Writing on U.S. Religion and Politics
October 24, 2022
October 24, 2022
October 24, 2022
December 7, 2021
Daniel Bessner, associate professor of international studies and Joff Hanauer Honors Associate Professor in Western Civilization, is the director of the Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing program at the Jackson
December 6, 2021
Public writing, collaboration, Seattle, global cities: four keywords that characterize this seminar designed to involve students in working in concert with one another to produce distinctive compositions for the general
December 6, 2021
To help build a deeper and more nuanced understanding of Indigeneity among the general public, students will pick Indigenous related themes – boarding schools, dam removal, pipelines, immigration, salmon recovery,
December 6, 2021
For decades, debates over immigration, border walls, and asylum have generated more heat than light. Why do passions run high even when migration rates are low? Despite often contrasting wildly
December 6, 2021
The U.S.-led War on Drugs and Latin American drug “cartels” have captivated the popular imagination since the 1970s. However films, television series, and news articles that center these topics do
December 6, 2021
In the last twenty years, the United States has lurched from foreign policy disaster to foreign policy disaster. This class is devoted to changing that. In “Rethinking U.S. Foreign Policy,”
December 6, 2021
American religion and politics are in crisis. At some points in our history, American civil religion brought stability and equity to American lives – but now it often brings dissension
December 6, 2021
This course trains students to write for public audiences. Students will engage with contemporary debates about misinformation, disinformation, and conspiracy theories, and practice writing about those debates for various non-academic readerships.