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“Borders, Immigration, and Citizenship”

"I decided to teach this class when I noticed that when it comes to borders, immigration, and citizenship, discussion often sheds more heat than light. I wanted students to come to these questions with an open mind, and to find good reasons to defend their points of view." — Associate Professor of Political Science Paulina Ochoa Espejo

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“In the American Strain: Music In Writing (1855–1975)”

"We look to understand how measure and musical effects are deployed and felt in poetry and prose. The class is an extension of the idea that a poem is a combination of its sound and sense. For us there is no separation. Considering music and prosody we search for how each poem, song, or text we read seeks to find its own measure or sound, poem-by-poem." — Visiting Assistant Professor of English Thomas Devaney

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Tuttle Creative Residencies encourage faculty from across the three divisions—natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities—to design and implement arts residencies in conjunction with their curricular and scholarly agendas.

Magill Library houses more than half a million volumes and provides access to 2.5 million more through a catalog system that connects it to libraries at neighboring Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges.

“Case Studies in Chemistry: The Science of Color and Light”

"In this course, we discuss the underlying physical processes that are involved in the production of light and the ways in which its interaction with matter leads to the colors we see in the objects that make up the world around us." — Visiting Assistant Professor Stephen Podowitz-Thomas

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"Theory of Non-Cooperative Games”

"In Game Theory, we assume that all decision makers are rational—that they’ll choose what’s best for them given the constraints they’re facing, while taking into account the choices of others—and examine what sorts of strategies they’d undertake as rational actors. This allows us to theorize in a very precise way and generate hypotheses about the real world." — Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics Matthew Incantalupo

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"The Future of Farming: Controversies in Agricultural Development”

"I want students to come away from this class with the skills to trace the tangled connections between science and politics in agriculture, so that they can forge their own perspective and more effectively advocate for the food system they desire." — Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Rafter Sass Ferguson

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“Revolutions in Neuroscience”

Taught by Assistant Professor of Psychology Laura Been and Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Mary Ellen Kelly, this survey of revolutionary developments in neuroscience included class visits by current leaders in the field and student trips to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia to visit the most complex piece of brain art in the world.

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“Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Gender”

"This class aims to give Bi-Co students a chance to explore the intersection of gender, sexuality, race, class, religion, and embodiment in our time. Our focus is principally on the USA, though we make some forays into international conversations. We work to bring the personal into the classroom, and to take what we learn out into the world."— Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Coordinator of Gender and Sexuality Studies Anne Balay.

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Haverford's East Asian Languages & Cultures program engages students in a broad and deep exploration of culture and society in East Asia, particularly China and Japan. Majors undertake rigorous language training and comprehensive study of the region’s culture and society.