Post-Soviet Security
JSISA 420/520 and POL S 420/520
M/W 2:30-4:20

Why did Russia try to influence the 2016 US presidential election?  Why does Russia seem to be involved in wars on its borders so often?  Why are corruption and autocracy so widespread across the post-Soviet region?  This course will answer these and other questions by examining the international and domestic politics of Russia and its neighbors after the Collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. It focuses on the many ways efforts to build new states and nations could go wrong. Topics covered include nationalism, organized crime, civil wars, revolutions, authoritarianism, international migration, the wars in Georgia and Ukraine, and the Kremlin’s efforts to help Trump win.

MGMT 579A Women and Leadership (4)

Women in Leadership –You see them in the media: fabulous females who are top executives and successful entrepreneurs and visionaries making a real difference in their communities and the world. You admire their accomplishments. But what you seldom see or hear is what these women felt like when they were your age and lacked experience. How did they get from that place to their current level of success? How have they developed effective leadership styles? Do they have children? How have they found ways to balance competing priorities?

In this class amazing local leaders will share their life and career stories to answer these questions and more. We will also learn from the stories of well-known women innovators and executives. After taking this course, you will know how to tap into your personal leadership values….and how to build on them to create a life and career worthy of your aspirations.

COM 597 I: Interpersonal Health Communication, TTh 12:30-2:20pm, CMU 322 (John Crowley) 3-5 credits

This graduate seminar will investigate the biological underpinnings of interpersonal communication. Students will read chapters and articles by prominent interpersonal communication scholars on the ways in which biology can both influence and be influenced by our communication behavior. Moreover, students will discuss strengths and limitations for methods of collecting biological data and discuss various analytic strategies for measuring biological markers. Finally, students will consider how theories can be developed in ways that complement extant work on the physiology of interpersonal communication.

For more information, please contact Dr. John Crowley at jpcrow@uw.edu.

There are 3 spaces available in JSIS 540: Economics and Politics of International Development taught by Mary Callahan this spring 2019.

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 and Politics of International Development

Tuesdays, 2:30-5:20pm

5 credits

Time Schedule

This course is a part of the Master of Arts in Applied International Studies.

A quick note to let you know that the Middle East Center of the Jackson School is offering a unique course this spring where teams of UW students will work with teams of students in the Middle East on collaborative projects.  A wide range of educational technologies will connect the members of the teams.

The course is JSIS 487 / 587 “Comparative Multi-Sector Entrepreneurship: US and the Middle East”, Wednesdays, 1:30 – 3:20, (3 credits), Smith 115

Despite its clunky title, the course promises to be a learning experience unlike any other on campus.

There are no prerequisites for this course that will explore the social, cultural, historical, economic and business realities of launching a “triple bottom line” project in the US, Middle East, and beyond.

L Arch 598C: Politics of Place (3 credits)
T/Th Noon-1:20pm
SLN: 15774
lmanzo@uw.edu for add code

This graduate seminar offers an opportunity to engage in discussion and debate around the ways that diversity, power, and marginalization play out spatially and the implications of these dynamics on democracy, participation and the creative responses of civil society to claim and use space. The spirit of the seminar is exploratory and experimental – it is an attempt for us to think together around these complex dynamics and consider ways forward toward more equitable environments and strategies. Topics will range from political ecology to the politics of urban public space, and how the very conceptualization, use and maintenance of space can be used to support a normative order or to catalyze change.

As an advanced seminar, this course will provide opportunities for active student participation through peer-led discussions, exercises and individual projects tailored to students’ interests.  Students from diverse disciplines are encouraged to contribute their particular skill sets and frameworks.

HSERV 572: Planning, Advocacy and Leadership Skills

MWF 2:30-3:50; 4 credits

SLN: 15016

If class is closed, contact hservmph@uw.edu for waitlist (has plenty of spots at this time)

This class is an opportunity to master basic concepts, analytic tools, and skills for program and policy planning, advocacy, evaluation and leadership skills under the close mentorship of faculty and teaching staff. You’ll also learn from your peers in an interdisciplinary and applied setting. This unique course engages MPH and other graduate students with real-world public health problems, partnering with local community health organization clients. We will be building skills and competencies in a number of topics, skills, and processes to help you complete your project.

