Carnegie Mellon University

Meet Your GenEd Faculty

Get to know the faculty teaching humanities and social sciences general education courses.

Learn more about the courses they're offering, their research interests, teaching philosophy and advice to students. 

 

Foundations

Foundations courses dive into the core skills, competencies and knowledge you'll need no matter what your goals may be.

These courses cover four categories: contextual thinkng, computational thinking, intercultural and global inquiry, and scientific inquiry.


Meet Some of the Computational Thinking Faculty

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Cleotilde Gonzalez
88-312: Dynamic Decision Models and Games

Karam Kang
Karam Kang
73-265: Economics and Data Science

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Suguru Ishizaki
76-388: Coding for Humanists

Divakaran Liginlal
Divakaran Liginlal
67-220: Digital Accessibility - Ensuring Universal Access to the Information Society

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Mark Patterson
88-300: Programming and Data Analysis for Social Scientists


Meet Some of the Contextual Thinking Faculty

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John Chin
84-324: The Future of Democracy 

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Chante Cox-Boyd
85-150: Social Psychology

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Stephen Wittek
76-247: Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances

Other Contextual Thinking Faculty Include:


Meet Some of the Intercultural & Global Inquiry Faculty

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Khaled Al Masaeed
82-283: Language Diversity and Cultural Identity

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Ezelle Sanford
79-120: Introduction to African American History: Black Americans and the World

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Dan Silverman
84-323: War and Peace in the Contemporary Middle East

Other Intercultural and Global Inquiry Faculty Include:


Meet Some of the Scientific Inquiry Faculty

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Jessica Cantlon
85-106: Animal Minds

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Jason D’Antonio
03-135 Structure and Function of the Human Body

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Barry Luokkala
33-120: Science and Science Fiction

Joel Smith
Joel Smith
80-221: Philosophy of Social Science

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Ryan Sullivan
24-291: Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet

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Jonathan Tsay
85-170: Foundations of Brain and Behavior

Other Scientific Inquiry Faculty Include:

Disciplinary Perspectives

Disciplinary Perspectives courses provide a broad understanding of the academic landscape. Learn why the various academic disciplines are important to us all by studying major discoveries which have impacted society and exciting areas of cutting-edge inquiry.

Disciplinary Perspectives covers five categories: humanities, social sciences, logical/mathematical reasoning, the arts and additional disciplines (either business, engineering or design).


Meet Some of the Humanities Faculty

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José Estrada
82-282: Interpreting Global Texts and Cultures

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Chris Phillips
79-160: Introduction to the History of Science

Other Humanities Faculty Include:


Meet Some of the Social Sciences Faculty

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Ignacio Arana
84-275: Comparative Politics

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Ema Grama
79-201: Introduction to Anthropology

Other Social Sciences Faculty Include:


Meet Some of the Logic/Mathematical Reasoning Faculty

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Ali Shourideh
73-347: Game Theory Applications for Economics and Business

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Wilfried Sieg
80-210: Logic and Proofs

Stephen Spear
Stephen Spear
73-155: Models, Markets, and Math

Other Logic/Mathematical Reasoning Faculty Include:


Meet Some of the Arts Faculty

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Lauren Shapiro
76-265: Introduction to Writing Poetry

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Haixia Wang
82-137: Chinese Calligraphy: Culture and Skills

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Yoshihiro Yasuhara
82-278: Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling


Meet Some of the Faculty Covering Additional Disciplines

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Deanna Matthews
19-101: Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy

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David Rode
88-150: Managing Decisions

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Silvia Saccardo
88-235: Negotiation: Strategies and Behavioral Insights

Special Seminars

Meet Some of the Perspectives on Justice and Injustice Faculty

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Nevine Abraham
82-215: Arab Culture Through Dialogues, Film, and Literature

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Donna Harsch and Steve Brockmann
79-349: The Holocaust in History and Culture

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Anne Lambright
82-299: Equity & Justice in Modern Languages - Human Rights and Film in Latin America

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Ricky Law
79-145: Genocide and Weapons of Mass Destruction

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John Soluri
79-215: Environmental Justice from Conservation to Climate Change

Noah Theriault
Noah Theriault
79-380: Hostile Environments: The Politics of Pollution

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Dani Wenner
80-335: Social and Political Philosophy

Other Perspectives on Justice and Injustice Faculty Include: