Explore Louisiana’s role as a global leader in incarceration and its ongoing efforts in criminal justice reform. This class dives into the inequalities of the justice system, the fight for change, and the power of media in shaping perceptions about crime and punishment.
Discover the untold stories of New Orleans through its cultural institutions!
*This course is full. Registration is no longer available.*
The world is facing many global challenges in the 21st century. One of the most significant is global climate change, which is an existential threat to humans – and the planet. Within this challenge are issues related to environmental injustices.
*This course is full. Registration is no longer available.*
In "Music, Gender, and Sexuality in New Orleans," we will use Black feminism and queer theory as a means to analyze and understand a variety of the city's music genres including bounce, brass band, Black Masking Indian funk, hip-hop, and R&B.
*This course is full for the June 16 -20 session. Registration is no longer available for the June 16 - 20 session.*
*This course is full. Registration is no longer available.*
The disproportionate impact that climate change has on marginalized communities is one of the most critical issues of the climate crisis.
This is the Way. Science fiction enables us to study the contemporary political world from a distance -- to shed light on its problems and its weaknesses, and to be imaginative about alternatives, both hope-filled and deeply troubling.
