Hi, All,

I suppose I ought to introduce myself as well. I teach in sociology and 
justice studies at Rhode Island College. I have primary responsibility 
for a course entitled Comparative Law and Justice (you can see more 
about that course at 
http://www.ric.edu/faculty/marthur/classes/cljf09/index.html) that 
enrolls sociology, anthropology, and justice studies students. There is 
another course I may begin teaching called "Changing the World: Social 
Movements/Activism." I previously taught a course on social change and 
social movements which drew heavily on globalization issues. Our 
curriculum isn't very flexible, so I will not be able to construct an 
entirely new course, but I am hoping to be able to weave elements of 
this project into what I am doing.

Besides the courses relevant to this project, I also teach law and 
society, the 2-semester research methods sequence, minority issues in 
justice systems, and an introductory class. In the past, I have also 
taught the sociology of race & ethnicity, the sociology of the 
Holocaust, and the sociology of education. My current research is on 
social movements in higher education and curricular change.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

--Mikaila
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> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:47 AM
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> Subject: We welcome Australia to Globalization, Social Justice, and Human
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> Dear Rodney
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> We are currently engaged in doing a bit of re-thinking of our sociology
> program and so this caught my eye. One of my colleagues was interested as
> well so I thought we'd write and say we are interested in exploring
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> I am in Mackay in Central Queensland - which is at the centre of the mining
> boom - so its an old sugar town now dominated by multinational coal
> companies (its mostly drive in and drive out so they work inland and live on
> the coast). I have done work on future of the sugar industry and the
> liveability of the region but we have quite a strong interest in
> environmental issues. My interests are broadly political economic and
> community development focused. The big issues facing the communities here
> are ones of uneven development with a small number of working people doing
> well which imposes costs (especially in terms of housing) on everyone else.
> I am also president of a local 'social development' NGO.
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> My colleague Aminul has a background in development issues in his native
> country of Bangladesh but presently is based on Rockhampton which is an old
> cattle town but affected by the mining boom too. 
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> In any case in terms of your list of topics I'm sure we can contribute in
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> 1)      Global and transnational monetary systems and national economies -
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> 2)      Global and transnational corporations and immigration. - workers on
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> 3)      Globalization, human rights and social justice - uneven development
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> 4)      Globalization, transnational political systems and nation identity -
> more generally in Australia - refugees are a divisive issue
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> 5)      Globalization, race, class and gender identity/relations. - the role
> of gender in mining towns, domestic violence, women in Bangladesh
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> 6)      Globalization- conflict and world peace.
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> 7)      Globalization, environment, and sustainability. - we teach sociology
> into the environmental science program - and of course coal mining, climate
> change etc are key issues
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> We are just transferring over to Moodle as our online delivery platform if
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> Shane Hopkinson PhD
> Sociology Lecturer
> Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences
> CQ University
> PO Box 5606
> Mackay QLD 4741
> Ph. 07 49 40 7836
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> I acknowledge the Yuibera people and their Ancestors past and present, whose
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> Sent: Thursday, 22 October 2009 04:20 AM
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> Subject: [PSN-CS] Globalization, Social Justice, and Human Rights-for School
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> Sorry...I placed the wrong date before...excuse the double posting...but
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> One of the new courses we are thinking about for our newly designed major
> will feature a upper level course tentatively entitled Globalization, Social
> Justice, and Human Rights.  I am now seeing if there is any interest in
> collaborating on the development of this course.  Collaboration would
> include the development of a comprehensive syllabus, development of a type
> of virtual classroom for students from multiple universities, and the actual
> teaching/supervision of said course at your respective university.
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> Specifically, I am looking for at least 6 or more partners from Outside of
> the United States, and 6 or more partners within the U.S.  While, both set
> of partners are valuable, the very nature of this course depends upon
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> 8)      Global and transnational monetary systems and national economies
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> 9)      Global and transnational corporations and immigration.
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> 10)   Globalization, human rights and social justice
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> 11)   Globalization, transnational political systems and nation identity 
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> 12)   Globalization, race, class and gender identity/relations.
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> 13)   Globalization- conflict and world peace.
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> These are just some ideas floating in my head, if any are interested, let me
> know, and we can begin the process.  Optimally, the envisioned course would
> be offered in the spring semester of 2011.  There would be costs associated
> with this course, and students and faculty would be offering this as a
> specific course within their own institutional setting.  The novelty is that
> we would link our respective courses, syllabi, and students into a type of
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> The man who has no imagination has no wings. 
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> Rodney D. Coates
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Mikaila Mariel Lemonik Arthur
Department of Sociology
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Providence, RI 02908

Phone: (401) 456-8681
Fax: (401) 456-8665

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