The course is suitable for graduate students from any school or college who want to deepen their understanding of how public health professionals lead program development, program evaluation and policy advocacy projects to advance population health. It is not open to undergraduate students.

Projects offered include:

1. Work with the Seattle-area Yemen Relief & Reconstruction organization to develop an advocacy campaign
2. Assess savings associated with serving homeless patients requiring post-hospitalization care in a respite facility at Harborview
3. Work with Metro Transit to develop new (non-criminal) approaches to low-income fare violators.
4. Analyze the causes of death of homeless people in King County and propose future options to better track & document
5. Help SHARE develop its website
6. Design a multi-campus state survey of university students regarding their challenges accessing health insurance
7. Work with a Hanford watchdog group to gather evidence about how Washington’s new workers compensation law has changed the number of claims filed, accepted and rejected at Hanford nuclear reservation
8. Evaluate the Nickelsville tiny house village site at North Lake Union, in conjunction with the UW Nursing School
9. Work with Transit Riders Union to design a campaign to persuade some key large employers in Seattle to offer transit benefits to low-wage workers (think Starbucks, Amazon, etc.)
10. Evaluate the Hepatitis Education Project’s new suboxone-on-demand clinic.

NEAR E 270 (sln 21196)  The Turks: A Global Perspective (5) I&S

Introduction to the history of the Turks, as a distinctive cultural and linguistic community set against a global backdrop. Examines the rich experiences of Turkic history, and their interactions with peoples and cultures across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

http://www.washington.edu/students/timeschd/SPR2019/neareast.html

nature centered play and learning in early childhood education 

• How does outdoor nature play contribute to holistic child development?
• How are educators drawing upon natural environments in their work with young children?
• What strategies and practices can educators incorporate into their learning contexts to support children’s engagement in outdoor nature play?
• How can educators center equity and justice in their work with young children outdoors?

This seminar will engage students in dialogue about the opportunities, constraints, and possibilities of nature-centered early learning for supporting all young children in building relationships in and with nature for child, community, and ecological well-being. 

• Please complete this form to register for the seminar: http://bit.ly/ECFS499
• contact Mary Clevenger-Bright (mclevbrt@uw.edu) or Rachel Han (rjhan@uw.edu) with any questions! 
• For one credit: weekly readings and activities, observation at a nature preschool program, and participation in a workshop on Saturday, April 27th
• For two credits: in addition to the above, write a 3-5 page synthesis paper

B H 548, Methods in Clinical Ethics [sln#10947] 3cr, A204C HSB, M 5:00-7:20 [add codes: bhadds@uw.edu ]

Introduces the history, practice, and research methods in clinical ethics. Case-based examination of methods including principlism, casuistry, narrative methods, virtue ethics. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Instructor: Campelia

This multi‐disciplinary graduate level seminar is designed to practice moral reasoning in clinical ethics, with

emphasis on ethics consultation skills. The course is designed to improve students’ skills in ethical deliberation

and clinical ethical analysis. The course is offered to Masters in Bioethics students, graduate and professional students, ethics consultants and committee members, and clinicians.

Course Objectives:

1. Practice analyzing clinical ethical issues.
2. Learn moral theories and methods for resolving ethical issues and dilemmas.
3. Practice the skills of ethics consultation, including writing effective chart notes.
4. Practice facilitating respectful discussion and debate.

MolMed 504: Challenges in Tuberculosis

Each year, this class focuses on an important topic in medicine and science. Lectures introduce clinical and basic science background, followed by a seminar/discussion with speakers. Lectures are also open to interested individuals beyond the enrolled students. The post-lecture seminar/discussion is open only to enrolled students.  This course is co-sponsored by the M3D Program and the UW Tuberculosis Research and Training Center.

The topic for Spring Quarter 2019 is “Challenges in Tuberculosis.”

