American Studies (AMST)Arts and Sciences

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Course descriptions provided by the Courses of Study 2021-2022.

AMST 1101

This course provides an introduction to interdisciplinary considerations of American culture. Specific topics change from year to year and may include: food and nature, broadly defined; the transformation ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion.

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  6794 AMST 1101   LEC 001

    • MW Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bitar, A

  • Instruction Mode: Online

  •  7129 AMST 1101   DIS 201

    • M McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7130 AMST 1101   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7131 AMST 1101   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7132 AMST 1101   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1500

This course offers an introduction to the study of Africa, the U.S., the Caribbean and other diasporas.  This course will examine, through a range of disciplines, among them literature, history, politics, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 1500GOVT 1503

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6816 AMST 1500   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1540

This course studies the history of American capitalism. It helps you to answer these questions: What is capitalism? Is the U.S. more capitalist than other countries? How has capitalism shaped the history ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1540ILRLR 1845

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17666 AMST 1540   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17669 AMST 1540   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17670 AMST 1540   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17671 AMST 1540   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17672 AMST 1540   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17673 AMST 1540   DIS 205

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17674 AMST 1540   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17675 AMST 1540   DIS 207

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Arcadi, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17676 AMST 1540   DIS 208

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Arcadi, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17677 AMST 1540   DIS 209

    • F McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17678 AMST 1540   DIS 210

    • F Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17679 AMST 1540   DIS 211

    • F Malott Hall 205
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17680 AMST 1540   DIS 212

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1601

This course attends to the contemporary issues, contexts and experiences of Indigenous peoples. Students will develop a substantive understanding of colonialism and engage in the parallels and differences ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AIIS 1110

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3841 AMST 1601   LEC 001

    • MW Malott Hall 406
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Richardson, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3842 AMST 1601   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  3843 AMST 1601   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6237 AMST 1601   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1820

The borders that separate the United States from Canada and Mexico are among the longest in the world.  The southern border with Mexico receives a disproportionate amount of attention from policymakers, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: HIST 1820LSP 1820

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18245 AMST 1820   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18246 AMST 1820   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18247 AMST 1820   DIS 202

    • R McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Garcia, M

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18248 AMST 1820   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18249 AMST 1820   DIS 204

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 1951

To what extent does the ideal of the US as a vanguard for democracy and freedom in the world match up with other aspects—military, economic, and humanitarian—of US foreign policy? This same question about ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: HIST 1951LATA 1951

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17607 AMST 1951   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18054 AMST 1951   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18055 AMST 1951   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20307 AMST 1951   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20308 AMST 1951   DIS 204

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2000

This course provides an introduction to modes of vision and the historical impact of visual images, visual structures, and visual space on culture, communication, and politics. It examines all aspects ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ARTH 2000COML 2000VISST 2000

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  5481 AMST 2000   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6608 AMST 2000   DIS 201

    • R Uris Hall 302
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6609 AMST 2000   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall 398
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6610 AMST 2000   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6611 AMST 2000   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6612 AMST 2000   DIS 205

    • R Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  6613 AMST 2000   DIS 206

    • R Uris Hall G20
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7195 AMST 2000   DIS 207

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7196 AMST 2000   DIS 208

    • F White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickard, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2001

Educational historian Frederick Rudolph called Cornell University "the first American university," referring to its unique role as a coeducational, nonsectarian, land-grant institution with a broad curriculum ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2999HIST 2005

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  6701 AMST 2001   LEC 001

    • M Uris Hall G01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Earle, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    For questions about enrollment, please email Corey Earle, cre8@cornell.edu

AMST 2092

According to the 2019 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the U.S. State Department, 24.9 million people worldwide are currently the victims of human trafficking and modern-day slavery. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2091HIST 2091LATA 2091

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18260 AMST 2092   SEM 101

    • MW Malott Hall 205
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Schmitt, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2106

This course is an introduction to Latina/o Studies, an interdisciplinary field of knowledge production that focuses on historical, sociopolitical, cultural, and economic experiences of Latinx peoples in ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LSP 2100

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17312 AMST 2106   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2152

One in ten residents of the United States was born outside the country. These people include international students, temporary workers, refugees, asylees, permanent residents, naturalized U.S. citizens ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 2152LSP 2152

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17820 AMST 2152   LEC 001

    • MW Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Garcia-Rios, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19773 AMST 2152   DIS 201

    • R White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19774 AMST 2152   DIS 202

    • R Ives Hall 109
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19775 AMST 2152   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19776 AMST 2152   DIS 204

    • F White Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2160

In this introductory course, participants will study the economic and technological history of the television industry, with a particular emphasis on its manifestations in the United States and the United ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17875 AMST 2160   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2354

This seminar examines some of the political and cultural visions of Africa and Africans held by African-American intellectuals and activists in the 19th and 20th centuries. Emphasis is placed ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2354HIST 2354

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 17734 AMST 2354   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Hall 254
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Rickford, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2391

This course engages the rich cartographic record of colonial North America via an in-depth analysis of two dozen iconic maps.  Integrating visual and textual analysis, students will assess human representations ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 2391

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17712 AMST 2391   SEM 101

    • TR McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Parmenter, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2460

This course will provide an introduction to some of the most important fictional work by US Latina writers, including short stories, novel, and film, with a particular focus on social justice, gender advocacy ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19978 AMST 2460   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2512

This course focuses on African American women in the 20th century. The experiences of black women will be examined from a social, practical, communal, and gendered perspective. Topics include the Club ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture. Discussion optional. Combined with: ASRC 2512FGSS 2512HIST 2512

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17798 AMST 2512   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17799 AMST 2512   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17800 AMST 2512   DIS 202

    • W Uris Hall 369
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2581

This lecture course serves as an introduction to the historical study of humanity's interrelationship with the natural world. Environmental history is a quickly evolving field, taking on increasing importance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2581HIST 2581

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7021 AMST 2581   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7022 AMST 2581   DIS 201

    • R McGraw Hall 366
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7023 AMST 2581   DIS 202

    • R Uris Hall G22
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7024 AMST 2581   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7025 AMST 2581   DIS 204

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2620

This course will introduce both a variety of writings by Asian North American authors and some critical issues concerning the production and reception of Asian American texts. Working primarily with novels, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 2620ENGL 2620

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17501 AMST 2620   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2675

This class aims to approach the literature and culture of the Cold War as the birth of the present "Age of Information," as well as the origin of modern notions of privacy that are now being superseded. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2675SHUM 2675

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7305 AMST 2675   LEC 001

    • MW Uris Library 311
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2710

This course is a blending of the Sociology of Education and Public Policy. Front and center in this course is the question of why consistent differential educational and economic outcomes exists in American ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7077 AMST 2710   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall B25
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7078 AMST 2710   DIS 201

    • M Warren Hall B50
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7079 AMST 2710   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7080 AMST 2710   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7081 AMST 2710   DIS 204

    • F Warren Hall B50
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7082 AMST 2710   DIS 205

    • F Warren Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2722

This course examines the history of mental illness—its conception and treatment—in the United States, from the early 1800s to the present, focusing on four major questions: (1) How have understandings ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: BSOC 2721HIST 2721STS 2721

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17970 AMST 2722   LEC 001

    • TR Mcgraw Hall 165
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17971 AMST 2722   DIS 201

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17972 AMST 2722   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17973 AMST 2722   DIS 203

    • R Uris Hall 312
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 17974 AMST 2722   DIS 204

    • R Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20296 AMST 2722   DIS 205

    • R Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 20297 AMST 2722   DIS 206

    • F Uris Hall 498
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2729

Who lived in the Ithaca area before American settlers and Cornell arrived? Where do these indigenous peoples reside today? This class explores the history and culture of the Gayogoho:no (Cayuga), which ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AIIS 2720ANTHR 2720ARKEO 2720

  • 3 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20052 AMST 2729   LEC 001

    • TR Morrill Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Jordan, K

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2735

An historical study of children's literature from the 17th century to the present, principally in Europe and America, which will explore changing literary forms in relation to the social history of childhood. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 2730

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19986 AMST 2735   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 2751

These seminars offer an introduction to the humanities by exploring historical, cultural, social, and political themes. Students will explore themes in critical dialogue with a range of texts and media ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2750ENGL 2950SHUM 2750

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • Topic: Environmental Justice in Upstate NY

  • 18931 AMST 2751   SEM 103

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment preference will be given to students in the Humanities Scholars Program. See the Humanities Scholars Program website for the specific description of SHUM 2750, SEM 103, "Environmental Justice in Upstate NY." https://as.cornell.edu/research/hsp-core-courses

AMST 2790

What does it mean to call a film is "Jewish"? Does it have to represent Jewish life? Does it have to feature characters identifiable as Jews? If artists who identify as Jews—actors, directors, screenwriters, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7652 AMST 2790   LEC 001

    • TR White Hall 110
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Shapiro, E

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3071

The US and the global community face a number of complex, interconnected and enduring issues that pose challenges for our political and policy governance institutions and society at large.  Exploring how ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3071

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  6890 AMST 3071   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Taught in Washington, DC.

