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), 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), Paula Hyman (History, Religious Studies), Matthew Jacobson (American Studies, African American Studies, History), Gilbert Joseph (History), Kenneth Kidd (School of Medicine), Benedict Kiernan (History), Marianne LaFrance (Psychology, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies), Enrique Mayer (Anthropology), Patricia Pessar (Adjunct) (American Studies, Anthropology), Stephen Pitti (History, American Studies), Helen Siu (Anthropology), John Szwed (African American Studies, Anthropology), Laura Wexler (American Studies, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies)

Associate Professors

Alicia Schmidt Camacho (American Studies), Jennifer Klein (History), Mary Lui (American Studies, History), Mridu Rai (History), Christopher Rhomberg (Sociology)

Assistant Professors

Jennifer Bair (Sociology), Bernard Bate (Anthropology), Shameem Black (English), Khalilah Brown-Dean (Political Science, African American Studies), Jason Cortés (Spanish), Seth Fein (History, American Studies), Terri Francis (Film Studies, African American Studies), Lillian Guerra (History), Ange-Marie Hancock (Political Science, African American Studies), Sanda Lwin (English, American Studies), Alondra Nelson (Sociology, African American Studies), Naomi Pabst (African American Studies), Diana Paulin (English, American Studies), Rachel Sherman (Sociology)

Lecturers

Jasmina Beširevic-Regan (Sociology), Zareena Grewal (American Studies), Denise Khor (Film Studies, American Studies), Elaine Peña (Religious Studies), Dhooleka Raj (Anthropology), Alexandra Vázquez (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" in chapter III under the heading "Special Arrangements"), 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, including the senior seminar and the senior essay or project. There are no prerequisites, but students are expected to have competence in the foreign language related to their area of concentration.

Introductory course. ER&M 200a 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.

Distributional requirements. In order to acquire a comparative sense of ethnicity, race, and migration, each student is expected to take at least two courses in each of two distinct geographic areas. To gain familiarity with different perspectives on these issues, each student must also take at least one course from each of the following four fields: theoretical perspectives; structures of international migration; the politics and economics of ethnicity; and the history and cultures of peoples.

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, as well as residential college seminars, for additional relevant courses. The stated area of concentration of each student determines the relevance and acceptability of other courses.

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 200a

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 in each of 4 specified fields

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