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What is the difference between race and ethnicity? In what ways can we theorize the difference (if it exists)? How does modern racism work? And how does immigration change a nation's racial landscape? This graduate course surveys classic and contemporary writings on race and ethnicity mainly within the sociological tradition. We begin with Weber and some non-canonized classics, including the works of W.E.B. DuBois and Franz Fannon to understand how the study of race and ethnicity emerged in Social Science as a contrast to the biological determinist scholarship of the time. We pay attention to the way that social scientists emphasized the role of culture, structure, and status. From there we proceed to examine the more contemporary arguments, including uncovering the various mechanisms that undergird the (re)production or transformation of racial and ethnic boundaries. We spend time examining the literature on inequality and questions about the significance of race and racism. In addition, we assess how assimilation and racialization developed over time. We then spend time thinking about how to consider race and ethnicity in research designs. Finally, we end with looking towards the future, including how technology is changing modern conceptualizations of race and the potential of policy to mitigate the effects of systemic racism.

Doctoral Research Seminar on Technology & Organizations

Field research involves collecting original data (qualitative and/or quantitative) in field sites. This course combines informal lecture and discussion with practical exercises to build specific skills for conducting field research in organizations. Readings include books and papers about research methodology and articles that provide exemplars of field research. Specific topics covered include: the role of theory in field research, variance versus process models, collecting and analyzing different kinds of data (observation, interview, survey), levels of analysis, construct development and validity, blending qualitative and quantitative data (in a paper, a study, or a career), and writing up field research for publication. Students will develop intuition about the contingent relationship between the nature of the research question and the field research methods used to answer it as a foundation for conducting original field research.

Doctoral research seminar, limited to Ph.D. students. Current meso-level field research on organizational behavior, especially work and coordination. Topics: work design, job design, roles, teams, organizational change and learning, knowledge management, performance. Focus on understanding theory development and research design in contemporary field research. Topics change yearly. Recommended: course in statistics or research methods.

Restricted to PhD students, or by consent of instructor. Doctoral research seminar covering current topics in health policy, health systems modeling, and health innovation. May be repeated for credit.

Restricted to PhD students, or by consent of instructor. Doctoral research seminar covering current topics in energy and environmental modeling and analysis. Current emphasis on approaches to incorporation of uncertainty and technology dynamics into complex systems models. May be repeated for credit.

Design and application of computational models and techniques for assessing climate and energy policy, and for predicting the impacts of climate change. Topics include 1) best practices in research design, model design and selection; 2) types of models available, taxonomy, core concepts, and limitations; 3) interpreting and presenting model results; and 4) advanced topics and recent literature, e.g. representing uncertainty, technological change, distributional change, and cross-sectoral climate impacts. Prerequisites: MS&E 241, MS&E 211, or equivalents.

Directed reading and research on a subject of mutual interest to student and faculty member. Available to undergraduate, master, and doctoral students. Student must clarify deliverables, units, and grading basis with faculty member before applicable deadlines. Prerequisite: consent of instructor