Courses for the RIDGS Graduate Minor

These fall 2026 courses are eligible for fulfillment of the RIDGS graduate minor. Students must consult with DGS or GPC to request a GPAS exception.

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Proseminar 

The RIDGS Proseminar Course will return in Spring 2027.

  • AMST 8201: Historical Foundations of American Studies. Instructor: Elliott Powell, meets W 1:00-3:30pm.
  •  GWSS 8490: Seminar: Transnational, Postcolonial, Diaspora. Instructor: Rachmi Diyah Larasati, 
    meets T 1:00-3:30pm.

Interdisciplinary Methods, Theories, and Praxis 

  • AFRO 5406: Black Feminist Thought. Instructor: Olivia Polk, meets W 2:30-5:00pm.
  • AMIN 8301: Critical Indigenous Theory. Instructor: Kim TallBear, M 1:30-3:30pm.
  • GWSS 8108: Genealogies of Feminist Theory. Instructor: Sima Shakhsari, meets Th 2:30-5:00pm.
       note - first term of two-semester seminar

Electives 

  • AFRO 5015: Food Sovereignty in Africa. Instructor: Bula Wayessa, meets T & Th 11:15am-12:30pm.
  • AFRO 5101: Seminar: Introduction to Africa and the African Diaspora. Instructor: Rose Brewer, meets M 5:00-7:30pm.
  • CHLS 5218W: Visual Rebels: Latinx Art Since the Sixties. Instructor: Karen Mary Davalos, meets T & Th 1:00-2:15pm.
  • GWSS 8220: African Feminist and Speculative Futures. Instructor: Omotola Okunlola, meets W 2:30-5:00pm.
  • ANTH 5327W: Inca, Aztec & Maya Civilizations. Instructor: Sofía Pacheco-Fores, meets T &Th 1:00-2:15pm.
  • ANTH 5601/AMIN 5602: Archaeology and Native Americans. Instructor: Kat Hayes, meets T & Th 11:15-12:30pm.
  • ANTH 8810: Anthropology of Capitalism. Instructor: Karen Ho, meets T 1:00-3:30pm.
  • COMM 8110: Topics - The Rhetoric of Secrecy, Surveillance, and Artificial Intelligence. Instructor: Atilla Hallsby, meets T 2:30-5:00pm.
  • ENGL 8400: Seminar in Post-Colonial Literature, Culture, and Theory. Instructor: Tosin Gbogi, meets T 3:35-6:05.
  • HIST/AMIN 5891: American Indian and Indigenous Studies Workshop. Instructor: Jean O'Brien, meets F 3:30-5:30pm.
  • HIST 8960: Topics - The Early Modern Archive. Instructor: Katharine Gerbner, meets W 1:25-3:20pm.
  • HIST 8960: Topics - Readings in the History of Genders & Sexualities. Instructor: Kevin Murphy, meets M 5:15-7:10pm.
  • OLPD 5122: Indigenous Education: Research, Policy, and Practice. Instructor: Elizabeth Sumida Huaman, meets T 4:40-7:20pm.