas, it should also be valuable for those who are not, because it will foster a critical awareness with respect to health, sickness, and death, events that impact everyone.
Dr. Angela Bolte is an Assistant Dean in Lloyd International Honors College. She earned her PhD in Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from Washington University in Saint Louis. She also earned a MA in Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee and an Honors BA in Philosophy from Kansas State University. Her research interests include issues in ethical theory such as autonomy, philosophy of emotions, philosophy of law, applied ethics, and feminist philosophy.
HSS 243-02
Grief & Grieving Beyond the Five Stages
MAC Health and Wellness (MHW)
Online, asynchronous
Instructor: Wheat, Laura
CRN: 84200
Seats: 20
Pop culture loves to use the five stages of grief as a template for how to get over someone who died. But is that really all there is to it? Does everyone’s experience boil down to a sequential order, nice and simple? For that matter, what is grief really – do we grieve experiences other than death? Is it really just a matter of getting over it? How do we actually help people we know who are grieving? How do we help ourselves? This course will help answer these questions as we begin to explore the nature of loss, the socially and culturally constructed practices of mourning, barriers to mourning, and how to be helpful to those who are grieving, beyond greeting cards and awkward silence. We will also experiment with creative methods for expressing grief, including ritual design. This course is for the brave and open-hearted, those of any major willing to engage with a topic others may seek to avoid at all costs.
Dr. Laura S. Wheat is a professional counselor in private practice with Knoxville Counseling Services in Knoxville, TN, working with children, adolescents, and adults grieving death and nondeath-related losses as well as those challenged by depression, anxiety, trauma, and life transitions. She has a special interest in clients identifying as queer and trans as well as older adults. In her past life, Dr. Wheat was a counselor educator, most recently as an Assistant Professor of Counseling at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. In that role, she served as interim program chair for School Counseling as well as faculty director of UTK’s Grief Outreach Initiative, a service learning project partnering graduate and undergraduate students of any major with a grieving child or adolescent in the local school system to provide mentorship and support. Dr. Wheat holds a PhD in Counselor Education from The University of Virginia.
HSS 244-01
Justice at Nuremberg
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
TR 9:30 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Instructor: Ross, Joseph
CRN: 83268
Seats: 20
Do you like role-playing games? Do you enjoy arguing? Are you a logical person who is considering law school? Do you hate Nazis?
Then this is the course for you!
Justice at Nuremberg is an immersive experience about an historical event that took place after World War II. Students spend the first half of the course examining arguments, breaking them down into premises and conclusions, and identifying logical fallacies. Once students have mastered the art of logic and rhetoric, they spend the second half of the course simulating a legal trial. Each student is part of a team (e.g. Prosecution, Defense, Tribunal, or Press) and must achieve a set of (secret) objectives. Play continues outside of class, with members of the press interviewing participants and writing news stories about the latest scoop. Surprises lurk around every corner, as players compete to win the game.
Will the Nazi defendants be found guilty? Or will justice be denied?
The choice is up to YOU!
Joseph A. Ross began teaching in 2007 and has led a variety of introductory and advanced-level college courses and research seminars. He has also developed interdisciplinary courses on conspiracy theories and “fake news,” the debate between gun rights and gun regulations in America, the development of international law and global justice, and the philosophical and moral justifications for going to war. His favorite area to research and teach concerns human rights and the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, and he previously served as a Road Scholar for the North Carolina Humanities Council where he presented a program entitled, “Judging Nazis: John Parker’s Nuremberg Journey.” Currently, Ross is developing an immersive role-playing simulation of this historic event.
When not teaching or researching, Ross enjoys hiking, playing basketball, and spending time with his family.
HSS 244-02
Playing, the Arts, and Social Justice
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
MWF 11:00 a.m. – 11: 50 p.m. online meetings
Instructor: Friedman, Dan
CRN: 84194
Seats: 20
Performance Activism: How Play, Performance, and the Arts are Transforming How We Fight for Social Justiceis designed to introduce performance activism, a new, non-violent, creative, performance-based approach to the struggle for social justice and human development. As distinct from theatrical or ritual performance, performance activism approaches performance as a creative activity—primarily done by non-actors—intentionally entered as a means of engaging social issues and conflicts and through which we can begin to re-construct/transform social reality.