AMST 3072

Since its ratification the U.S. Federal Constitution has been a fixed element of the American experience. And yet the meaning Americans attribute to the document—from its structural and rights provisions ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3072LAW 3920

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17830 AMST 3072   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18840 AMST 3072   DIS 201

    • M McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18841 AMST 3072   DIS 202

    • T McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18842 AMST 3072   DIS 203

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18843 AMST 3072   DIS 204

    • R McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18844 AMST 3072   DIS 205

    • F McGraw Hall 365
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18845 AMST 3072   DIS 206

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18846 AMST 3072   DIS 207

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 18847 AMST 3072   DIS 208

    • F McGraw Hall 145
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3122

The United States has been widely associated with democratic ideals, and yet American democracy has been long in the making, even in recent decades retaining hallmarks of an "unfinished work." It has evolved ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3122

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19947 AMST 3122   LEC 001

    • MW Ives Hall 115
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Mettler, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19953 AMST 3122   DIS 202

    • R White Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19954 AMST 3122   DIS 203

    • F White Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19955 AMST 3122   DIS 204

    • F White Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3131

A general-education course to acquaint students with how our legal system pursues the goals of society. The course introduces students to various perspectives on the nature of law, what functions it ought ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 3131LAW 4131

  • 4 Credits Opt NoAud

  • 20029 AMST 3131   LEC 001

    • MW
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Chutkow, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3185

This course explores the history, sociology, and ethics of risk. In particular, we will focus on the complex and often ambiguous relationship between science, technology, and risk. A historical perspective ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: BSOC 3181HIST 3181STS 3181

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  7126 AMST 3185   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3262

This course approaches the study of the United States' political institutions and social cleavages from the perspective of comparative politics, historical political economy, and historical institutionalism. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: GOVT 3261

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17834 AMST 3262   LEC 001

    • TR Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bateman, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19113 AMST 3262   DIS 201

    • W Uris Hall 262
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  • 19114 AMST 3262   DIS 202

    • F White Hall 106
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3355

The Beyoncé Nation course at Cornell, which has been requested regularly over the past several years, is finally back by popular demand!  Beyoncé's trajectory from Houston, Texas as a member of the group ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3350ENGL 3950FGSS 3350

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18147 AMST 3355   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3370

How has theatre shaped our notion of America and Americans in the second half of the 20th century and beyond?  What role has politics played in the theatre?  How has performance been used to examine concepts ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3370PMA 3758

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17891 AMST 3370   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3401

No description available. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3401GOVT 3211

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18183 AMST 3401   SEM 101

    • MW Africana Ctr B07
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Grovogui, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3404

In the early 1590s, a mysterious cartographer drew a map of the Americas for eager and curious European audiences. The orientation of the map was from the perspective of a ship crossing the Atlantic and ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3405HIST 3405LATA 3405

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18567 AMST 3404   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3405

This course explores research on race, ethnicity and language in American education. It examines historical and current patterns of school achievement for minoritized youths. It also examines the cultural ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: ANTHR 3405EDUC 3405LSP 3405

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7778 AMST 3405   LEC 001

    • TR Uris Hall 202
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Villenas, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7779 AMST 3405   DIS 201

    • F McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7780 AMST 3405   DIS 202

    • F McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7781 AMST 3405   DIS 203

    • F McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7782 AMST 3405   DIS 204

    • F McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3442

This course will look at how literature based at sea helps both shape and challenge concepts of freedom and capital. By looking at the relationship between the sea-faring economy and its relationship to ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3440ENGL 3440

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 18766 AMST 3442   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3581

What role should imaginative arts play in debates about transnational migration, one of the principal factors re-shaping community and communication today?  Focusing on literature and film from the late ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17217 AMST 3581   SEM 101

    • TR Uris Hall 204
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Adelson, L

      Haenni, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3616

How can we account for the contemporary popularity of podcasts? In what ways do they build on, and break from, earlier forms of writing for the ear? In this class we will study innovative podcast fictions ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17594 AMST 3616   SEM 101

    • MW Uris Library 311
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Braddock, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3617

This course is open to experienced rappers, beatmakers, and vocalists interested forging collaborative relationships with other students. Taking as a foundation hip-hop's relationship to social justice, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: MUSIC 3616

