Consider taking one of these Jackson School Readings courses (information below and attached as flyers) for juniors and seniors.
JSIS 498 Section A: Readings in Neuroscience and Social Science (SLN 15789)
Instructor: Deborah Porter
W 1130-220. DEN 210
Description: This interdisciplinary class investigates how brain activity relates to social interactions and behaviors. Weekly readings expose students to recent scholarship that engages with sociocultural and neurobiological knowledge, such as the neural basis of empathy, theory of mind (understanding others' mental states), and social decision-making.
JSIS 498 Section B: Public Writing / Calderwood Seminar (SLN: 15790)
Instructor: Scott Radnitz
M 1130-220, DEN 256
Description: This course teaches students how to write for public audiences, relating to the topic of Russia's war in Ukraine. The course is run as a workshop, in which students share their work and provide feedback on writing exercises in various genres.
JSIS 498 Section D: Capitalism in Taiwan and Asia: Semiconductors, Supply Chains, and Money (SLN 15792)
Instructor: James Lin
T 1130-220, LOW 114
Description: As AI and military technology rely increasingly on advanced semiconductors and their supply chains, the political and economic systems that drive technological change and production become crucial junctures. This senior reading seminar explores new emerging scholarship on the modern capitalist economy in Taiwan and Asia. We will critically approach capitalism, including understanding how states, politics, and money itself drive capitalist expansion, and how capitalism as a global system generates political, social, and economic ramifications for Asia and the rest of the world. Topics explored will include theoretical readings on global capitalism, and readings specific to semiconductors, supply chains, finance, and global investment focusing on Taiwan and Asia.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Jackson School Advisers
Jackson School of International Studies
Thomson Hall, Room 111