Performance Activism will combine an historical study of the processes by which, over the course of the 20thCentury, performance has been loosened from the institutional constraints of the theatre with a mosaic-like overview of the diverse work/play of contemporary performance activists around the world. Through this combination, the class will provide a global overview of the growing interface of performance with education, therapy, conflict resolution, civic engagement, community development and social justice activism.
The primary text for the course will be Performance Activism: Precursors and Contemporary Pioneers, each week supplemented by other relevant readings and videos. In addition to the readings and participation in class conversations, students will engage in primary source research, that is, each student (or team of students) will be expected to find and research—through interviews, attendance and participation in workshops, etc.—an organization or individual engaged in performance (or other arts) activism in North Carolina. This research will be presented as a final report either in writing, on video or through live performance at the end of the semester.
Dan Friedman, Ph.D. holds a doctorate in Theatre History from the University of Wisconsin and has taught at various colleges of the City University of New York, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the University of Texas, El Paso, and Harvard University. However, he has spent most of his professional life as a playwright and director at the Castillo Theatre in New York City, which produced progressive, community-based political plays for 30 years, and as grassroots educator and community organizer.
He is currently on the faculty of the East Side Institute (ESI), an international training and research center focused on innovative approaches to social justice and development, and managing producer of the ESI’s podcast, “All Power to the Developing.” He also is the project manager of Let’s Learn! a free Zoom-enabled global learning community, which is a joint project of the East Side Institute and Lloyd International Honors College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro.
HSS 244-03
Conversation is the Starting Point for Local and Global Change
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
TR 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Jovanovic, Spoma
CRN: 84199
Seats: 20
Conversation is the Starting Point for Local and Global Change is a course specifically designed to help you learn about and practice creating vibrant, engaging, public conversations that are hopeful and constructive. Together we will explore a variety of discourse models and a range of contemporary sustainability topics that are already prompting discussions worldwide. We’ll engage in a variety of active learning strategies designed to manage any discomfort while also building and sustaining the courage you need to speak, listen, and interact with greater ease. By the end of the course, you will be able to thoughtfully consider competing perspectives while at the same time demonstrating independent judgment and critical questioning, informed by solid reasoning, personal storytelling, and constructive visioning.
HSS 244-04
Drumming Alongside Our Ancestors: Advocating for Cultural Affirmation and Social Justice
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
TR 11:00 a.m. – 12: 15 p.m.
Instructor: Mena, Nodia
CRN: 84198
Seats: 20
In this course learners are invited to engage in challenging discussions and activities around the understanding of cultural heritage. As a learning community we will take up a critical analysis of the interconnected and multidimensional aspects of social positions and relations in Latin America and the United States. We will focus on the heritage and culture of Afro-descendants in and from Latin America. Our goal is to make connections between these and global societies as we examine their intellectual traditions.
HSS 246-01
Energy, People, and the Planet
MAC CritThink Nat Sci (MNTS)
MW 3:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Haddy, Alice
CRN: 83269
Seats: 20
One of the biggest challenges of today’s society is the shift from fossil-based fuels to alternative fuel sources. For more than a century, the industrialized world has depended on coal and petroleum energy and our way of life is deeply tied to these high-energy resources. Now the world faces declining fossil fuel resources and environmental repercussions from their past use. Meanwhile, alternative sources of energy such as solar and wind are struggling to advance sufficiently to fill the energy needs of developed countries and to support the growing demands of still-developing countries. What will the profile of our energy resources be in the future? Can future energy sources support the high-energy demand we have become used to? In this course, we will study the science of how we produce and use energy. We will develop an understanding of our past and current dependence on fossil fuels and evaluate how alternative energy resources may serve society in the future.
HSS 247-01
Towards a Global History of Science: Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas
MAC Global and Intercultural (MGIL)
TR 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Ali, Omar
CRN: 83270
Seats: 20
The sciences that led to sending a probe to Mars, developing an mRNA vaccine, and creating AI are the innovations of millennia of trial and error and global cultural exchange. Science (the activity of making observations, asking questions, hypothesizing, experimenting, verifying, and predicting), like all human endeavors, is collective and cumulative—that is, one discovery building on another, conceptually or in terms of tools or methods (from the domestication of animals to the development of telescopes). The seminar will explore these histories across the world (inclusive of Africa, Eurasia, and the Americas) through a combination of primary sources, discussion of documentaries, conversation with invited guest speakers, and experiential learning opportunities, including fieldtrips.
Omar H. Ali is Dean of Lloyd International Honors College. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received his Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and was named Carnegie Foundation North Carolina Professor of the Year.
HSS 248-01
Dangerous Women
MAC Diversity and Equity (MDEQ)
TR 9:30 a.m. — 10:45 p.m.
Instructor: Dad-Van Veldhuizen, Aisha
CRN: 83271
Seats: 20
Greek mythology is rife with danger. Dangerous monsters haunt dangerous adventures, dangerous battles beckon dangerous heroes. But there is another palpable anxiety that permeates Greek mythology, that of the dangerous woman. Gaia, Medusa, Medea, Circe, Clytemnestra, Antigone, all stand at the heart of myths that grapple with the unchecked agency of these dangerous women. But what exactly makes them dangerous? Is it their powers? Medusa’s petrifying gaze and Circe’s sorcery. Is it their actions? Medea’s ability to slaughter her own children. Or is it that they don’t conform to gender norms? Clytemnestra rules Argos “like a man” and Antigone defies her king “like no man would”. This seminar delves deeply into the mythos of these so-called ‘dangerous’ women and their reception to explore the underlying anxieties of reproduction, sexuality, xenophobia, and resistance, why they are coded feminine, and, most importantly, why we continue to engage and perpetuate them.
HSS 248-02
Cultures of Africa
MAC Diversity and Equity (MDEQ)
MWF 1000—1050
Instructor: Gunn, Joel
CRN: 83272
Seats: 20
Africa is the homeland of the human species. It is composed of a dozen distinct ecological zones from the sea level tropical Congo River watershed to the source of the Blue Nile in the 4000m Ethiopian Highland. Over the last two million years human species have evolved cultural and physiological adaptations to each zone that are manifest as unique cultures and peoples. This course explores these precolonial adaptations through the arts of ethnohistory and ethnology to understand regional differences to each of these zones before they encountered the world economic system, and to which they may return as colonial empires dissolve.
Dr. Gunn is an anthropologist who compares cultural histories of peoples and civilizations around the North Atlantic Basin including west Africa and Mesoamerica.
Honors Sections & Embedded Sections:
ADS 210-01H
Blacks in American Society
MAC Diversity and Equity (MDEQ)
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Hand, Dominick
CRN: 80021
Seats: 5
ADS 210 is an multidisciplinary study of Blacks/Afro/African Americans or descendants of American slaves in the United States. We will explore common themes such as race/racism, history, religion, law, and art. These themes have been explored in the fields of psychology, literature, history, sociology, musicology, performing arts, film studies, philosophy, economics, gender studies, as well as a host of other fields. This course traces a historical legacy of America through the perspective of the African American experience. We will analyze the development of Black/Afro/African American Racial Identity through political philosophy, labor movements, law, media portrayals, art, and generational theory to explain the complexities of Blacks across generations. In this course, we will investigate and examine the complexities of the African American or American Black Identity. This requires an analysis of the political, economic, cultural, historic, and sociological disposition that shapes the African American experience. We will investigate and examine the systematic realities of race, law, music, education, media and economic stratification as gatekeepers of culture, power and knowledge in the United States using essays written by prominent historical Black authors, artists, intellectuals, and theorists. In the end, students will be equipped with basic research methods and critical thinking skills that assesses American history and social structures from the hermeneutic lens of Black/Afro/African Americans.”
Prof. Dominick Hand, Lecturer in AADS, graduated with a B.A. in African American & African Diaspora Studies and an M.A. in Criminology and Sociology from UNC Greensboro. He has served as a trainer and consultant for the Racial Equity Institute LLC, training companies to advocate for racial equity. He is also the founder and lead consultant for the Intellectual Actionaire, an educational and digital marketing consulting company which strives to help young teachers, entrepreneurs, and other business consultants build business brands that innovate a new paradigm of leadership, education, and social impact. Prof. Hand is part of the Afro-Latin American/Latinx Studies Project. His research interests include: Race, Racism and Race Relations, Urban and Poverty Research, Sociology of Economics/Entrepreneurialism, Media Theory, Cinema, Gender Construction of Black Masculinity, Family Studies, and Africana Theory.
ADS 310-01H
Portrayal Afr Amer in Film
T 6:00 p.m. — 8:50 p.m.
Instructor: Noble, Demetrius
CRN: 80022
Seats: 5
ADS 325-01H
Black Women in the U.S.
TR 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.
Instructor: Cervenak, Sarah
CRN: 80023
Seats: 5
This class focuses on the lived experiences of Black women in the United States. It thinks through the multiple ways that black women imagine themselves within and against racist, sexist, classist, homophobic, ableist and transphobic discourses that otherwise seek to name them. As remarked above, such vicious practices of mis/naming are central to this nation’s history, extending from slavery to the present. Myths about supposed hypersexuality, for example, have long haunted black women, not only shaping their lived experiences in the nineteenth century but persisting violently into the present. We will think through that history and its brutal reverberations. At the same time, we will engage with writings by a range of critical scholars and artists who interrogate this history and practices of misnaming and exclusion more broadly. In doing so, we will consider the multiple ways black women have resisted and, in turn, named and reclaimed themselves.
Sarah Jane Cervenak is Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and African American and African Diaspora Studies. Her areas of research and teaching are feminist theory, Black studies, performance studies, visual culture, and philosophy. Cervenak’s latest book, Black Gathering: Art, Ecology, Ungiven Life (Duke University Press, 2022) queries the Black radical, feminist potential of gathering in post-1970s Black literary and visual arts. As well, she is co-editor with J. Kameron Carter of the book series, The Black Outdoors: Innovations in the Poetics of Study (Duke University Press) and the author of Wandering: Philosophical Performances of Racial and Sexual Freedom (Duke University Press, 2014). A graduate of Rutgers University, she received her Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.
ADS 330-01H
Black Music/Cultural History
R 6:00 p.m. —8:50 p.m.
Instructor: Noble, Demetrius
CRN: 80024
Seats: 5
ADS 350-01H
Contemporary Africa
TR 3:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Girma, Hewan
CRN: 80025
Seats: 5
Contemporary Africa will serve as a general introduction to the social, economic and political facets of the African continent and its people. In order to get a holistic understanding of the African continent, we will examine post-colonial state organizations, the role of race and ethnicity, environmental management, Africa-China relations, industrialization, LGBT rights, migration, Nollywood and other topics. This course will incorporate different teaching tools such as newspaper articles, current literature, radio broadcasts and even Nollywood films. The objective of the course is two-fold: to provide intellectual tools for the critical understanding of the continent and to highlight the interconnections between Africa and the world at large. Hence, this three-credit course will provide basic concepts, theoretical perspectives and essential information for understanding the dynamic continent of Africa.
Hewan Girma joined the AADS faculty as Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2018. She received her Ph.D. in Sociology and a Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies from Stony Brook University in New York. Her research interests include transnational migration, race and ethnicity, intersectional identities and African diasporic populations. She formerly taught in the Global Studies and Geography department at Hofstra University in New York. Prior to joining academia, Hewan worked for several International Non-Governmental Organizations and United Nations agencies on projects as varied as HIV/AIDS, sustainability, and poverty alleviation.She is currently working on her first book on Ethiopian Return Migrants, which provides an intersectional analysis of voluntary Ethiopian return migration, highlighting how class, gender and ethno-racial categorizations influence the motivations and post-return experiences of return migrants. She is a co-founder and co-director of the Ethiopian, East African, and Indian Ocean Research Network. She is the co-editor of Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names, published by Palgrave in 2023.
ADS 356-01H
Making of the African Diaspora
TR 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Eyssallenne, Jazmin
CRN: 80026
Seats: 5
BIO 111-06H
Principles of Biology I
MAC CritThink Nat Sci (MNTS)
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Hens, Mark
CRN: 82172
Seats: 20
BIO 111-07H
Principles of Biology I
MAC CritThink Nat Sci (MNTS)
TR 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.
Instructor: Hens, Mark
CRN: 82173
Seats: 20
BIO 444-01H
Entomology
R 1:00 p.m. — 3:50 p.m.
Instructor: Komatsu, Kimberly
CRN: 82292
Seats: 5
Insects are critical for life on Earth, providing irreplaceable ecosystem services to humans such as pollination and decomposition. Recent evidence has documented shocking declines in insect populations worldwide, with over 40% of insect species exhibiting population declines over the past decade. In this course, we will learn about the forms and functions of the 31 orders of insects (and a few insect allies), including their identifying characteristics, role in the environment, and key evolutionary adaptations among the most diverse group of animals on earth.
Dr. Kim Komatsu is an ecologist with a research focus on community and ecosystem responses to global change drivers. Dr. Komatsu primarily works in grassland and agricultural systems, which provide valuable services to humans, including rangeland, carbon sequestration and storage, and habitat for many plants and animals. However, these ecosystems are currently under threat due to climate change, nutrient pollution, and land use change. Dr. Komatsu’s research focuses on the effects of these threats on plant, insect, and microbial diversity and the subsequent consequences for the services humans rely on. Her research ranges from the grasslands of the intermountain west and Midwest of the United States to soybean fields of Maryland. Outside of work, Dr. Komatsu plays board games, makes pottery, and enjoys camping and hiking in the beautiful North Carolina mountains.
BIO 456-01H
Global Change
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Koerner, Sarah
CRN: 82294
Seats: 5
CCI 211-02
Intro to Greek Archaeology
MAC Global and Intercultural (MGIL)
TR 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Doudalis, Georgios
CRN: 80365
Seats: 10
This class will examine the archaeological remains of ancient Greece from 3000 B.C.-31 B.C. Through the examination of material culture and architecture from these periods and a study of the archaeological method and theories,
students will learn how archaeologists reconstruct parts of past societies and ideologies, including the rise and the Greek complex society, aspects of daily life, religious and funerary customs, politics, colonization, trade, and artistic expression.
Georgios Doudalis is a Lecturer at UNCG (2023-2024), He did My masters in Aegean Archeology at the University of Sheffield, and his PhD at the Institute of Classical Archaeology at the Heidelberg University. He is a Ceramic Specialist specializing in Minoan Pottery (Bronze Age Crete). He taught Greek Archaeology in 2020-2021 at UNCG and also currently serves as Assistant Director at the Mochlos Archaeological Project (Crete). He has been granted with two Fellowships: 1) Seager Fellowship (Institute for Aegean Prehistory, Crete-2016) and the Kress Research Fellowship (American School of Classical Studies-2022).
ECO 160-01
Econ Pop Culture & Pub Policy
MAC CritThink Soc and BehavSci (MSBS)
TR 9:30 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Instructor: Bray, Jeremy
CRN: 83327
Seats: 25
In Fall 2024, ECO 160 will use economic reasoning to explore dating and marriage, risky health behaviors such as drug and alcohol use, and music concerts and other large events. Pulling from popular press and academic research, we’ll investigate how economic concepts like supply and demand, opportunity cost, scarcity, and incentives impact individual behaviors beyond traditional markets. We will also learn how to critically evaluate popular press stories and academic research using economic reasoning. Math will be kept to a minimum and emphasis will be placed on writing and oral communication through short papers and class presentations.
Dr. Jeremy Bray is the Jefferson-Pilot Excellence Professor of Economics in the Bryan School of Business and Economics at UNC Greensboro. He conducts research on the economics of health behaviors, with a primary focus on the economic evaluation of behavioral health and workplace interventions. For more than two decades he has conducted economic evaluations of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) programs and provided policy-relevant evidence supporting their ongoing development and adoption worldwide. He has also conducted economic evaluations of workplace programs, providing evidence to policymakers and employers that has improved the health and wellbeing of the American workforce. His publications have been referenced thousands of times and his research has had a profound impact on public health by supporting the resource allocation decisions of federal, state, local, and workplace policymakers, both nationally and internationally.
