There are 5 spaces available in JSIS 540: Economics & Politics of International Development in spring 2020 taught by Mary Callahan.

This course examines economic development in less-developed nations, with a focus on post-World War II development in sub-Saharan Africa and India. It explores possible determinants of economic growth, including foreign investment, international trade and foreign aid. Particular attention will be paid to the role that institutional factors, such as executive power and protection of property rights, play in determining economic outcomes. We will also analyze how the international monetary and financial system affects development, the role of globalization in economic crises, and how fiscal and monetary policy can affect growth in developing countries. We will conclude with an examination of how economic growth is affecting population and environmental issues in the developing world.

JSIS 540: Economics & Politics of International Development
5cr
Mary Callahan
Spring 2020
SLN: 21576

Hi all!  Please share the information on an open Spring course below with any interested students.  Thank you!

HSERV 507: Health Communication and Marketing

Course Content: Campaign planning; audience analysis and formative re-search; cultural adaptation; persuasion and health behavior change theory; media mix; promotion and evaluation.

Course description: Discusses health communication theories and applications at the individual level (persuasion), interpersonal level (motivational) interviewing), and population level (mass media). Examines marketing principles for health promotion. Develops a health communication campaign for clients. Investigates adaptation frameworks of communication campaign cutting across cultures.

TTh 1-2:20pm, Socc 308 (Tues) & Socc 301 (Thurs)

Instructor:  Dr. Hendrika Meischke

hendrika@uw.edu

MODERN GREEK ONLINE SPRING QUARTER 2020

JSIS E 111 – ELEM MODERN GREEK – 5  CREDITS

• Meet language requirements.
• This is an exciting ONLINE course through the Hellenic studies program at the Jackson School of International Studies.
• Learning Greek will make you smarter; Greek is the language of science, mathematics, medicine, biology, philosophy.
• Improve your verbal skills; many of the GRE questions are about words that come from Greek.

THIS IS WHAT STUDENTS WHO TOOK GREEK HAVE SAID:

• “BEST TEACHER EVER! His class was so much fun! Super easy and overall an awesome class!”
• “Sweetest teacher ever! Cares about students, very lenient. Fun class! Same for first or second year Greek.”
• “Best professor I’ve ever had. Makes it really easy to learn the material.”

QUESTIONS? Contact: Heracles Panagiotides, PhD (hercp@uw.edu)

Dear UW Community,

We are excited to announce that, starting this winter quarter, the Department of American Indian Studies is offering a new Graduate Certificate in American Indian and Indigenous Studies. The program requirements include: two required core classes, an elective, and a capstone project (see attached).

To learn more or enroll in the Certificate, please join us for a meet & greet on Thursday, January 30 from 1:30-2:30 pm in the AIS department (Pedelford C-514). We invite you to come, socialize, and ask questions. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

Date: Thursday, January 30
Time: 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Location: Department of American Indian Studies, Padelford Hall C-514

There are five spaces available in JSIS 578 A, Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy, for winter 2020.

Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy
JSIS 578 A (SLN 16031)
5cr; Mondays 11:30a-2:20p
Chris Seiple

Finding solutions to global challenges demands different perspectives, as well as partnerships among individuals and institutions who do not share the same values. How does one build unity without uniformity across sectors—each of which possess believers and faith-based actors—in order to effectively lead in complicated times? Through theory, case study and the practical experience of both the instructor and the students, this course understands and wrestles with the role of religion in context—at least as an underexamined analytic factor, and perhaps even as tremendous force for the common good – and seeks to teach the skill sets of evaluation (self & contextual), communication, and negotiation as a means to mutual literacy and respect across cultures and countries.

My name is Meon Yu and I’m the Civic Engagement Coordinator at Chinese Information and Service Center (CISC), a nonprofit organization based in the International District. I am writing because we are seeking 4 Civic Engagement Interns (2 Chinese-speaking and 2 Russian-speaking) to support the 2020 Census outreach and complete count efforts. This is a great opportunity for students who are interested in working with immigrants and refugees and encouraging civic participation among the historically underrepresented communities. Our goal is to educate and empower our immigrant communities with information and support, and ensure that they understand the importance of representation and know how to exercise their civic duty.

Civic Engagement Internship with CISC

Position Type:  Internship (Winter 2020)

Desired Class Levels: Junior and above (negotiable)

Salary Level: Unpaid – for credit (would be Soc W 599)  OR volunteer

Job Function: Civic Engagement/ Community Outreach / Education

Time Commitment: 10-15 hours per week

Number of interns needed

2 Cantonese/Mandarin-speaking interns

2 Russian-speaking interns

Attached please find the internship recruitment details for your review and distribution. Much appreciated if you could share this internship opportunity with your students.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at meony@cisc-seattle.org.

2020_CISC_Civic Engagement_Internship Recruitment

We are offering an online seminar style course “Tobacco-related Health Disparities” this Winter. It is now updated to include content on Vaping related disparities and also a session on Tobacco Disparities among people who consume other substances, with emphasis on alcohol and cannabis.

HSERV 556 is a 2-credit course that introduces multidisciplinary perspectives on, potential explanations of, and interventions for health disparities in tobacco use and tobacco-related disease. FAMED 559 is the concurrent 1 or 2-credit version of this course open to medical school students. This course is dually relevant for scholars interested in health disparities in general and for those specifically interested in tobacco-related topics. Many of the materials in this course are relevant to understanding non-tobacco health inequities. Local and nationally-known researchers, practitioners, and clinicians have contributed to the lectures in the course.

The Evans School of Public Policy and Governance has space available in some of their winter elective courses, and they wanted to make sure students in other departments knew they are welcome to take these courses. Students can contact my colleague Julianne Slate, Academic Services Program Coordinator, at evansreg@uw.edu with any registration questions.

In particular, I thought the following courses might be of interest to your students:

PUBPOL 509 A: MANAGING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC & NONPROFIT AGENCIES

Wednesdays, 5:30pm – 8:20pm (SLN 19591)

Explore the fundamentals of managing people in this course which examines techniques, policies, and procedures useful for managing people—ourselves, our colleagues, our direct reports, and our supervisors. Specific emphasis is placed on managing people in nonprofit and public agencies.

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UCONJ 624 –   Winter quarter 2020

Mondays 5:30-7:20pm –  Classroom: TBD

Contact Leonora Clarke at clarkel@uw.ed for an add code or with questions!

To all students interested in health equity and social justice:
Do you see things in the communities you work with and/or are a part of that you wish were different? Do you want to help change the systems that produce health disparities? Are you ready to take action?

Join experienced Sound Alliance community organizers and students from across the Health Sciences this fall in UCONJ 624. We will develop your skills in advocacy and community organizing for health equity. Participate in different campaigns that work upstream to address the social determinants of health.  

Learn the fundamentals of advocacy, organizing, and their ability to impact health.  Apply skills, gain confidence, & collaborate around a community-driven goal. Work with local leaders to engage in community driven listening campaigns.  Address the social & structural injustices that contribute to & perpetuate health disparities.

The University of Washington eScience Institute 2020 Winter School applications is now open! This free course is open to students and lecturers in Global/Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations and Business Management departments who are interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of the tools used in data science.

There are no prerequisites to take this course. Faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are welcome to apply.

The deadline to apply is January 4th. Application decisions will be made by January 15th.

Questions, please email escienceadmin@uw.edu

Location

eScience Institute WRF Data Science Studio
3910 15th Ave NE
Seattle WA
98195

Director:
Jose Manuel Magallanes, PhD
Visiting Professor at Evans School of Public Policy and Governance
eScience Institute Senior Data Science Fellow
Director Public Policy Lab, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru

Course Description:
The University of Washington eScience Institute offers this winter school for policy, social and management scholars. This course is open to students and lecturers in Global/Public Health, Public Policy, Social Sciences, Social Work, International Relations and Business Management departments who are interested in developing basic skills and knowledge of the tools used in data science.

There are no prerequisites to take this course and there is no credit offered. Faculty, undergraduate students and graduate students are welcome to apply.

Please apply here. The deadline to apply is January 4th. Application decisions will be made by January 15th.

Schedule:
Class 1: Friday, January 24th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
R and RStudio: This class will introduce students to R programming language. It will give an overview of the R data structures, mainly the data frame. The emphasis will be on the statistical capabilities of R, as well as its visualization tools.

Class 2: Friday, January 31st (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Python and Jupyter: This class will give an overview of Python simple data structures (list, tuple and dictionary). The emphasis will on the data cleaning and pre-processing capabilities, as well on some basic data scrapping.

Class 3: Friday, February 7th (9 am – 1:00 pm)
Reproducible Environments: This last class will teach students how to combine R and tools like Latex (for document management), Github (for organizing data repositories) and Zotero (to manage references) to prepare a reproducible paper.

