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SPRING 2005 FRESHMAN SEMINARS
The School of Biological Sciences also offers freshman seminars during spring quarter. For more information, please visit http://freshmanseminars.bio.uci.edu/. Please note that students may take a maximum of three freshman seminars for credit, so long as subjects vary, over their entire university career.
CLAIRE TREVOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Changing Nature of American Jazz Dance Bob Boross, Dance F 9:00-9:50am, MAB 317 Course Code 87585 American jazz dance has regularly adopted new looks as styles, technology, and popular culture have evolved throughout the twentieth century. Yet, the fundamental basis of jazz dancing - feeing and reacting to rhythm - still remains the same. This seminar will examine the roots of jazz dance, its philosophy, societal influences, and the pioneers of the changing nature of American jazz dance. Bob Boross is head of the jazz, tap, and musical theatre dance areas of the UCI Dance Department, and holds an M.A. in Individualized Study in Jazz Dance from New York University. After performing on Broadway in the 1981 revival of Can-Can, choreographed by Roland Petit, Bob became a teacher and choreographer in jazz dance and musical theatre. In theatres across the country he has choreographed Annie Get Your Gun, Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, The Pirates of Penzance, and for UCI - Victor/Victoria. His concert dances have been seen in New York City at the Broadway Dance Center Performance Outlet and at Dancespace, in Los Angeles with the 2002 Gypsy Awards show and Spectrum Dance in LA, and Texas with Discovery Dance Group. His piece "Cool," a finalist in the Jazz Dance World Congress Choreography Competition, will soon join the repertory of the London Studio Center Jazz Dance Company in England. Music with Computers Christopher Dobrian, Music M 5:00-5:50pm, MM 316 Course Code 87554 Computers are used in many aspects of music making today: CD and MP3 files are the main means of transmitting music, digital drum machines and samplers have replaced or supplemented the instrumentation of many bands, computer hard-disk recording has replaced the traditional tape studio, and experimental artists are performing with laptops, computer VJ systems, and a variety of customized digital equipment. This seminar will focus on the many ways computers have changed the music world. Christopher Dobrian is Associate Professor of Music at the University of California, Irvine. He is the director of the Gassmann Electronic Music Studio and the Realtime Experimental Audio Laboratory (REALab), and is producer/director of the Gassmann Electronic Music Series. He is vice president of the Electronic Music Foundation, a non-profit organization for the preservation and distribution of electronic music. His work in computer music focuses on the development of "artificially intelligent" interactive systems for composition, improvisation, and cognition. Dragon Lady and Kungfu Master: Asian and Asian American Images in Media Daphne Lei, Drama Tu 12:00-12:50pm, Mesa Court Housing Complex, Mesa Activities Center Conference Room Course Code 87564 NOTE: This class is being held in Mesa Court Housing. Please be aware that your travel time will be greater than 10 minutes if you are coming from central campus. For a map of Mesa Court, please go to http://www.housing.uci.edu/ug/mc/. This class focuses on the Asian/Asian American images produced by media and their social, political and historical significance. Daphne Lei specializes in Asian and Asian American performance. She is interested in investigating the Asian/Asian American image produced by media and consumed by general public. One of her current projects is on early Chinese immigrant theatre (mid-nineteenth century) in California. The Art of Collaboration and Consensus Decision Making Lisa Naugle, Dance Tu 2:00 - 2:50pm, MAB 302 Course Code 87568 Artistic collaboration requires successful communication where individuals work on steps and procedures that are small portions of a larger accomplishment. Brainstorming, creative thinking and problem solving make valuable skills and can be significant contributions to successful teamwork. The course will feature a map of the territiory of collaborative activity including the instructor's creative projects over the past 10 years with dancers, musicians and visual artists. We will also cover the work of prominent artistic couples and other pathbreaking experiments (groups) fostered by collaboration and partnership.Student will be given tasks, scenarios and projects to encourage collaborations that serve to transform individual ideas into meaningful information and representations. Students will participate in various projects (small and large group) over several weeks through face to face and networked communication. They will engage in critical and creative thinking as they work together toward deeper levels of artistic awareness and capabilities in problem solving. Lisa Naugle is Associate