Ethnicity, Race, and Migration

Director of undergraduate studies: Patricia Pessar, 213 LUCE, 432-9344, patricia.pessar@yale.edu

FACULTY ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROGRAM OF ETHNICITY, RACE, AND MIGRATION

Professors

Rolena Adorno (Spanish & Portuguese), Ned Blackhawk (History, American Studies), Hazel Carby (African American Studies, American Studies), Michael Denning (American Studies, English), Kathryn Dudley (American Studies, Anthropology), John Mack Faragher (History, American Studies), Donald Green (Political Science), Dolores Hayden (Architecture, American Studies), Jonathan Holloway (History, African American Studies), Margaret Homans (English, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies), Paula Hyman (History, Religious Studies), Matthew Jacobson (American Studies, African American Studies, History), Gilbert Joseph (History), Kenneth Kidd (School of Medicine), Benedict Kiernan (History), Jennifer Klein (History), Marianne LaFrance (Psychology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies), Enrique Mayer (Anthropology), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct) (American Studies, Anthropology), Stephen Pitti (History, American Studies), Jeremy Seekings (Ethics, Politics, & Economics) (Visiting), Helen Siu (Anthropology), John Szwed (Emeritus) (African American Studies, Anthropology), Laura Wexler (American Studies, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)

Associate Professors

Bernard Bate (Anthropology), Alicia Schmidt Camacho (American Studies), Mary Lui (American Studies, History), Mridu Rai (History)

Assistant Professors

Jafari Allen (Anthropology, African American Studies), Khalilah Brown-Dean (Political Science, African American Studies), Jason Cortés (Spanish & Portuguese), Terri Francis (Film Studies, African American Studies), Zareena Grewal (American Studies), Lillian Guerra (History), Alondra Nelson (African American Studies, Sociology), Naomi Pabst (African American Studies), Birgit Rasmussen (American Studies), Jing Tsu (East Asian Languages & Literatures)

Senior Lecturer

Geetanjali Singh Chanda (Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)

Lecturers

Jasmina Besirevic-Regan (Sociology), Rani Neutill (Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, American Studies), Raymond Orr (Ethnicity, Race, & Migration, American Studies)

The program in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration enables students to combine a disciplinary requirement of a first major with an interdisciplinary, comparative study of forces that have created a multicultural, multiethnic, and multiracial world. The major emphasizes familiarity with the intellectual traditions and debates surrounding the concepts of ethnicity, nationality, and race; grounding in both the history of migration and its contemporary manifestations; and knowledge of the cultures, structures, and peoples formed by these migrations.

Second major. Ethnicity, Race, and Migration can be taken only as a second major. Students combine Ethnicity, Race, and Migration with a major that coordinates with research into ethnicity and migration. They should consult the director of undergraduate studies early in their academic careers about other departments that meet this criterion. Departments or programs that already have concentrations of courses dealing with ethnic issues—African American Studies, African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, English, History, Literature, Political Science, Sociology, and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies—are particularly appropriate, but a student may choose any traditional discipline that provides the tools for a rigorous senior project in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration. Course selections and choices of linked majors must be approved by the appropriate directors of undergraduate studies.

In working out programs for their two majors, students should note that, in accordance with the academic regulations concerning two majors (see "Two Majors" under the heading "Special Arrangements" in chapter II), each major must be completed independently, with no more than two term courses overlapping. This overlap must not be in the senior essay or senior project unless the essay or project is unusually substantial and represents at least the equivalent of the minimum essay or project requirement of the one major in addition to the minimum essay or project requirement of the other major.

Permission to complete two majors must be secured from the Committee on Honors and Academic Standing; forms are available from the residential college deans. Assistance in completing the form is available from the director of undergraduate studies in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration.

Requirements of the major. In addition to fulfilling the requirements of the other major, a student must complete twelve term courses in Ethnicity, Race, and Migration, including the senior seminar and the senior essay or project. There are no prerequisites.

Introductory course. ER&M 200b offers an introduction to the issues and disciplines involved in the study of ethnicity, race, and migration. Students interested in the major should take this course early in their studies, preferably during the sophomore year.

Area of concentration. In consultation with the director of undergraduate studies, each student defines an area of concentration consisting of six term courses including the one-term senior essay or project. Advanced work in the foreign language related to a student's area of concentration is advised.

Distributional requirements. In order to acquire a comparative sense of ethnicity, race, and migration, students are expected to take at least two courses in each of two distinct geographic areas. To gain familiarity with global movements of people within and across national borders, majors must take at least one course that examines historical or contemporary migrations. Students must also demonstrate evidence of interdisciplinary work related to ethnicity, race, and migration in at least two departments or academic fields.

As a multidisciplinary program, Ethnicity, Race, and Migration draws on the resources of other departments and programs in the University. Students are encouraged to examine the offerings of other departments in both the humanities and the social sciences, interdisciplinary programs of study housed in the MacMillan Center and elsewhere, and residential college seminars for additional relevant courses. The stated area of concentration of each student determines the relevance and acceptability of other courses. Majors are encouraged to pursue academic research and other experiences abroad.

Senior requirement. Students must take the senior colloquium (ER&M 491a) on theoretical and methodological issues and complete a one-term senior essay or project (ER&M 492b).

REQUIREMENTS OF THE MAJOR

Prerequisites: None

Number of courses: 12 term courses (incl senior req)

Specific course required: ER&M 200b

Distribution of courses: 6 term courses in area of concentration (1 term of senior req may count); at least 2 term courses in each of 2 distinct geographic areas; at least 1 term course on historical or contemporary migrations; at least 2 term courses demonstrating interdisciplinary engagement with ethnicity, race, and migration

Senior requirement: Senior sem (ER&M 491a) and senior essay or project (ER&M 492b)