  • 1 Credit Stdnt Opt

  •  8055 AMST 3617   STU 501

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3625

Frederick Douglass (1818?-1895) and France Harper's (1825-1911) careers as activists, orators, writers, and suffragists spanned the better part of the nineteenth century, from the age of enslavement through ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3625ENGL 3625

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17596 AMST 3625   SEM 101

    • MW Africana Ctr 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Spires, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3661

The course asks you to think about the role of fiction in producing a sense of history, politics, and culture in the nineteenth-century United States. In particular, we will think about the relations among ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3660

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17589 AMST 3661   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3675

This course focuses on works that exemplify environmental consciousness—a sense that humans are not the center of the world and that to think they are may have catastrophic consequences for humans themselves. ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 3675

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17591 AMST 3675   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3703

The common perception of ethnicity is that it is a natural and an inevitable consequence of cultural difference. Asians overseas, in particular, have won repute as a people who cling tenaciously to their ... view course details

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  •  7800 AMST 3703   LEC 001

    • TR McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3732

When an African and an African American meet, solidarity is presumed, but often friction is the result.  In this course, we will consider how Africans and African Americans see each other through literature.  ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3742ENGL 3742SHUM 3742

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7307 AMST 3732   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3734

After the violent events in Charlottesville in 2017, and especially the January 6th insurrection at the US Capitol in 2021, most people have become aware of the extreme form of white political identities ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 3734ENGL 3734

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19131 AMST 3734   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 3870

Whether buying at a general store, shopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 3870ILRLR 3870

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7848 AMST 3870   LEC 001

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Hyman, L

  • Instruction Mode: Online
    Whether buying at a general store, shopping at a department store, or loitering at a mall, consumption has always formed an important part of the American experience. More than just commodities bought and sold, consumption is also about the institutions, social practices, cultural meanings, and economic functions that have surrounded the merchandise. This course will look at the changing meanings consumption has had for life, politics, and economy in the US over the past 300 years.

AMST 3980

Affords opportunities for students to carry out independent research under appropriate supervision. Each student is expected to review pertinent literature, prepare a project outline, conduct the research, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3942 AMST 3980   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 3990

Individualized readings for junior and senior students. Topics, requirements, and credit hours will be determined in consultation between the student and the supervising faculty member. view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 1-4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  3943 AMST 3990   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 4002

Rates of chronic disease and other health conditions, including mental illness and substance use disorders, have surged over the past three decades, owing largely to structural factors associated with ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4002SOC 4010

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  7571 AMST 4002   SEM 101

    • TR Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ezell, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4021

American conservative thought rests on assumptions that are strikingly different from those made by mainstream American liberals.  However, conservative thinkers are themselves committed to principles ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 4021

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17935 AMST 4021   SEM 101

    • F Olin Library 403
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4022

This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details

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  • 19296 AMST 4022   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall B12
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4051

The death penalty has gotten increased media attention due to high profile death row exonerations, and has long been under siege for other reasons, such as racial disparities in its imposition and the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: LAW 4051

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 20101 AMST 4051   LEC 001

    • TR
    • Jan 25 - May 10, 2022
    • Blume, J

      Johnson, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4066

Computers and digital technologies including robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), internet-enabled platforms, and other "high-tech" drivers of automation have revolutionized the nature ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ILRLR 4066ILRLR 6066PADM 5411

  • 4 Credits GradeNoAud

  •  7850 AMST 4066   LEC 001

    • TR Statler Hall 445
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Litwin, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4113

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4113ENGL 4913

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 19313 AMST 4113   SEM 101

    • TR Africana Ctr 111
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Farred, G

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4155

In 1662, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a law that made African slavery inheritable through matrilineal descent. Partus sequiter ventrem codified the economic and legal value associated with the ... view course details

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  • 18675 AMST 4155   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nunley, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4550

What is a university, what does it do, and how does it do it? Moving out from these more general questions, this seminar will focus on a more specific set of questions concerning the place of race within ... view course details

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  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: AAS 4550ENGL 4961HIST 4551

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 19330 AMST 4550   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4603

This course takes up literatures and arts of Black speculation in the broadest terms, from science fiction and fantasy to Afrofuturism and Afropunk to Phillis Wheatley's and Outkast's poetics. We'll give ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 4655ENGL 4605SHUM 4605

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17638 AMST 4603   SEM 101

    • W Africana Ctr B01
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Spires, D

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4615

H. P. Lovecraft helped to create an American subgenre of horror and speculative fictions. He was also a notorious racist. Writing from New England, he imagined ancient and terrifying landscapes of racial ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 17648 AMST 4615   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4669