Professor at University of California, Irvine, in the Department of Dance. She holds a Ph.D and MFA in dance from New York University. Her research and publications explore the convergence of contemporary performance and new media technologies. Her work has been performed in London, Amsterdam, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Budapest, Brazil, Spain, Korea, China and Canada, as well as throughout the USA. HENRY SAMUELI SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Optics Communications Chin Lee, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science W 9:00-9:50am, SSL 117 Course Code 87563 Interactive discussions on the fundamental principle of fiber optics, semiconductor lasers, photodetectors, applications of fiber optics in our daily life, what fiber optic is, why fiber optics communications have nearly unlimited bandwidth and thus form the backbone of internect and wireless networks. Chin C. Lee received his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Carnegie-Mellon Univeersity. He is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Materials Science and Engineering. His research activities include semiconductor devices, microwave devices, electronic packaging, thermal design of electronic devices, bonding technology, electromagnetic theory, acoustic microscopy, integrated optics and optoelectronics. He has published about 170 research papers. He is a Fellow of IEEE and an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies. GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Marketing on the Internet Alladi Venkatesh, Graduate School of Management F 11:00-11:50am, Middle Earth Housing Complex, Gandalf’s Classroom B Course Code 87579 NOTE: This class is being held in Middle Earth Housing. Please be aware that your travel time will be greater than 10 minutes if you are coming from Mesa Court or the School of the Arts. For a map of Middle Earth, please go to http://www.housing.uci.edu/ug/me/. Recent developments in interactive technologies indicate that "Marketing on the Internet" is no longer a fad but has become a serious business activity and is in fact growing quite exponentially. There are stories of both successes and failures. In any case, there seems to be very little doubt that it represents a major shift in the way marketing is being conducted and will be conducted in the future. Our primary concern in this course will be to focus on how to do marketing on the Internet and to identify the key issues pertaining to the marketing process. Alladi Venkatesh is a Professor in Marketing. He earned his Ph.D. from Syracuse University. His key research areas include: New Media and Information Technologies in the Home, Marketing on the Internet, Postmodern Theory and Marketing and Cross-Cultural Consumer behavior. Research Web Site: http://www.crito.uci.edu/noah/ Teaching Web Site: http://www.gsm.uci.edu/~avenkate/ SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES Literature, Philosophy, and Politics Ermanno Bencivenga, Philosophy F 1:00-1:50pm, HOB2 233 Course Code 87582 Is literature politically neutral? Or does an author have social responsibilities? Is he/she committed to extending his/her fellow citizens' freedom and hope? In this seminar we will discuss a classic position on these issues by Jean-Paul Sartre. Professor Bencivenga has been at UCI since 1979. His is the author of 29 books and over 70 scholarly articles. He has won five teaching awards. His is the founding editor of an international philosophy journal and of a book series. How to Read a Picture James Herbert, Art History W 1:00-1:50pm, HIB 90 Course Code 87556 In our age when digital media have increased the amount of information conveyed by images, visual literacy has become as necessary as the textual sort. This seminar will sharpen visual skills by looking attentively at a set of pictures from the history of art--only one or two a week--that present especially rich examples of visual complexity. The meaning of images are almost always not as straightforward as they initially might seem. James D. Herbert is a Professor and Chair in the Department of Art. He is the author of two books on art and visual culture in France in the early twentieth century. He also writes on music. He currently is working on a book entitled "The Distance of Gods: The Divine and the Mundane in Western Art and Music from the 17th to the 21st Centuries." For the Good of the Game Lamar Hill, History W 1:00-1:50pm, KH 126 Course Code 87558 Let's look at baseball for all the things that aren't so obvious. We'll examine this cultural artifact from its eighteenth century origins to the advent of the Commissioner's Office and the "new" baseball of the 1930s and 1940s. We'll be looking at the several games within a game that we call baseball. What is the difference between a national pastime and a sport? And what does it mean when baseball officials invoke the words "for the good of the game"? We'll look at the changing relationship between owners and players and between fans and players. There will be a few readings, some audio-visual material and much time to talk about the cultural significance of baseball. Professor Hill has been at UCI since 1968. His specialty is Early Modern Britain. Although he has worked with legal and religious topics, he is grealy interested in how we interpret culture. He taught a Freshman Seminar in '02-03. Muslims, Jews, and the West in the Modern Middle East Mark LeVine, History Th 11:00-12:50pm, Mesa Court Housing Complex, Community Center Classroom Course Code 87565 NOTE: This class is being held in Mesa Court Housing. Please be aware that your travel time will be greater than 10 minutes if you are coming from central campus. For a map of Mesa Court, please go to http://www.housing.uci.edu/ug/mc/. This course will be a historical overview of the origins and contemporary dynamics of the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and through it, of the larger Middle East. It will cover basic historical and political themes and, as important, discuss the various debates over them. The goal is to give students a critical background from which to process the myriad types of information that come to us from news, media, and political sources about the Middle East and the war on terror. Mark LeVine is Assistant Professor of modern Middle Eastern history, culture and Islamic studies at UCI. He is the author or editor of five books, including Overthrowing Geography: Jaffa, Tel Aviv and the Struggle for Palestine (California 2004), Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation (Perceval Press, 2003), Islam and the Public Sphere (Palgrave, forthcoming) and Struggle and Survival in Palestine/Israel (under preparation). Literature of Citizenship Julia Lupton, English & Comparative LIterature Th 1:00-1:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87566 This course describes paradigms of citizenship in classical literature and contemporary contexts. What is a citizen, and in what context? Who is the non-citizen, and how, if at all, can he or she cross into the circle of citizenship? Does citizenship primarily describe a set of rights or a set of responsibilities? What forms of literature give voice to the aspirations and paradoxes of citizenship (oratory, drama, the open letter, for example?) Julia Reinhard Lupton is (Associate) Professor of English and Comparative Literature. She is the founding director of Humanities Out There, UCI's nationally-recognized humanities outreach program, and the author of *Citizen-Saints: Shakespeare and Political Theology* (forthcoming University of Chicago Press, 2004). Professor Lupton has begun work on a new book entitled "The Literature of Citizenship." The politics and poetics of the internet Glen Mimura, Asian American Studies Th 3:00-3:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87567 This seminar will introduce students to the dramatic proliferation of information sources -- news, entertainment, blogs and others -- that have come characterize the internet. Placing the internet historically in relation to other media (print media, radio, cinema, television), the course will engage such larger questions as: What is new and old about the internet (historically, technologically, culturally), and what are its possibilities and limits? How does the internet reshape our understandings of what counts as "fact," work, leisure, and social personhood; as well as the relationship between what counts as "mainstream" and "alternative"? The goal will be to enable students to develop a more critical, empowering understanding of the internet as a source of information, entertainment and even self-expression. Glen Mimura's research interests include Visual Studies and Critical Theory; Cultural Studies of Race, Ethnicity, and Globalization; Queer Theory and Racialized Sexuality; and Popular Culture Studies. His publications include essays on film, video, photography and art. Free Will and Moral Responsibility Alan Nelson, Philosophy F 2:00-2:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87569 What is the difference between a strong willed and a weak willed person? How is this connected with freedom of the will? Is one morally responsible for being weak willed? Is addictive behavior always morally irresponsible? Are those who easily resist temptation somehow lucky? Alan Nelson has been a philosophy professor at UCI since coming from UCLA in 1988. His research is focussed on philosophy of the 17th and 20th centuries. He has also published widely on philosophical aspects of science. Antonio Banderas and his "Hispanic" Masculinities Jill Robbins, Spanish W 3:00-3:50pm, Middle Earth Housing Complex, Harrowdale Study Room Course Code 87570 NOTE: This class is being held in Middle Earth Housing. Please be aware that your travel time will be greater than 10 minutes if you are coming from Mesa Court or the School of the Arts. For a map of Middle Earth, please go to http://www.housing.uci.edu/ug/me/. In U.S. films, from Philadelphia to Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the renowned Spanish actor Antonio Banderas has played a Mexican, Cuban or Argentine lover, bandit, or revolutionary, whereas in Spain he was best known as the transgressive star of several films by Pedro Almodovar. What do the roles he has played in Hollywood films tell us about the racialized and denationalized representations of "Hispanic Identity" in this country? Jill Robbins is Associate Professor of Spanish Literature and Culture. Her most recent work examines the ways in which globalization has impacted the cultural representation of Spanish identities--including questions of gender, ethnicity, and nationalism. How To Read A Poem Hugh Roberts, English M 4:00-4:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87571 This course will introduce students to a range of approaches to reading and understanding poetry. Particular attention will be paid to formal analysis of poetry (poetic rhythm, rhyme and other sound effects, stanzaic form etc). We will study a wide range of poetry from Middle Ages down to the present day, from shakespearian sonnets down to hip-hop and rap. Hugh Roberts is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature. His area of expertise is literature of the Romantic Period. He is the author of Shelley and the Chaos of History (1997). American Revolutions Jaime Rodríguez, History Th 4:00-4:50pm, KH 200E Course Code 87572 The course will examine the American, the Haitian, and the Spanish American revolutions for independence. It will consider why the people of these regions fought to separate themselves from their "mother countries;" what they expected to achieve; and what resulted? Jaime Rodriguez is a professor of history, director of Latin American Studies, and editor of the journal MEXICAN STUDIES/ESTUDIOS MEXICANOS. His area of interest is the process of independence and the creation of the new nation states in the Western Hemisphere. The Spanish Language Worldwide Armin Schwegler, Spanish Tu 2:00-2:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87574 This "fun course" studies the history and contemporary usage of Spanish worldwide. Special emphasis is placed on Latin American dialect varieties (including Mexican, Cuban, Argentinean, Colombian, and USA Spanish). By taking this course students will gain a better appreciation for (1) how and why a once very marginal tongue has become one of the world's major languages, (2) the extent to which Spanish dialects differ today, and (3) how Spanish evolved from Roman times into what it is today. No prior knowledge of spoken or written Spanish required. (bold and underline last line) Born in Switzerland and resident of the USA since 1975, Professor Schwegler has learned Spanish and about 10 other languages. His research on the Spanish language and its dialects have taken him to virtually every corner of Latin America (he often does field work in remote jungles in South America). The author of over 40 scholarly articles and several books, he is currently writing a monograph about PALO MONTE, an Afro-Cuban ritual language used in voodoo-like ceremonies. Prof. Schwegler has been a guest professor at several universities in Europe and the United States, and recently spent 2 years in Costa Rica as Director of UC's Education Abroad Program. In the fall of 2002, he taught at the University of Havana and did field work in Cuba for his new book. American Photography of the Great Depression Sally Stein, Art History M 2:00-2:50pm, HIB 90 Course Code 87575 Dorothea Lange’s “Migrant Mother” (1936), Arthur Rothstein’s “Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma” (1936), and Walker Evans’s portraits of Hale County, Alabama tenant farmers (1935) are some of the most widely-reproduced images in the history of photography, appearing among other contexts in most high school history and social studies books. This freshman seminar will consider these and related images in greater depth by raising a number of historical and cultural questions. 1. How do we account for the huge number of pictures of impoverished people and conditions made during the Great Depression? 2. How do we account for the government’s reasons for turning to photography in this era? In what ways were the resulting pictures documents and/or New Deal propaganda? 3. Given the hundreds of thousands of photographs made during the decade of the 1930s, why did a few pictures become “best-seller” icons? Is it a matter of photographic composition or of The capturing of particular subject matter that distinctly emblematized the Great Depression? Furthermore if specific kinds of subject matter were a crucial element, what other subjects were ignored or overlooked? 