Pianist Thelonious Monk (1917-1982) and bassist Charles Mingus (1922-1979) defined the cutting edge in jazz in the aftermath of the bebop movement in the 1940s. Both men had unique styles as players and both eventually became even better known for... more

Life Writing is a memoir writing class. Students write weekly essays about their lives, culminating a 5,000 word final essay, which usually draws on material produced from the shorter, weekly essays, and is an expansion of a story that was... more

This course explores representations of apocalypse in U.S. culture and its transatlantic contexts, with particular focus on the voices of African American and Native American writers. Beginning with biblical prophecies of apocalypse, we will study... more

Students will read imaginative American writers of the interwar era and after who responded --sympathetically, critically, anxiously--to the rise of fascism in Europe and similar movements in the U.S. We will read in both the history and theory of... more

For decades, the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology have insisted mental illness is biologically based, and untold millions of research dollars have been poured into the search for the neurochemical, neuroanatomical, genetic, and/or... more

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do - with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods - to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more

For decades, the fields of psychiatry and clinical psychology have insisted mental illness is biologically based, and untold millions of research dollars have been poured into the search for the neurochemical, neuroanatomical, genetic, and/or... more

Globalization is considered by many to be the most powerful transformative force in the modern world system. Modernization and technology have effectively made the world a smaller place with respect to the interdependence and interpenetration among... more

This course analyzes the processes that led to Hitler's rise to power, the nature of the National Socialist regime, and the origins and implementation of its policies of aggression and genocide that culminated in the Holocaust. The course will... more

When do infants begin to learn? How do experts learn and how is this different from nonexperts? What can teachers and schools do - with curricula, classroom settings, and teaching methods - to help children learn most effectively? Neuroscience... more