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.

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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.

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.

SEFS 550: Nature and Health

Description: Introduction and overview of evidence on the association of nature contact with human health. This includes a discussion of a variety of aspects of psychological and physical well-being, potential causal mechanisms, and explorations of the ways in which individual and population-level differences may moderate these impacts.

Thursdays 2:30 to 4:20 in ANDERSON HALL 304/306 2 credits SLN 19913

UCONJ550: Healthcare in Underserved Communities. We are getting the word out about this course and want to encourage enrollment by social work students.

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COM495A Interorganizational Communication (Winter 2020, M/W 10:30am-12:20pm).

Course Overview: In today’s world organizations in the private, public, and nonprofit sectors must interact well for the sake of their own organization and societal needs, but they face many challenges in doing so. Students in COM495A Interorganizational Communication will explore the dynamics of interorganizational communication in a discussion-based seminar centered in theory and praxis. Students will participate in facilitating discussions regarding theoretical frameworks and concepts drawn from multiple disciplines, applying them to real-world instances of interorganizational communication, and developing communication strategies for interorganizational interactions.

The centerpiece of the course will be a 5-week simulation in which each student takes a role in a mock multi-organization community task force, situated in a fictional mountain town, that negotiates the creation of a fire-fighting safety plan. Through this 5-phase simulation, students will apply knowledge gained from course readings, and develop skills in assessing other stakeholders’ needs and motives, building alliances, communicating constructively through disagreements, and negotiating multilateral agreements for the collective good.

Registration for COM495B is by add code only. To enroll, email Erika  Samson [samsonej@uw.edu] with your student number, telling her that you are a graduate student– and cc me [kfoot@uw.edu]. Erika will enroll the first five graduate students who contact her into the course.

Leadership and Equity: Leading Self and Leading with Others (PUBPOL 598D)

Course description: The workshop will be an interactive series of three sessions focused on leadership, diversity, equity and inclusion. Students can expect to: develop a shared understanding of key definitions of diversity, equity and inclusion; examine dominant culture habits and how they show up in our leadership and in our work; engage in relationship building and cultural identity storytelling; and practice strategies (inquiry, empathy, giving feedback, naming an issue) that support communicating across differences of culture, social identity, power and privilege.  

The workshop will meet on three Fridays in Autumn 2019 (11:30 am to 2:30 pm on November 1, November 8 and November 15).  

You can find the course listed in our Autumn 2019 Time Schedule. For students with any challenges registering for the course, please reach out to our team at evansreg@uw.edu. 

URBDP 585 Introduction to Historic Preservation
Autumn Quarter
3 credits
Mondays & Wednesday 5:30 – 6:50 PM
Gould 440

Manish Chalana, Ph.D.; Associate Professor, Urban Design and Planning; Adjunct Associated Professor in Architecture and Landscape Architecture; Director: Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation; and Co-Director: Center for Preservation and Adaptive Reuse (C-PAR).  Chalana@uw.edu

This interdisciplinary course integrates historic preservation with a diverse set of disciplines and engages themes of livability, equity and sustainability. The class will explore the history and theory of historic preservation, changing nature of preservation practice, and current and future challenges the field faces. Historic Preservation in the United States has evolved dramatically over the last four decades from a rather narrow, generally Eurocentric enterprise focusing on high-style monumental architecture, to a more broad based approach to urban design, sustainability, livability and place-making. Today the field attempts integrating discipline as diverse as sociology, museology, geography, anthropology, ecology, landscape architecture and planning. From its patriotic and nostalgic roots the field has become more socially conscious and self-critical, signaling the dawn of a new era of theory and practice

See attachment or email Manish Chalana at chalana@uw.edu for further information.

For information on the Graduate Certificate in Historic Preservation see http://www.be.washington.edu/academics/college-wide-certificates/historic-preservation-certificate/

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We’re co-teaching an interprofessional course this fall and we’re trying to recruit 7-8 MSW students to join our 7-8 medical students for FAMED 527: Interprofessional Care of Urban Underserved Patients.

The course brings together medical and social work students to discuss inter-professional care of medically and socially complex patients in urban underserved settings. Students in the class work in small groups to review case studies, develop care plans, and list available resources. Each week we feature a practicing social worker and a physician who share their experiences, insights, and resources.

If you have students that might be interested, please feel free to forward this announcement and attached flyer. Or, if you have suggestions for listservs or other ways to publicize the course (I believe Lin Murdock has posted it on the SSW blog already), please let me know!

The course starts 10/7 so there’s still time to register, and folks can contact me for add codes, gshimkin@uw.edu

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There are still some spaces available in JSIS 578 – Special Topics: Congress and U.S. Foreign Policy this autumn.

This course examines the role of the U.S. Congress in shaping and driving U.S. foreign policy. Taught by a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a long-time House and Senate foreign affairs staffer, it explores both the statutory and political responsibilities through which elected representatives approach U.S. involvement abroad. Students will hone their skills in developing concise, compelling arguments on complex topics for both written and oral presentation. Course work will be largely driven by “mock Senate” floor debates, in which students will be required to confront notable foreign policy case studies from the perspective of their assigned roles as members of the U.S. Senate.

JSIS 578 E (5cr)

Tu/Th 10:30a-12:20p

Instructors: Rep. Jim McDermott (retired) & Celes Eckerman

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