4. How have presentations and discussions of these images changed between the time when they were first made and the present? And how do these changes reflect the changing status of photography in a changing media landscape? Sally Stein, Associate Professor of Art History, has spent much of the last two decades researching and writing about American photography of the Great Depression. She has written articles and monographs on New Deal FSA photographers Dorothea Lange, Marion Post Wolcott, Jack Delano, as well as articles on the experimental color photography of the Farm Security Administration, the representation of 1930s health care by the FSA, and the photography of another New Deal Agency, the National Youth Administration (NYA). Black Power Politics Katherine Tate, African American Studies F 11:00-11:50am, HH 251 Course Code 87577 In this seminar, students will discuss Black power strategies as they emerged in the civil rights era, and as they have continued to influence the politics of African Americans in the post-civil-rights era, including the campaign strategies of Black presidential contenders Katherine Tate is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at UC Irvine. She is the author and co-author of several books, including Black Faces in the Mirror: African Americans and Their Representatives in the U.S. Congress (Princeton Univ. Press 2003). Baseball as America Steven Topik, History W 11:00-11:50am, Middle Earth Housing Complex, Gandalf’s Classroom B Course Code 87578 NOTE: This class is being held in Middle Earth Housing. Please be aware that your travel time will be greater than 10 minutes if you are coming from Mesa Court or the School of the Arts. For a map of Middle Earth, please go to http://www.housing.uci.edu/ug/me/. Using the history of baseball in 19th and 20th century America, we will examine how an American identity was formed and issues such as race, ethnicity, immigration, regionalism, commercialism, and gender were played out. Some previous understanding of baseball would be helpful. Steven Topik has been in UCI's history department for 20 years. His research has concentrated on Latin America world history and the US. He has followed baseball as a fan for over 40 years. Jane Austen at the movies Ann Van Sant, English Th 2:00-2:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87588 Almost 200 years after her last novel was published, Jane Austen has been featured in Vanity Fair (1996); Entertainment Weekly selected her as "Entertainer of the Year" (1995). And her novels remain on best seller lists. What is it about Jane Austen that makes her work so adaptable in film? And what is it about us that makes us those films--and her novels--so popular. We'll try to come up with some answers to these and other questions as we read 2 Austen novels and view films made from them. Ann Van Sant is a faculty member in theDepartment of English, where he teaches courses in 18th-century literature, satire, women & fiction. He also lectures in the Humanities CORE course. He is now working on a book that creates links between literature and concepts in law. SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMPUTER SCIENCE Embedded Computing, or how computers work for you even when you don't know it! Nikil Dutt, Information and Computer Science Tu 11:00-11:50am, CS 432 Course Code 87555 Traditionally the word “computer” brings to mind a box with a big screen (aka a desktop) or a laptop – something into which you type commands and from which you get some “results”. This seminar will explore the alternate and burgeoning world of embedded computing – where the computer becomes both invisible and ubiquitous. We already come into contact with hundreds of embedded computers in the course of a normal day, and even when we’re asleep! This seminar will expose you to the exciting field of embedded computing, give examples of such systems, and provide insights into the technical and social challenges we encounter when the computer, as we know it, “disappears”. Nikil Dutt is a Professor of Computer Science, with professional interests in several aspect of computing. He received his PhD in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and has been on the faculty at UCI since 1989. Puzzlers for Computer Scientists Dan Hirschberg, Information and Computer Science M 10:00-10:50am, CS 432 Course Code 87559 This seminar will explore problem solving and critical thinking through the study of puzzlers and brain teasers, focusing on problems related to computer science. Problem solutions will need only high school mathematics and logic. Dan Hirschberg has been a professor in Information and Computer Science at UCI for over 20 years. He received his doctorate from Princeton and previously taught at Rice University. His research expertise is in the design and analysis of efficient algorithms. Computers in Everyday Life Alfred Kobsa, Informatics F 2:00-2:50pm, CS 432 Course Code 87562 In this seminar we will discuss how computers can better support human activities. We will read a textbook by a prominent researcher in the field of human-computer interaction, and students will give short presentations. Alfred Kobsa is a Professor in the Donald Bren School of Computer and Information Sciences. Before he was a Director of the Institute for Applied Information Technology (FIT) at the German National Research Center for Information Technology (GMD), and a Professor of Computer Science at the University of Essen, Germany. Dr Kobsa's research lies in the areas of user modeling and personalized systems (with applications in the areas of information environments, expert finders, and user interfaces for disabled and elderly people), privacy, and in information visualization. He is the editor of User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction: The Journal of Personalization Research, edited several books and authored numerous publications in the areas of user-adaptive systems, human-computer interaction and knowledge representation. SCHOOL OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES Cosmology: What do we know about our Universe? Asantha Cooray, Physics M 4:00-4:50pm, FRH 4135 Course Code 87586 The seminar will explore current developments in astronomy and cosmology. We will survey scientific breakthroughs and ideas that shape the modern view of the Universe from the beginning (Big Bang) to the present day. While cosmologists seem to understand many things in the Universe (like stars and galaxies), there are postulated things that they can hardly see (dark matter) or have any clue about (dark energy). We will investigate why such "dark" things are hypothesized and what scientists are doing to learn more about them by following astronomy articles from daily newspapers, magazines, and NASA publications. Assistant Professor Cooray received his bachelor's degrees in Physics and Mathematics from MIT in 1997, his Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics from U. of Chicago in 2001, and has been a UCI faculty member since 2005. His current research attempts to understand how the Universe got to be the way it is. He is also interested in understanding the inner workings of the "Big Bang" event, and if there are signatures from the event that we can see and detect today. His website is http://www.cooray.org Banning Galileo Michael Dennin, Physics Th 11:00-11:50am, FRH 2111 Course Code 87553 Have you every wondered why the Catholic Church banned the works of Galileo? What were those works, and why were they so controversial? What was it like to live in Italy at that time? What would it be like to live in a convent at that time? In this seminar, we will discuss these and other questions as we read the book, Galileo's Daughter. The book discusses Galileo's life, as based on letters written between his daughter (who lived in a convent) and himself. We will explore not only Galileo's great contributions to science, but the political and religious intrigue that surrounded his life. He has been a Physics Professor here at UCI for roughly 7 years. His research interests include understanding how foam and sand flow and how patterns in nature develop. He is also fascinated by history, especially the development of science and its interaction with existing politcal and social structures. Physics of the Universe David Kirkby, Physics M 10:00-10:50am, FRH 4135 Course Code 87581 What is the universe made of and what holds it together? Recent observations have forced us to completely rethink our answers to these questions. We will discuss the big bang, inflation, antimatter, and the mysterious dark matter and dark energy that appear to make up most of the universe. David Kirkby is an experimental particle physicist who is currently investigating subtle differences between matter and antimatter, which may shed some light on why there appears to be essentially no antimatter in the universe today. For more info, see http://positron.ps.uci.edu/~dkirkby/. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY Immigration Susan Coutin, Criminology, Law & Society W 1:00-1:50pm, SE2 2372 Course Code 87552 This seminar will examine the ways that borders and border enforcement shape immigrants' experiences. Students will read Nevins' book, OPERATION GATEKEEPER, which describes current enforcement practices along the U.S.-Mexico border. The seminar will be interactive, as students explore various topics related to immigration, including motives for immigrating, current laws that govern immigration, immigrants' experiences, and policy-making dilemmas. Susan Bibler Coutin holds a Ph.D. in sociocultural anthropology and is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, Law, and Society at the University of California, Irvine. Her research has examined social, political, and legal activism surrounding immigration issues, particularly immigration from El Salvador to the United States. Environment and Society Dele Ogunseitan, Environmental Health, Science & Policy W 12:00-12:50pm, TBA Course Code 87587 Environmental problems have become more complex and intractable as the scope of scientific understanding of nature widens, and the demands of human-dominated systems increase. Uncertainties about the future outcome of current interactions between human societies and the environment are also increasing. This course introduces students to the theoretical and practical underpinnings of research in the nexus of environment and society. Case studies are used to demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinary research in crafting sustainable solutions to contemporary environmental problems. Dele Ogunseitan earned his doctorate in Environmental Microbiology. He also has a Master of Public Health degree with a specialization in Environmental Health, and a Certificate in International Health. He has been a faculty fellow in the Environment and Natural Resources Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. He is currently an AT&T Industrial Ecology faculty fellow. Global Environmental Problems: What Role for Economics? Jean-Daniel Saphores, Planning, Policy & Design W 1:00-1:50pm, HH 251 Course Code 87573 The purpose of this seminar is to provide an overview of the role economics could play in tackling some regional and global environmental problems. We will examine the management of natural resources (such as fisheries and forests), the shortages of freshwater in many parts of the world, the impacts of urbanization, the loss of biodiversity, and global warming. Although we will adopt a multidisciplinary approach, we will focus on some economic concepts to explore the advantages and the drawbacks of economic solutions. The course will rely on several videos, on scientific papers, and on material available on the Internet. Jean-Daniel Saphores holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, with a specialization in Natural Resources and Environmental Economics, and an MA in Economics, both from Cornell University.He also has a civil engineering background with a degree from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France), an MS in Geotechnical Engineering from University of Colorado at Boulder, and an MS in Environmental Systems from Cornell University. Living in Space Jonathon Ericson, Environmenal Health, Science, & Policy M 11:00-11:50am, SE1 200 Course Code 87590 We discuss and expolore the issues of living in space: habitat,engineering, geological location, space travel, working, psychological and sociological issues Jonathan Ericson is a Professor of Social Ecology and a Professor of Community and Environmental Medicine at the College of Medicine. He earned his Ph.D. at UCLA. His principal research interests are in environmental health sciences, with emphasis on exposure assessment and development of biomarkers. He has conducted research on establishing the pre-Industrial baseline levels of lead distribution and cadmium, lead in the urban environment through environmental epidemiological survey, the durability of natural glass for nuclear waste containment, and GIS/remote sensing. SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Further Studies in Language and Culture Tom Boellstorff, Anthropology Th 3:30-4:20pm, SSPB 4250 Course Code 87551 This seminar will be offered in Spring 2005 and is available ONLY to persons concurrently enrolled in Anthropology 2D (Language and Culture). It will offer 15 students enrolled in Anthropology 2D the opportunity for a more in-depth introduction to linguistic anthropology. Tom Boellstorff is Assistant Professor of Anthropology. His research has focused on sexuality in Indonesia, HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, globalization, mass media, and cyberspace. LATINO DIVERSITY: Musical and global perspectives Raul Fernandez, Chicano/Latino Studies Tu 3:00-3:50pm, SST 318 Course Code 87561 Latinos/Hispanics in the United States are a very diverse group. They come from Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, Colombia, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and other countries. When Latinos migrate to the United States they bring very different, and very exciting, music styles and dances: mariachi, cumbia, merengue, salsa, punta, tamborito, etc. Looking at these musical styles illustrates Latino diversity and provides a entry way to study migration, US-Latin American relations, and Latino politics. Professor Fernandez is an expert on US-Latin American cultural and economic relations. He Has written extensively about Latin American music in the United States. Mind and Brain Greg Hickok, Psychology M 11:00-11:50am, SSL 117 Course Code 87557 This seminar explores the relation between mind and brain through the window of neurological disorders. By examining the experience of patients with disorders that disrupt such natural abilities as recognizing faces, remembering daily events, sensing their own body, and speaking, we learn that our conscious experience including our sense of “self” is constructed by, and wholly dependent on, normal brain function. We also learn that the mind is composed of multiple and partially separable “parts," not the unified whole we experience. Professor Hickok is a UCI graduate (B.A., Psychology 1988) who is now teaching and doing research in Cognitive Neuroscience. Your Best Foot Forward Mary Louise Kean, Psychology M 11:00-11:50am, SSPB 3218 Course Code 87584 Etiquette is an old-fashioned term for putting your best foot forward. Writing nice thank you notes (email or snail mail), using the right fork, and dressing appropriately for the occasion, all still count with family, employers, friends, and even