Office hours for this course:
Mondays – January 27th, February 3rd, February 10th (9 am – 12 pm)

Notes:
* The school requests accepted participants to bring their own laptop.
* Participants are required to attend all the Friday/Saturday classes. Monday tutoring/office hours are optional.

This 2020 Winter School is offered free of charge thanks to the support of the eScience Institute and its funding partners.

SEFS 590C: Holistic Learning and Storytelling 

School of Environmental and Forest Sciences

University of Washington

Winter 2020 

Core Instructors: Kristiina Vogt, Samantha De Abreu, Alexa Schreier

Course Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays 9:30am – 10:20am

Course Location: Bloedel Hall 292

COURSE OVERVIEW

Complex and dynamic socio-environmental issues are common yet challenging to resolve since they often persist for decades. When these issues are left unresolved, history has shown us how societies can be pushed to a tipping point and even collapse. Our current decision-making models and frameworks continue to support a narrow, fragmented, and disciplinary-based approach that increases the risk of societal and/or environmental collapse. Thus, a new framework is needed that is capable of showing the interconnectedness between multiple knowledge areas, providing the information needed to mitigate climate change impacts. If such a framework is not developed, it will be challenging to achieve climate justice for our environment and for people dependent upon the environment for resources and ecosystem services. Fortunately, Native American Tribes have knowledge forming processes capable of forging bridges between the different knowledge streams needed to form a holistic understanding of our environment. This framework includes elements of bringing together a holistic knowledge base around any given issue and being able to communicate the issue and its potential solutions through storytelling. Only when a holistic framework is used to form knowledge needed to make environmental decisions will we be able to achieve climate, environmental, and social justice. This holistic learning and storytelling framework will aid in decolonizing our approaches to environmental issues such as conservation, health, and food security.

Over the quarter, our class will learn how to apply the Indigenous knowledge forming process to various environmental issues to develop a holistic understanding of the issue and to communicate the issue through the art of storytelling to engage community members and decisions makers.

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Winter 2020 course, JSIS 539 – U.S. Foreign Policy & International Engagement, has space available. The openings are limited to graduate students and require an add code. This course is taught by a former Senior Foreign Service Officer, his bio available at the link below. Please contact maais@uw.edu for more information.

JSIS 539 – U.S. Foreign Policy & International Engagement
Tue/Thur 3:30-5:20p
5 credits
Philip Wall

U.S. foreign policy is the result of lengthy political debates, taking place on many levels within and without the U.S. Government, over what does or does not best serve the “national interest.”  Often, the very definition of what constitutes the “national interest” is at the center of these debates.  This course, taught by a former Senior Foreign Service Officer, takes a practitioner’s approach in introducing the apparatus of American foreign policy and in examining key foreign policy debates over the past 40 years that have shaped the policies of today.  The focus will be on the people who have driven this process and the institutions that they have shaped and served.  Through classroom discussions, briefings, and policy memos addressed to decision-makers, students will hone their skills in presenting coherent, persuasive policy arguments.

Social Work and Human Rights
MUNICH, GERMANY
SOCW 478/ SOCW 578 , 3 credits
May 27 – June 5, 2020

Global Seminar: http://ehs.siu.edu/socialwork/study-abroad/germany/

The School of Social Work at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale is offering a Study Abroad based in Munich, Germany beginning on May 27 to June 5, 2020 .The SIUC School of Social Work has offered this course for 20 years, and students from all over the United States have participated in the course.

The location of Munich and its surroundings add context to the study of human rights, as contemporary human rights arose from tragic events in this part of the world. Students will visit a former concentration camp outside Munich, with this visit illustrating why human rights have become an essential part of our world today. Other field visits focus on HIV/AIDS, homelessness, community mental health, refugees, harm reduction (Switzerland) and elder care.

Participants in the course have the opportunity to explore concepts of human rights that apply to their own experiences, as well as historical events. This course is ideal for undergraduate or graduate students and professionals interested in learning about different approaches to social problems within a human rights context. Students do not need to be social work majors to take this course. The content of the course would be suitable for anyone wanting to learn more about the history and development of human rights.

