Academic Team:

Puja Clifford (pujac@uoregon.edu) 
FIG Seminar Instructor

Colleen 
FIG Assistant

Meet your FIG Instructor and Assistant!

Courses in the FIG:

UGST 109 FIG Seminar

 TIME | BUILDING | CRN | 1 Credit

In this FIG, we will explore the possibilities of rethinking K-12 education and our role in education change. We will discuss the complexity of schools and share our visions for justice and joy in the classroom. 

EDST 111 Education and Social Change

Social Science (>2)| Tuesday/Thursday | 08:30-9:50 | 220 HED | 11812 | 4 Credits

+Dis | Friday | 09:00-09:50 | 117 ED | 11813 

This course will provide an introduction to the history and present context of American education Our society faces an array of social, political, and economic challenges. Students will critically examine how we have arrived at this intricate moment in American schooling, as well as how social change has influenced schooling and vice versa. Further, multiple viewpoints are used to understand American education and all of its complexities. Students will evaluate historical, philosophical, and social viewpoints related to the purposes and goals of education. Additionally, students will compare/contrast multiple approaches to address a range of challenges and opportunities in American schools. This course appeals to undergraduate students seeking to develop their understanding of the field of education and its role in society.

ES 101 Introduction to Ethnic Studies 

Social Science (>2)| >US | Tuesday/Thursday | 10:00-11:20 | 177 LA | 12078 | 4 Credits

+Dis | Friday | 10:00-10:50 | 221 MCK | 12079 

This course is an introduction to the academic field of Ethnic Studies, the interdisciplinary, comparative and relational study of race, ethnicity and indigeneity in the United States. It surveys how the histories and experiences of people of color in America have been shaped by systems of domination, including but not limited to, white supremacy and white settler colonialism, capitalism and heteropatriarchy. Special attention is paid to how domination and acts/arts of resistance create and recreate racial subjects.