This course examines the history of policing in Black communities from its origins in slavery, through the Civil Rights/Black Power eras and the War on Drugs, to the present day. Specifically, it reveals ... view course details

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  • 18058 AMST 4669   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4705

This course explores nightlife as a temporality that fosters countercultural performances of the self and that serves as a site for the emergence of alternative kinship networks.  Focusing on queer communities ... view course details

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  •  6964 AMST 4705   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4757

This course analyzes how cultural beliefs about masculinity intersect with race, sexuality, and citizenship. To emphasize how masculine norms vary across cultures, we will use the plural term "masculinities." ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ENGL 4757FGSS 4757

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8592 AMST 4757   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4851

Since World War II, over 4 million people have migrated to the United States as refugees. In this seminar we will examine some of these refugee migrations and the ways these migrations challenged ... view course details

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  • 17924 AMST 4851   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 4994

To graduate with honors, AMST majors must complete a senior thesis under the supervision of an AMST faculty member and defend that thesis orally before a committee. Students interested in the honors program ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session. 

  • 4 Credits Graded

  •  3945 AMST 4994   IND 601

    • TBA
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Staff

  • Instruction Mode: Independent Studies

AMST 5710

Examines the goals, roles, inputs, and outcomes of schooling in American society, and the policy environment in which schools operate. Analyzes controversies and tensions (e.g., equity, market forces, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •  7098 AMST 5710   LEC 001

    • TR Warren Hall B25
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7099 AMST 5710   DIS 201

    • M Warren Hall B50
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7100 AMST 5710   DIS 202

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7101 AMST 5710   DIS 203

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7102 AMST 5710   DIS 204

    • F Warren Hall B50
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

  •  7103 AMST 5710   DIS 205

    • F Warren Hall B02
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Sipple, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6003

This course covers the basic epistemology for social sciences research, integrating an explicit focus on applied mixed methods approaches (quantitative and qualitative) for conducting original "real world" ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 6003SOC 6000

  • 3 Credits Graded

  •  8557 AMST 6003   SEM 101

    • T Uris Hall G88
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Ezell, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6022

This course examines the history and afterlives of U.S. war and empire across the Asia/Pacific region and the politics they engender for Asian/Pacific Americans. Since the Philippine American war (1898-1904), ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 19295 AMST 6022   SEM 101

    • W Sibley Hall B12
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Balance, C

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6155

In 1662, the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a law that made African slavery inheritable through matrilineal descent. Partus sequiter ventrem codified the economic and legal value associated with the ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18679 AMST 6155   SEM 101

    • W McGraw Hall 215
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Nunley, T

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6202

This course will explore the relationship between popular belief, political action, and the institutional deployment of social power. The class will be roughly divided in three parts, opening with a discussion ... view course details

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  • 17946 AMST 6202   SEM 101

    • M Olin Library 303
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Bensel, R

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6338

This proseminar will introduce graduate students to major histories, theories, and methods in public humanities, to explore how history, art, and culture circulate in public life, how power and governance ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: HIST 6338

  • 4 Credits Graded

  • 18581 AMST 6338   SEM 101

    • W Morrill Hall 404
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Vider, S

  • Instruction Mode: In Person
    Enrollment by permission: please email the professor a statement of no more than 300 words explaining your interest in the course, your research interests, and your ideas for potential public humanities projects.

AMST 6615

This seminar will survey the field of contemporary political theories of dissent. Beginning with the 'new' civil disobedience debate and the question of whether or not the conceptual framework of civil ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: GOVT 6615

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20829 AMST 6615   SEM 101

    • R Sibley Hall B12
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Livingston, A

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6669

This course examines the history of policing in Black communities from its origins in slavery, through the Civil Rights/Black Power eras and the War on Drugs, to the present day. Specifically, it reveals ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 18422 AMST 6669   SEM 101

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6703

The common perception of ethnicity is that it is a natural and an inevitable consequence of cultural difference. Asians overseas, in particular, have won repute as a people who cling tenaciously to their ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • 17913 AMST 6703   LEC 001

    • TR McGraw Hall B65
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Munasinghe, V

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

AMST 6809

Urban Justice Labs are innovative seminars designed to bring students into direct contact with complex questions about race and social justice within the context of American urban culture, architecture, ... view course details

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Syllabi: none
  • Topic: Seeing to Be in the Aftermath

  • 18645 AMST 6809   SEM 101

    • M A D White House 109
    • Jan 24 - May 10, 2022
    • Van Clief-Stefanon, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person