Tuberculosis is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide.  Despite the availability of effective drugs for over 60 years and a vaccine since the early 1900s, the tuberculosis epidemic endures.  Mycobacterium tuberculosis subverts immune responses and persists.  This course will address critical biologic challenges and recent progress to control this ancient disease.

MolMed 504 is chaired by Dr. Thomas Hawn, Dr. Conrad Liles and Dr. Nancy Maizels.

The seminars will take place on Mondays from 12 to 1pm in Brotman auditorium at the South Lake Union campus.  Lunch for students with the speaker will occur from 1-2pm in F106.

2019 Spring Quarter Seminar Schedule

April 22– Thomas Hawn

UW

Harnessing the Host:  Innate Immunity & Host-Directed TB Therapies

(this seminar includes course introduction material and is only open to the enrolled students)

April 29– Willem Hanekom

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Recent Breakthroughs in TB Vaccine Development

May 6 – David Sherman

UW

TB Systems Biology:  Tools to Take On A Killer

May 13 – Kevin Urdahl

Seattle Children’s

T cell-mediated immunity in the TB granuloma

May 20 – Tanya Parish

Infectious Disease Research Institute

How Biology Informs Tuberculosis Drug Discovery

B H 548, Methods in Clinical Ethics [sln#10947] 3cr, A204C HSB, M 5:00-7:20 [add codes: bhadds@uw.edu ]

Introduces the history, practice, and research methods in clinical ethics. Case-based examination of methods including principlism, casuistry, narrative methods, virtue ethics. Prerequisite: permission of instructor. Instructor: Campelia

This multi‐disciplinary graduate level seminar is designed to practice moral reasoning in clinical ethics, with

emphasis on ethics consultation skills. The course is designed to improve students’ skills in ethical deliberation

and clinical ethical analysis. The course is offered to Masters in Bioethics students, graduate and professional students, ethics consultants and committee members, and clinicians.

Course Objectives:

1. Practice analyzing clinical ethical issues.
2. Learn moral theories and methods for resolving ethical issues and dilemmas.
3. Practice the skills of ethics consultation, including writing effective chart notes.
4. Practice facilitating respectful discussion and debate.

EDC&I   495  IMPROVEMENT OF TEACHING

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE IN PRACTICE.

WE WILL EXAMINE THE ROLE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, IN DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP WITH COMMUNITY, IN DEVELOPING EQUITABLE PRACTICES ACROSS CONTEXTS. STUDENTS MUST HAVE A PLACE OF PRACTICE (E.G. A CLASSROOM, SCHOOL, DISTRICT, EDUCATIONAL CENTER, COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, OR GOVERNMENT OFFICE) FROM WHICH THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE COURSE. OPEN TO COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRAD STUDENTS. OPEN TO UNDERGRADS WHO HAVE COMPLETED EDUC  251. EMAIL COEUGRAD@UW.EDU FOR REGISTRATION PROCESS. 

UW Tobacco Studies Program is offering HSERV 556/FAMED 559 during Spring, 2019. This is a 2-credit and online course. SLN: 21553

HSERV 556/FAMED 559 – Tobacco-related Health Disparities and Social Justice (online; 2 credits; full term)

• Integrates multiple disciplinary perspectives to address the pressing issue of disproportionate tobacco use and related diseases among marginalized populations, including those defined by socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and sexual orientation.
• Explores links between, and intervention strategies for, smoking and mental illness, social stress, acculturation processes, and genetics.
• Examine tobacco industry targeting marketing strategies.
• Analyze causes of health disparities.
• Identify solutions to the tobacco epidemic.

The course will be offered online, SLN: 21553

For more details and a sample syllabus, visit our website.

Dear Students,

Would you like to take a class in urban planning this summer? Are you curious about your options?

The Department of Urban Design and Planning will have two info sessions coming up next week with four of the instructors presenting the courses they will be teaching this summer.  Course dates/times are being finalized and the Time Schedule should be up to date by next week. Please see links to syllabi below.