ECO 201-04
Principles of Microeconomics
MAC CritThink Soc and BehavSci (MSBS)
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Sarbaum, Jeffrey
CRN: 83331
Seats: 20
ECO 201 is designated as a MAC general education course. Upon successful completion of this critical thinking and inquiry in the social & behavioral sciences course, students will:
- Critically analyze claims, arguments, artifacts or information.
- Construct coherent, evidence-based arguments.
Dr. Jeff Sarbaum is an award-winning Senior Lecturer of Economics and the Sue W. Cole Distinguished Faculty Member at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he has worked for over 20 years. He received his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he specialized in experimental, labor, and international economics; and was recognized with awards for his teaching and research. He has taught international economics, European Union economics, labor economics, statistics, and principles of economics courses at UNCG, Willamette University, and Whitman College, and has lectured widely about effective teaching pedagogy. His publications include studies on the economics of addictive behavior, assessment of learning, and the use of classroom economics experiments as a teaching pedagogy. He recently completed a principles of economics textbook, Economics Interactive. by Parkin, Bade, Sarbaum, which is available nationally through Pearson Higher Education and used in his own principles of macro and microeconomics classes.
GRK 101-02
Elem Ancient Greek I
MWF 9:00 a.m. — 9:50 a.m.
Instructor: Van Veldhuizen, Michiel
CRN: 80825
Seats: 5
Ancient Greek is the language of epic battles, philosophical dialogues, and erotic whispers: from the birth of Jesus to the death of Socrates, Greek has it all. GRK 101 and 102 form a two-semester sequence that prepares you for reading ancient Greek of the Classical period as well as Homer and the New Testament. Learning an ancient language is challenging but incredibly rewarding. In the first semester we will learn the Greek alphabet, the basics of Greek grammar, and we start reading stories together. We will put our learning of the language into the context of ancient Greek culture and society whenever possible. Upon completion of this course, you will not only be able to understand ancient Greek culture through its own texts, but also benefit from improved memorization skills, analytical abilities, and a better understanding of the English language.
Dr. Van Veldhuizen is a professor of Ancient Greek literature and culture, and he loves taking his students on a journey to the ancient world. Learning the ancient languages is the very best way to do that. Using Disney songs, Lady Gaga, and Dr Seuss to explain Greek grammar, he enjoys giving students the relatalbe tools they need to master complex material. When he is not teaching courses on Greek literature, Ancient Medicine (CCI 331), Dream Interpretation (CCI 329), you might find him in his office (MHRA 1111) sipping coffee or talking about the latest antics of his strange cat.
HIS 204-01
History of Africa Since 1870
MAC: Global and Intercultural
Asynchronous Online
Instructor: Ali, Omar
CRN: 83278
Seats: 10
We delve into the major themes in African history from 1870 through the present. These themes include European imperialism and colonialism, as well as African resistance to enslavement, the appropriation of land, and exploited labor; the cultural, political, legal, and economic impact and outcomes of colonial policies and practices; the scientific and technological developments coming out of and shaping Africa; the rise of Pan-Africanism, nationalism, and independence movements; capitalism, socialism, and communism as part of the Cold War; missionaries, education, and healthcare; African civil wars; apartheid, decolonization, and neo-colonialism; and current challenges and opportunities. We will explore these themes through a combination of secondary source readings, viewing documentaries, and by analyzing a range of primary sources.
Omar H. Ali is Dean of Lloyd International Honors College. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received his Ph.D. in History from Columbia University, and was named Carnegie Foundation North Carolina Professor of the Year.
LAT 101-02
Elementary Latin I
MWF 10:00 a.m. — 10:50 a.m.
Instructor: LeBlanc, Robyn
CRN: 80368
Seats: 5
LLC 355-02
Topics in LLC: Berlin: Sexy but Poor
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Hronek, Richard
CRN: 83712
Seats: 5
The working title for our Topics in LLC course is “Berlin: sexy but poor.” We’ll be looking at/reading texts that portray Berlin in any number of its many lives. The city has had a tumultuous history and that’s been exquisitely depicted in film and literature, and that’s what we want to see. In class time will be spent in discussion and there will be assessments along the way; I’m planning both more typical assignments and more alternative assignments like a “thrifted fashion show” (going along with the “sexy but poor” theme).