professors. We will consider changes in American politeness standards through the last two centuries and also cross-cultural differences in modern politeness conventions. Mary Louise Kean received her Ph.D. in Linguistics from MIT. Her current research focuses on language and cognition, not manners. She grew up in Washington, DC, at a time when ladies (not just Queen Elizabeth) wore hats and gloves. She bought her first etiquette book just for the fun of it at age 10, and continues to find society's "rules" variously fun, bizarre, annoying, and helpful. Biology and Society Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Anthrology W 11:00-11:50am, Mesa Court Community Center Classrooms Course Code 87576 This seminar will introduce students to some of the debates surrounding the relationships of biology and society. Topics discussed will include the ethics of new biotechnologies such as cloning or stem cell research; questions of drug pricing and access; and implications of new genetic technologies. The seminar will focus on discussion. Kaushik Sunder Rajan teaches Anthropology of Science and Technology, and joined UCI as Assistant Professor in Fall 2003. He has a Ph.D. degree in Science, Technology and Society from MIT, and a Master's degree in Biochemistry. His research looks at post-genomic drug development marketplaces in the US and India, and a book on the subject is forthcoming from Duke University Press. Is Voting For Old People? Martin Wattenberg, Political Science W 10:00-10:50am, SSPB 5250 Course Code 87583 “Voting is for Old People” proclaimed a t-shirt printed and distributed in 2004 by Urban Outfitters. Some scholars criticized this slogan, arguing that it could discourage young people from voting. Urban Outfitters responded that their intention was “to draw attention to the growing rift between politicians and their platforms and the concerns of young people in this country.” The central question of this freshman seminar will be to examine why politics and voting have increasingly become the province of the elderly over the last three decades -- not only in the United States but throughout the world’s established democracies. We will discuss why it is that we seem to be heading toward a “government of old people, by old people, and for old people.” Professor Wattenberg has been teaching Political Science at UCI since 1983. His first regular paying job was with the Washington Redskins, a job that he obtained just like George W. Bush got his -- through his father’s connections. After a successful, albeit short, career with the Redskins he moved on to receive a Ph.D. at the University of Michigan. He is the author of several books published by Harvard University Press: Where Have All the Voters Gone? (2002), The Decline of American Political Parties (1998), and The Rise of Candidate-Centered Politics (1991). I Am What I Eat Mei Zhan, Anthropology Th 5:00-5:50pm, SSPB 4250 Course Code 87580 Have you eaten at the McDonald's on the Champs Elysees? What about "California Roll" at a Japanese restaurant? Anthropologists suggested long ago that studies of food and eating can tell us a great deal about the cultural practices and ways of life of people around the world. Today, as our world is rapidly transformed through a set of processes we call "globalization," so are food and eating. This seminar reviews recent anthropological studies of food and eating in order to introduce some of the broader issues that interest contemporary anthropologists: globalization, capitalism, consumption practices, and the formation of individual and cultural identities. My research interests are in the areas of medical anthropology, anthropological studies, and transnationalism and globalization. I am currently working on a project on the emergence of middle-class lifestyles and health practices in Shanghai, China, after SARS. I focus on eating habits and practices, which were blamed for the outbreak of SARS in 2003. COLLEGE OF MEDICINE The Changing Face of Beauty in the Age of Extreme Makeovers Brian J.F. Wong, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Tu 4:00-4:50pm, BLI A120 Course Code 87589 Marketing, multiculturalism, the explosion of reality TV programming have expanded the definitions of facial beauty and eroded traditional biases toward cosmetic facial surgery. The focus of this course will discuss facial beauty from both contemporary and classical sources and examine how some standards have changed while others have remained constant. Discussions will be from the perspective of art, science and surgery. Dr. Wong is a facial plastic surgeon in the Department of Otolarngology-Head and Neck Surgery and also a Biomedical Engineer based at the Beckman Laser Institute. His research is focused thermoviscoelasticity in tissue, optical imaging, shape change technologies, and wound healing, and is funded by the National Institute of Health, Department of Defense, and the State of California. His practice is focused on corrective and aesthetic nasal surgery. |
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