Tuesday, March 5, 12:00-1:00 Gould Hall Room 208J

URBDP 498D/598D  Cities, Ecology, and Evolution| Marina Alberti

B Term 3 credits

URBDP 498E,G/598I,K Interactive Mapping for Planners| Tianzhe Wang

Full Term 2 OR 3 credits

URBDP 498F/598F Introduction to Public Transit Service Planning | Rachel VerBoort

Full Term 3 credits

Friday, March 8, 12:00-1:00 Gould Hall Room 440

URBDP 498A/598A Public Space, Public Life | Peter Dunn

Full Term 3 credits
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URBDP 498C/598C Urban Study Abroad, Quebec/Canada | Fritz Wagner

A term ( June 16-June 23)  3-5 credits

Professor Wagner is currently abroad and not able to present next week but you may email him with any questions fwagner@uw.edu.  He may host an info session in May.

B H 509, Ethics and the Social Determinants of Health (I&S, DIV) [sln#10944] 3 cr, T473 HSB, M 2:30-4:20  [6 OPEN SEATS]

Examines ethical issues confronting healthcare workers caring for poor & minority populations, whose capacity for health and recovery from disease are compromised by social conditions in which they grow up, live, work, and age. Aims to broaden/reorient understandings of disease, patient autonomy, and clinician duties within contexts of structural inequalities related to socioeconomic status/race/ethnicity/gender/other salient social differences.  Instructor: Blacksher

B H 588, Global Perspectives in Bioethics [sln#10949] 3 cr, T360+A HSB, W 3:30-4:50 [2 OPEN SEATS]

Examines problems in bioethics from diverse global standpoints, including East Asian, Sub-Saharran African and Western. Our emphasis is on  developing a deeper understanding of the cultural assumptions that lie just beneath the surface of bioethics debates. Readings from contemporary philosophy, film and literature. Instructor: Jecker

For add code, send email request with your student number to bhadds@uw.edu

This spring we are offering:

GRDSCH 515 Teaching & Learning in Higher Education: Frameworks & Practices

Wednesdays, 1:30-3:20 p.m. (2 credits)

Designed for graduate students seeking to build knowledge and skills in effective teaching practices. Students are introduced to fundamental pedagogical frameworks and practices applicable across the disciplines in:

• Course design
• Assessment
• Active learning strategies
• Teaching inclusively
• Using technology effectively in teaching

To see a full list of courses offered this year, please visit our CTL Graduate School Courses page.

 

The mid-career graduate program (MA in Applied International Studies) is hosting a Crisis Negotiation Simulation in partnership with the U.S. Army War College during spring quarter 2019. This year’s ISCNE is set against the backdrop of an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit. The meeting has been called to negotiate an end to the conflict in the South China Sea.

Ambassador Thomas Pickering, who served as the U.S. Ambassador and Representative to the United Nations and as the U.S. Ambassador to the Russian Federation, India, Israel, El Salvador, Nigeria, and Jordan will act as the Head of ASEAN.

This is a unique, hands-on experience in crisis management and negotiation, which offers opportunities to engage with high-level diplomats, business executives and military leaders. The course is open to both graduate and undergraduate students as well as faculty and staff and led by Professor Robert Pekkanen.

There are multiple enrollment options, please see website for more details.

Spring 2019
Critical Race Theory & Medicine (1 credit)
FAMED 550A
Tuesdays, 5:30-6:30pm
SLN:21149
For add code email instructor at eglindo@uw.edu.

Course Description:

This course provides an introductory survey of Critical Race Theory and other Critical Studies frameworks to help us understand Race and Racism and their applicability to medicine and their effects on marginalized communities. In this course we will explore the necessities of critiquing and bettering medicine through a Critical Race Theory lens, with the goal of eliminating bias and decreasing health disparities within marginalized communities.

Instructor:
Edwin G. Lindo, JD
(he/him/his)
Lecturer
Department of Family Medicine
Associate Director, Critical Teaching and Equity
CLIME (Center For Leadership And Innovation in Medical Education)
University of Washington | School of Medicine
Health Sciences E-304 | Box 356390 | Seattle, WA 98195
206.685.7438 | eglindo@uw.edu

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