I received my BA in German Language from Guilford College here in Greensboro in 2007. After I graduated, I got to spend two years in Austria as a Fulbright language assistant (teaching English). While I was in Austria, my focus turned towards the brewing of beer, which became a profession 3 years later. I started working at Natty Greene’s Brewing by scrubbing the floors and moved up to brewer. After a couple years of that and reading the novels of Hermann Hesse and Thomas Mann, I decided to try my hand at a graduate degree in German. It wasn’t immediately clear to me that my interest would be in literature but that turned out to be the case. My dissertation is about Jakob Arjouni’s hard-boiled detective, Kemal Kayankaya. Among other things, I look at how Kayankaya as a Turkish-born, German-raised person simultaneously possesses insider/outsider status and how Arjouni uses alcohol and drunkenness to construct Kayankaya’s Germanness.
MGT 330-02H
Legal Environment of Business
MWF 900—950
Instructor: Hassell, Mary Eloise
CRN: 80444
Seats: 4
MGT 330 is a LIVE 300 level law course for Bryan School students, including those pursuing majors in The Department of Recreation, Tourism, and Hospitality Management, as well as students from ALL university disciplines and colleges who are interested in law. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing and Pre/Major in ACCT, BADM, CARS, ECON, ECOS, ENTR, FINC, HTMT, INTB, ISSC, or MKTG. or permission of instructor
Eloise McCain Hassell is an Attorney and Senior Lecturer at the UNCG Bryan School of Business and Economics. She is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University School of Law. She is a former Assistant Dstrict Attorney, Assistant Public Defender, Adjunct Professor at Elon University School of Law, Mediator and Arbitrator. Eloise is a volunteer UNCG Prelaw advisor and Honors Liaison (with the Bryan School Department of Management). She and her husband, retired Superior Court Judge Robby Hassell, are proud parents of two remarkable daughters, as well as two very active rescue cats, Boo and Scout (named for characters from Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird.” She adores gardening, baking, and volunteering with many local nonprofit organizations, and her daily activities include jogging, reading, and aspiring to master at least a modicum of proficiency in multiple musical instruments.
PHI 115-01H
Critical Thinking
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
Online, asynchronous
Instructor: Pryor, Insa
CRN: 83094
Seats: 3
This course introduces you to fundamental concepts, techniques, and skills conducive to analytic, careful, evidence-based, and fair-minded reasoning. Over the course of the semester, you will gain skills in analyzing the merits and deficits of other people’s and your own arguments. You will also improve your ability to reason well and you will learn how to avoid reasoning badly.
Insa Lawler (Pryor) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She works on various topics concerning the epistemology and philosophy of science. Her work has been published in journals such as Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Noûs, and the Journal of Philosophy. More information can be found on her website: www.insalawler.com
PHI 115-02H
Critical Thinking
MAC CritThink Hum and Fine Art (MHFA)
TR 9:30 a.m. — 10:45 a.m.
Instructor: Pryor, Insa
CRN: 83095
Seats: 3
This course introduces you to fundamental concepts, techniques, and skills conducive to analytic, careful, evidence-based, and fair-minded reasoning. Over the course of the semester, you will gain skills in analyzing the merits and deficits of other people’s and your own arguments. You will also improve your ability to reason well and you will learn how to avoid reasoning badly.
Insa Lawler (Pryor) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She works on various topics concerning the epistemology and philosophy of science. Her work has been published in journals such as Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Noûs, and the Journal of Philosophy. More information can be found on her website: www.insalawler.com
PHI 141-01H
What Makes a Life Good?
MAC Health and Wellness (MHW)
TR 3:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Gert, Heather
CRN: 83101
Seats: 3
This course is an introduction to philosophy through consideration of theories about what makes a life good. For instance, at first it seems like a good theory is that it all comes down to having more pleasure and less pain. But would you trade life-in-the-world, with its ups and downs, for one in which a machine simply stimulates the pleasure center in your brain? If not, why not? And how much is our own well-being tied to the well-being of others? Is well-being properly understood an individualistic notion?