The program fee is $1650 and this fee includes all necessary transportation relating to the course within Germany, accommodation, and some meals. Participants must arrange and pay for their own airfare or other transportation to Munich. Three hours of course credit is available from Southern Illinois University (in State SIUC tuition applies), which is then transferred to the participant’s home university for credit.  SIUC provides a limited number of scholarships for SIUC students. Financial aid may also be available for the course. Students should consult their own universities for availability of financial aid.

Dr. Elisabeth Reichert, Professor of Social Work at SIUC and author of several books and articles on human rights, will conduct the course. For further details, please contact Dr. Reichert by email at reichert@siu.edu.

JSIS 539 – U.S. Foreign Policy & International Engagement
Tue/Thur 3:30-5:20p
5 credits
Philip Wall
U.S. foreign policy is the result of lengthy political debates, taking place on many levels within and without the U.S. Government, over what does or does not best serve the “national interest.”  Often, the very definition of what constitutes the “national interest” is at the center of these debates.  This course, taught by a former Senior Foreign Service Officer, takes a practitioner’s approach in introducing the apparatus of American foreign policy and in examining key foreign policy debates over the past 40 years that have shaped the policies of today.  The focus will be on the people who have driven this process and the institutions that they have shaped and served.  Through classroom discussions, briefings, and policy memos addressed to decision-makers, students will hone their skills in presenting coherent, persuasive policy arguments.

Poets, philosophers, authors, politicians, social commentators, and academics have all grappled with the complexity of interpersonal communication processes. The everyday application of interpersonal communicating makes it both wholly accessible and challenging, however. Within the myriad bases of speculation on interpersonal communication, this course is designed to survey the primary topics, theories, perspectives, and applications made within academic scholarship.

COM 576: Interpersonal Communication, TTh 1030-1220, Dr. Valerie Manusov, 5 credits, SLN 12648
Social scientific research and theory on the role of communication in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships. Nature of interpersonal communication, relationship change processes, interpersonal control through communication, and personal communication networks.

For questions, please contact Dr. Manusov at manusov@uw.edu.

Consider:  Who has a better chance of surviving to age 60, a 15-year old girl in the United States or a 15-year old girl in Sri Lanka?

If you chose the girl in the US, you need to take Hserv 482 / Global Health 482, this Winter Quarter, to find out why Americans are not living longer despite our advanced medical resources.

There are no prerequisites except an open mind.  There is a take-home exam.
Class meets Tu/Th 4:30 to 5:50 plus an hour’s section meeting on Friday.
4 credits, qualifies for I&S as well as well as GH minor or PH major.
SLN  15401 (HSERV 482) or 15022 (G H 482)

For questions contact instructors:  Stephen Bezruchka sabez@uw.edu  or Sara Mackenzie saramack@uw.edu

Population Health Hs 482/GH 482 explores what makes a country more or less healthy in comparison to others.
Why do Japanese women enjoy increasingly better health status in comparison to all other nations?Why is our health getting worse?  Why is mortality for US women increasing in almost half of our counties?
Why are we one of 8 nations globally seeing an increase in deaths of women in childbirth?
Why, why, why?  We spend over half of all the world’s health care dollars, 3.5 trillion in 2017 – a sixth of our total economy.  What is going on?

Hserv 482/G H 482, The Health of Populations, looks at countries to understand how people there achieve their health status.  Students in the past have enjoyed the course and have found the material to be invigorating.

One student claims, “This class demolished everything i thought about health, healthcare and human behavior!,” another said “This course ruined my life – in the best way possible” and another student said that, “This class was the most thought-provoking course that I’ve taken at the UW.  “This class was super intellectually stimulating!!”

Learning occurs in the active learning classroom at the South Campus Center with section meetings facilitated by outstanding TAs complemented by readings and explorations of health outcomes. Students seed the concepts learned into community meetings they create and otherwise use their creativity.

Spaces available in winter quarter:

Cross-Cultural Religious Literacy
JSIS 578 A (SLN 16031)
5cr; Mondays 11:30a-1:20p
Chris Seiple

Finding solutions to global challenges demands different perspectives, as well as partnerships among individuals and institutions who do not share the same values. How does one build unity without uniformity across sectors—each of which possess believers and faith-based actors—in order to effectively lead in complicated times? Through theory, case study and the practical experience of both the instructor and the students, this course understands and wrestles with the role of religion in context—at least as an underexamined analytic factor, and perhaps even as tremendous force for the common good – and seeks to teach the skill sets of evaluation (self & contextual), communication, and negotiation as a means to mutual literacy and respect across cultures and countries.

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