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
Cleotilde Gonzalez
88-312: Dynamic Decision Models and Games
Karam Kang
73-265: Economics and Data Science
Suguru Ishizaki
76-388: Coding for Humanists
Divakaran Liginlal
67-220: Digital Accessibility - Ensuring Universal Access to the Information Society
Mark Patterson
88-300: Programming and Data Analysis for Social Scientists
Meet Some of the Contextual Thinking Faculty
John Chin
84-324: The Future of Democracy
Chante Cox-Boyd
85-150: Social Psychology
Stephen Wittek
76-247: Shakespeare: Comedies and Romances
Other Contextual Thinking Faculty Include:
Meet Some of the Intercultural & Global Inquiry Faculty
Khaled Al Masaeed
82-283: Language Diversity and Cultural Identity
Ezelle Sanford
79-120: Introduction to African American History: Black Americans and the World
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
Jessica Cantlon
85-106: Animal Minds
Jason D’Antonio
03-135 Structure and Function of the Human Body
Barry Luokkala
33-120: Science and Science Fiction
Joel Smith
80-221: Philosophy of Social Science
Ryan Sullivan
24-291: Environmental Systems on a Changing Planet
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
José Estrada
82-282: Interpreting Global Texts and Cultures
Chris Phillips
79-160: Introduction to the History of Science
Other Humanities Faculty Include:
Ignacio Arana
84-275: Comparative Politics
Ema Grama
79-201: Introduction to Anthropology
Other Social Sciences Faculty Include:
Meet Some of the Logic/Mathematical Reasoning Faculty
Ali Shourideh
73-347: Game Theory Applications for Economics and Business
Wilfried Sieg
80-210: Logic and Proofs
Stephen Spear
73-155: Models, Markets, and Math
Other Logic/Mathematical Reasoning Faculty Include:
Meet Some of the Arts Faculty
Lauren Shapiro
76-265: Introduction to Writing Poetry
Haixia Wang
82-137: Chinese Calligraphy: Culture and Skills
Yoshihiro Yasuhara
82-278: Japanese Film and Literature: The Art of Storytelling
Meet Some of the Faculty Covering Additional Disciplines
Deanna Matthews
19-101: Introduction to Engineering and Public Policy
David Rode
88-150: Managing Decisions
Silvia Saccardo
88-235: Negotiation: Strategies and Behavioral Insights
Special Seminars
Meet Some of the Perspectives on Justice and Injustice Faculty
Nevine Abraham
82-215: Arab Culture Through Dialogues, Film, and Literature
Donna Harsch and Steve Brockmann
79-349: The Holocaust in History and Culture
Anne Lambright
82-299: Equity & Justice in Modern Languages - Human Rights and Film in Latin America
Ricky Law
79-145: Genocide and Weapons of Mass Destruction
John Soluri
79-215: Environmental Justice from Conservation to Climate Change
Noah Theriault
79-380: Hostile Environments: The Politics of Pollution
Dani Wenner
80-335: Social and Political Philosophy
Other Perspectives on Justice and Injustice Faculty Include:
Meet Some of the Social Sciences Faculty