Dr. Heather Gert is Head of the Philosophy Department. She received her doctorate from Brown University in 1991. She is interested in a variety of topics in philosophical ethics, as well as issues in philosophy of language and philosophy of mind. Her favorite philosopher is Ludwig Wittgenstein.
PHI 310-01H
Intro to Formal Logic
MW 3:30 p.m. — 4:45 p.m.
Instructor: Pryor, Insa
CRN: 83114
Seats: 3
This course is an introduction to two (families of) formal languages: propositional logic and first-order predicate logic. These languages are used to detect, understand, and evaluate recurring patterns in deductive reasoning. Recognizing and evaluating such patterns is crucial to rational thought and to constructing cogent arguments.
Insa Lawler (Pryor) is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She works on various topics concerning the epistemology and philosophy of science. Her work has been published in journals such as Philosophy of Science, Synthese, Noûs, and the Journal of Philosophy. More information can be found on her website: www.insalawler.com
PCS 309-01H
Conflict and Culture
Online, asynchronous
Instructor: Hale, Marcia
CRN: 81121
Seats: 10
PSC 334-02H
The American Presidency
MW 2:00 p.m. — 3:15 p.m.
Instructor: Holian, David
CRN: 80441
Seats: 5
SOC 311-01
Reading Culture And Society
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Glenn Manigault, Cerise
CRN: 83484
Seats: 22
This course examines key sociocultural issues through popular culture and media, particularly stories of modernity and the contemporary world. We will engage multiple forms of socialization narratives, including literary works, cinematic features, and social media. We will critically analyze the relationship between popular culture and media and the ways in which they socialize us, in addition to the ways in which we engage and respond to these messages. Specific topics and materials will also be determined by student interest at the beginning of the semester.
Dr. Cerise L. Glenn (PhD, Howard University) is a Professor of Sociology and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the immediate former director of African American & African Diaspora Studies (2016-2020) and the president of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. Her research focuses on cultural identity and identity negotiation, African American communication and culture, occupational socialization and identification of diverse groups, organizational culture, and intersectional feminisms. She is the co-editor of the award-winning book, Womanist Ethical Rhetoric: A Call for Liberation and Social Justice in Turbulent Times. She has also authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles in outlets including The Howard Journal of Communications, Women & Language, Communication Teacher, and Sexuality and Culture. Dr. Glenn has worked as an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) consultant for Criminal Justice Services of Mecklenburg County, as well as the principal investigator on a multi-year prestigious NSF Advance grant that supports the adaptation and implementation of proven organizational change strategies to promote gender equity inclusive of intersecting social identities, such as race and ethnicity, in the STEM fields.
SOC 311-01H
Reading Culture And Society
TR 11:00 a.m. — 12:15 p.m.
Instructor: Glenn Manigault, Cerise
CRN: 83501
Seats: 3
This course examines key sociocultural issues through popular culture and media, particularly stories of modernity and the contemporary world. We will engage multiple forms of socialization narratives, including literary works, cinematic features, and social media. We will critically analyze the relationship between popular culture and media and the ways in which they socialize us, in addition to the ways in which we engage and respond to these messages. Specific topics and materials will also be determined by student interest at the beginning of the semester.
Dr. Cerise L. Glenn (PhD, Howard University) is a Professor of Sociology and Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She is the immediate former director of African American & African Diaspora Studies (2016-2020) and the president of the Organization for the Study of Communication, Language, and Gender. Her research focuses on cultural identity and identity negotiation, African American communication and culture, occupational socialization and identification of diverse groups, organizational culture, and intersectional feminisms. She is the co-editor of the award-winning book, Womanist Ethical Rhetoric: A Call for Liberation and Social Justice in Turbulent Times. She has also authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles in outlets including The Howard Journal of Communications, Women & Language, Communication Teacher, and Sexuality and Culture. Dr. Glenn has worked as an equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) consultant for Criminal Justice Services of Mecklenburg County, as well as the principal investigator on a multi-year prestigious NSF Advance grant that supports the adaptation and implementation of proven organizational change strategies to promote gender equity inclusive of intersecting social identities, such as race and ethnicity, in the STEM fields.
