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Unit TitleAuthorYear

Seminar: The City in History


The City In History: Mastering Essential Research Skills

William Otto 2020
Keywords: computer research, computer science, research skills

Seminar: The Dark Fantastic: Reading Science Fiction, Fantasy and Comics to Change the World


Police Free City: Writing Emancipatory Visionary Fiction

Charlie McGeehan 2020
Keywords: Black Lives Matter, dark fantastic cycle, fantasy, fiction, Literature, Reading, science fiction, social studies, the Hunger Games, writing

Seminar: The Evolving Universe


Your Galactic Address: Space, Place, and Perspective

Amanda Amanullah 2016
Keywords: astronomy, elementary, English, fractions, Geography, geometry, Math, perspective, physics, point of view, Proportion, Ratio, Reading, scale, Science, social studies, solar system, space, Space Science, universe, writing

Seminar: The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond


Philadelphia’s Relationship to the Harlem Renaissance

Keysiah M. Middleton 2006
Keywords: African American History, Harlem Renaissance, New Negro Movement, Philadelphia

Seminar: The Middle East Through the Eyes of Women


Lessons from the Middle East: Using Technology for Protest and Political Activism

Zoelene Hill 2011
Keywords: Middle East, Political Activism, Technology, women

Middle Eastern Women: Their Lives in Harems

Sandy O’Keefe 2011
Keywords: harems, Middle East, Ottoman Empire, women

Gender and Law in the Middle East

Matthew Roy 2011
Keywords: foreign affairs, gender, Middle East, women

Seminar: Topics in Environmental Health


What Happens After the Water Leaves the Sky?

Aisha Kittrell 2021
Keywords: hydrologic cycle, run-off, storm drain, stormwater, the water cycle, water filtration, water pollution, water quality

The Power of Environmental Monitoring

Anna Herman 2021
Keywords: air quality, environmental advocacy, environmental justice, environmental monitoring, green stormwater infrastructure, lead, soil contamination, soil health, urban gardening, water quality, youth environmental justice

Environmental Health in the Classroom

Kimberly Sweeney 2021
Keywords: conservation, contamination, plastic pollution, water cycle, water pollution

Humans and the Environment: How Water Pollution and Littering Affect Health

Chelsea Maher 2021
Keywords: engineering, environment, Health, littering, pollution, urban, water, waterways, world

Freshwater In Our World: Philadelphia’s Freshwater Supply and the Role We Each Play in its Future

Phyllis Hurwitz 2021
Keywords: climate change, distribution of water, hydrologic cycle, impermeable sources, philadelphia middle school science, urban watershed, water, water pollution

Where Does Our Water Come From?

David White 2021
Keywords: water, water cycle, water filtration, water pollution, Watershed

Seminar: Understanding Human Health and Disease


Health and the Inner City

Nicole Flores 2012
Keywords: African-American community, diabetes, halth, risk

The Politics of Food: How the American Government Contributes to Public Health

Meagan C. Rubino 2012
Keywords: Government, Health, Politics, public health

Seminar: W.E.B. Du Bois and Philadelphia’s Seventh Ward


“Rare Ability and Devotion”: Elizabeth Tyler, first visiting Black nurse of Philadelphia, as Counter-Narrative

Danina Garcia 2023
Keywords: African American History, Henrietta Lacks, Medical History, Medicine, Nursing History, Philadelphia, Tuberculosis

A Class Act

Margo A. Pinckney 2023
Keywords: data collection, race relations

W.E.B. Du Bois and the Making of Accordion Books, Data Portraits, and People Places

Lisa Yuk Kuen Yau 2023
Keywords: 7th Ward, Accordion Books, Data Portraits, Data visualization, Placemaking, Social Epidemiology, The Philadelphia Negro, W.E.B. Du Bois

Unraveling the Block: DuBois, The Seventh Ward and Our Responsibility

Tyriese James Holloway 2023
Keywords: activism, Heterogeneity, Place, Protagonism, space

Correcting Epistemic Injustices and Memorializing 19th Century Black Women

Shaquita Smith 2023
Keywords: black women, epistemic injustice, historically marginalized voices, marginalized groups, Monuments, murals, Sociology, The Old Seventh Ward, The Philadelphia Negro, using sociology to study history, W.E.B. Du Bois