Urban Politics
Course Title: A Right to the City? Race, Space, and the Struggle for Housing Justice
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Race and Politics
Day & Time: Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
The study of both race and politics are fraught with preconceived notions, assumptions, and anecdotal evidence supporting personal views. In this course we will learn how race is studied by scholars, organizers, and activists who not only submit their preconceived notions to the test of scientific scrutiny, but who also engage issues of race, power, domination, and society as a matter of grave importance.
Immigration Law and Policy
Date and Time: Thursdays, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
International Development
Course Title: Reducing Poverty and Inequity: Lessons from International Development
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
News, Media, & Democracy
Course Title: Washington Media: Fake News, Social Media, and the Reshaping of American Politics
Day & Time: Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Does Tik Tok threaten democracy? What is the difference between “fake news” and journalism? Should the media report what people want to know or ought to know? Does objectivity exist?
U.S. Congress
Course Title: The American Congress in History and in Crisis
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
U.S. Supreme Court
Course Title: The U.S. Supreme Court: Conflict, Change and the Court
Day and Times: Wednesdays, 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
U.S. Presidency
Title: Polarizer-in-Chief: Presidential Leadership in the 21st Century
Day & Time: Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
Jasneet Hora
Jasneet Hora is a policy and communications advisor who helps business leaders advance their goals in an evolving Washington. He previously served as deputy director of speechwriting for Vice President Kamala Harris, as a speechwriter and advisor to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as a communications strategist at West Wing Writers, and as a researcher at the immigration advocacy organization FWD.us. He holds a master’s degree from Columbia University and a bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley, where he spent a happy summer living at the UC Washington Center.
Kyle Mays
Kyle T. Mays (he/him) is an Afro-Indigenous (Saginaw Chippewa) writer and scholar. He is a Professor of African American Studies and History at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 2023-2024, he was a Fulbright Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh.