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Connected Courses

Below you will find a list of courses offered at Northwestern that connect to the themes of this year's One Book selection, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson. We encourage you to explore how you can connect to this work in and out of the classroom.

Faculty: do you have an upcoming course using Stevenson's book and/or discussing its themes? Contact us at onebook@northwestern.edu

Fall 2020

African American Studies

  • Survey of African American Literature (210-0)
    • Faculty: Marquis Bey
    • Remote, Asynchronous
  • Introduction to Black Social and Political Life (215-0)
    • Faculty: Mary Patillo
    • MW 4:20p-5:40p, Remote Synchronous
  • Introduction to African American Studies (236-0)
    • Faculty: kihana miraya ross
    • MW 11:20a-12:40p, Remote Synchronous
  • Racism in Western Modernity
    • Faculty: Barnor Hesse
    • MW 9:40a-11:00a, Remote Synchronous

Chicago Field Studies

  • Field Studies in Social Justice
  • Legal Field Studies
  • Field Studies in Civic Engagement

English

  • Introduction to 20th Century American Literature (213)
    • Faculty: Justin Mann
    • MW  11:30a-12:20p plus discussion section
  • Seminar in Reading & Interpretation: Ideas of Justice (300)
    • Faculty: Schwartz
    • MW  4:20p-5:40p
  • Studies in African American Literature: Black Feminist Worldmaking (366)
    • Faculty: Justin Mann
    • MW  1p-2:20p
  • American Novel: Defining America (371)
    • Faculty: Savage
    • TTh  2:40p-4p

Legal Studies

  • Law and Society (206-0)
    • Faculty: Joanna Grisinger
  • Constitutional Challenges in Comparative Perspective (also Poli_Sci 356)
    • Faculty: Galya Ben-Arieh

Mathematics

  • Balancing the Equation:  Diversity and Inclusion in Mathematics (105-6)
    • Faculty: Michael Maltenfort
    • TTH 9:40a-11:00a

Sociology

  • Introduction to Sociology (110-0)
    • Faculty: David Schieber
    • MW  12:40-2:00p
  • Race and Society (208-0)
    • Faculty: Quincy Stewart
    • TTH  2:40-4:00p
  • Numbers, Identity, and Modernity (321-0)
    • Faculty: Wendy Espeland
    • TTH  9:40-11:00a
  • American Subcultures and Ethnic Groups (323-0)
    • Faculty: Al Hunter
    • TTH  2:40-4:00p

Spring 2021

African American Studies

Anthropology

Chicago Field Studies

  • CFS 394-1 - Legal Culture & Process

    • Remote, synchronous

    • Faculty: Sarah Silins

  • CFS 394-2 - Contemporary Issues in Law

    • Remote, synchronous

    • Faculty: Sarah Silins

English

  • ENGLISH 366-0 - Studies in African American Literature - Feeling Black/Black Feeling

  • ENGLISH 368-0 - Studies in 20th-Century Literature - Writing Human Rights

    • Remote, synchronous

    • Faculty: Kalyan Sunder Sameer Nadiminti

History

  • HISTORY 392-0 - Topics In History - Prison Nation: The Rise of Mass Incarceration
    • Remote, synchronous
    • Faculty: Charlotte Emily Rosen

Journalism

Legal Studies

Philosophy

Political Science

Sociology

  • SOCIOL 376-0 - Topics in Sociological Analysis: Gender-based violence, Power, and the Carceral Sta
    • Faculty: Renee Shelby
    • Remote, Synchronous