Spring2010nelly's Course Booklet2

The Joseph S.
Murphy Institute for

Worker Education and Labor Studies
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MONDAY
GLOBAL LITERATURE
COMP LIT 101 W (3 credits/ UG)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor Romo-Carmona
An introductory course that presents some of the major works forming a common so
urce and reference for Western literature and culture. Readings will include wor
ks from among the following: the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Bible, Homer, Virgil, th
e Greek tragedies, the Bhagavad Gita, Plato, St. Augustine, Everyman, and Dante.
POVERTY & AFFLUENCE, WRITING INTENSIVE Co-Requisite

URB 101, 3901 w (3/1 credits/ UG)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor J. Humphries
This course is an introduction to the field of urban studies. We investigate wh
y cities are places of economic and political opportunity for some and of depriv
ation, discrimination, violence, and impoverishment for others. We explore diff
erent theories of urban poverty and inequality and examine the impact of immigra
tion, racial segregation, suburbanization, public policies, and social movements
on U.S. cities and their inhabitants. We pay special attention to the existenc
e of inequalities based on race, class, gender, sexuality and analyze proposals
to reduce these inequalities.
UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE
URBAN STUDIES/URBAN AFFAIRS COURSES
OFFERED THROUGH QUEENS COLLEGE
Urban Studies is concerned with metropolitan areas in terms of urban problems, c
ommunity organization and development, administration, and public policy. The
various social science disciplines are drawn upon to develop an understanding o
f, and solution to, the problems that characterize modern urban societies.
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MONDAY
HR Management & Law
URB 246, 747 (3 credits/ UG/ Grad)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor K. Howard
This course introduces the principles of employment law. Students are introduced
to the principal theories, policies and literature concerning federal and state
regulations in the private and public sectors, in the context of problems that
typically arise in the work place. They will be exposed to statutes and substant
ive case law using a case study approach. The statutes and case law examined enc
ompass employment discrimination, New York State employment law statutes and reg
ulations, sexual orientation, Fair Labor Standards Act, American with Disabiliti
es Act, and Family and Medical Leave Act. Lastly, this course will also address
issues such as termination-at-will, negligent hiring and retention, wrongful dis
charge, privacy and drug-free workplace.
URBAN VOICES
BASS3711 W (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor M. Tax
In this course, we will study the ways in which social forces and institutions c
reate--or construct--the concept of "difference." We will examine how this pheno
menon plays out in the urban environment and we will explore how the interlockin
g nature of systems of inequality and privilege impact on women and men of dif
ferent race/ethnicities, classes, and genders. We will conclude the semester exp
loring possible sources of empowerment and approaches to effective change.
INTRODUCTION TO PUBLIC POLICY
URB 724 (3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor M. Bayne Smith
This course is an introduction to policy making in public and nonprofit organi
zations. Students learn the major elements of the policy making process: definin
g problems, developing alternative policies, evaluating alternatives, policy imp
lementation, and evaluating policy outcomes. The focus is on policy making at th
e local and state level. Substantive policy areas covered in the course include:
welfare, urban
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TUESDAY
HISPANIC CIVILIZATION (H3)
SPANISH 45 (3 credits / UG)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor Romo-Carmona
The role of a liberal arts education in shaping societal values has been a key b
attleground in the US culture wars of the past two decades. Influenced by the an
ti-colonial, anti-war and civil rights movements, many liberal arts disciplines
have reshaped their fields of study. Three of the most prominent developments ha
ve been a reconsideration of the definitions and uses of truth in the humanities
and social sciences, an emphasis on the ideological implications of studying cu
ltures and values, and the inclusion of the voices and perspectives of many prev
iously marginalized social groups. This course will employ the new model of cult
ural studies as it introduces students to the cultures of the Spanish -speaking
world. Students will read and view texts from a wide variety of primary and seco
ndary texts (literature, social sciences, painting, films, historiography, cultu
ral theory) in order to explore the ways that Spain and Latin American countries
have created myths of origin and have defined their national and ethnic identit
ies at key moments of cultural transition.
INTERMEDIATE SPANISH
SPAN 112 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor M. Plaza-Martinez
This course is intended to for students with no previous training in Spanish. D
esigned to establish correct pronunciation, to teach the elements of grammar, to
enable students to read, to understand spoken Spanish, to become familiar with
cultural aspects of Spanish-speaking countries, and especially to establish a g
ood working vocabulary.
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TUESDAY
URBAN RESEARCH WRITING
URB 620 (3 credits/ Grad)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor M. Berry
This course will assist students in developing the skills necessary for graduate
level writing in Urban Affairs. The focus will be on developing writing skills
in three specific areas: (1) writing in response to texts; (2) writing across te
xts (comparing and contrasting); and (3) writing a research paper on a topic in
Urban Studies. In each instance original drafts will be revised for clarity of c
ontent. The course will review the steps in writing a research paper including c
hoosing a topic, developing a cogent thesis, using the library and internet for
research, note taking, and drafting and revising the finished paper.
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
6:15-8:45pm
Professor Ryan
Analysis of the structure and organization of urban communities and how communit
y resources can be mobilized to solve social and economic problems.
READINGS IN URBAN STUDIES

URB 790 ( 3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor C. Falls
The goal of this course is to enhance student skills in reading, writing, and cr
itical thinking. Students will read and write critical commentaries on selection
s of urban studies essays, articles and research reports drawn from social scien
ce journals and books. Readings will cover a variety of social, economic, and po
litical issues in Urban Studies. Instruction will be provided to help students i
mprove their ability to write papers in other Urban Studies courses.
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WEDNESDAY
INTRO TO COLLEGE MATHMATICS AND LITERACY
MATH 110 ( 3 credits / UG)
6:15-8:45
Professor A. Satos
This course will give students the mathematical literacy necessary for success i
n today’s highly technological society. Students will gain hands-on experience
in solving real world problems in such diverse areas as law, medicine, and polit
ics. Applications include analysis of election results and voting schemes, inter
pretation of medical data and study of the nature of fair political representati
on. Mathematical topics covered will include an introduction to probability and
statistics through normal curve and confidence intervals. Students will also stu
dy exponential and logistical growth models; and the algebraic skills necessary
for all the applications covered. Extensive use will also be made of today’s sop
histicated graphing calculators. Successful completion of the course satisfies t
he Basic Skills Requirement in Mathematics and prepares students for MATH 113, 1
14, 116 and 119.
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
PSYCH 101 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor S. Bernal
An introduction to the chief facts, principles, methods and theories of psycholo
gy. Topics discussed include the history of psychology, sensory and perceptual p
rocesses, motivation and emotion, behavior development, learning and cognition,
psychometrics, personality, psychopathology, and social behavior. Not open to st
udents who have taken Psychology 102. This course requires a research experience
. The experience consisting of participation in research studies or short writte
n reports of published psychological research. (This course may be counted towar
d the LASAR Physical and Biological Sciences, Group B requirement)

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WEDNESDAY
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
URB 254, 727 ( 3 credits / UG/ Grad)
6:15-8:45
Professor Hanlon
This course provides an overview of urban transportation in the United States. C
ourse topics include the historic relationship between transportation innovation
s and urban development; the evolution of federal transportation policy; the imp
act of the Interstate highway system on U.S. metropolitan areas; the decline and
revival of mass transit in U.S. cities; policies for combating traffic congesti
on; metropolitan sprawl and air pollution; the impact of current transportation
policies on women; the elderly and the poor; and recent efforts to encourage the
development of pedestrian-friendly cities.
URBAN RESEARCH METHODS

6:15-8:45 pm
Professor Perez
A survey of the methods employed in urban research, with an emphasis on demograp
hic analysis, survey research, and observation. Students are taught how to inter
pret published research and how to plan and organize their own research and prep
are reports.
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor R. Benson
This course is devoted to the study of management in local and state government
and the nonprofit sector. Defining the unique characteristics of public manageme
nt is one of the goals of the course. Another is to provide an understanding of
what governments and nonprofit managers actually do. Finally, the course is inte
nded to develop skills that are essential to effective public management. The c
ourse relies heavily on the case method approach, which is intended to simulate
the world of actual managers and the processes of management decision making.
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THURSDAY
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
URB 228, 754 (3 credits/ UG/ Grad)
6:15-8:15 pm
Professor Bryant
This course will focus on the operation of the criminal justice system in situat
ions of domestic and family violence. Theories dealing with the sources of dome
stic violence will be reviewed. The focus will be on the operation of those par
ts of the criminal justice system having principal responsibility for arresting,
prosecuting and adjudicating domestic and family violence cases -- the police,
prosecution, and courts. The role and effectiveness of contemporary public progr
ams and community remedies for domestic violence will also be analyzed.
SOCIAL THEORY, CONTEMPORARY URBAN ISSUES
URB 330 W (3 credits / UG)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor Perez
This course explores the principle theoretical perspectives, paradigms and schoo
ls of thoughts that can help understand such urban phenomena as gentrification,
urban poverty, activism, neighborhood development, segregation, city politics, s
uburbanization, economic restructuring, and urban planning. The goal of this co
urse is to understand not only how cities have changed in recent decades, but a
lso the theoretical basis for describing these changes.
URBAN COMPUTER METHODS
URB 1212, 626 (4 credits / UG), 3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor L. Rodberg
This course introduces the student to a variety of methods for performing urban
policy analysis using microcomputers, including the use of spreadsheets, databas
e systems, graphics programs, mapping systems, and statistical packages. Student
s will be introduced to essential file management functions and will learn to us
e these computer based tools to analyze, interpret, and display demographic, eco
nomic, and geographical data. Students will carry out and present projects using
their own data or data provided by the instructor.
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SATURDAY
URBAN EDUCATION
URB 117, 749 (3 credits / UG/ Grad)
10:00am - 1:00 pm
Professor Robinson
This course will provide students with social scientific tools with which to exa
mine urban education and to understand and address social inequity. A core focus
of the class will be to examine how race and class stratification are perpetuat
ed (and potentially challenged) in urban school contexts, primarily in the Unit
ed States. Students will examine the relationships between the educational syste
m and other social institutions such as the workplace, family, and community. In
addition, students will explore school restructuring, school choice, and high s
takes accountability policies as contemporary efforts to respond to urban educat
ional challenges
RACE, GENDER, & SEXUALITY

10:00am - 1:00 pm
Professor J. Humphries
This course explores Black female gendered-sexuality from a transnational perspe
ctive. Drawing primarily from a social science perspective we examine the theo
retical, conceptual, historical, and socio-cultural context in which race, gende
r, and sexuality are used as analytical concepts. As a class we will use new me
dia technology, watch films, and visit the Museum of Sex to explore the fluidity
of these concepts as social constructions that shape and influence our notions
about women of Afro-descent in comparison to Asian, Latina, and white females as
racialized gendered sexual beings. Using an interdisciplinary approach to the
study of race, gender, and sexuality students apply this newly acquired informa
tion to analyze historical and contemporary shifts in the field of sexuality stu
dies. Additionally, students develop their analytical, critical, and public spe
aking skills through dialogical engagement with fellow students, and reviewing e
mpirical based studies. The course design is blended meeting twice a month and i
n between with online discussions in between sessions.
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FRIDAY
INTERNSHIP
LABR 606 (3 credits/Grad)
TBA
Professor M. Chen
Students in this course will combine a 16-week internship at a labor union or la
bor-related organization with readings on and analysis of the U.S. labor movemen
t in a contemporary national and global context. In eight two-hour class meeting
s, students will reflect on their internships, comparing their experiences with
those of other students and discussing them in relation to course readings on se
lected labor issues. In addition to union structure and governance, these issues
will include union jurisdiction and industry analysis; organizing and collectiv
e bargaining; union democracy and rank-and-file participation; demographics of l
eadership and membership; dynamics of class and power relations; diversity and m
ulticulturalism; the effects of globalization on work and workers; and alternati
ve paradigms for worker organization. Through the combination of field work and
scholarly analysis, students will explore the relationship between theory and pr
actice and will acquire multiple perspectives on union structure, practice and p
rinciples as well as on a broad range of union activities.
SATURDAY
ISSUES IN ORGANIZING
LABR 608 (3 credits / Grad)
10:00-1:00pm
Professor P. Lewis
This course deals with current debates concerning the future of organized labor
in the United States. Students will examine a wide range of opinion, both within
the labor movement and among scholars of the labor movement, concerning several
key questions: Considering current socio-political conditions in the global eco
nomy are unions still relevant? If so, is growth possible? If not, what other fo
rms of worker organization are possible? To answer these questions, students wil
l examine arguments advanced by top U.S. labor leaders and students of the labor
movement. These arguments will be posed against a range of theoretical and hist
orical perspectives, starting with Marx and Commons and including the work of co
ntemporary scholars and researchers. Students will grapple with current issues a
nd problems in organizing, including attitudes of workers; employer anti-union t
actics; legal impediments; and alternative venues for union certification in bot
h the public and private sector. They will discuss the importance of strategic r
esearch and media outreach. Finally, they will develop a set of criteria for eva
luating the success of organizing initiatives.
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TUESDAY
COMPARATIVE LABOR MOVEMENT
6:15-8:45pm
Professor S. John
This course will examine labor movements in the advanced industrialized economie
s of Western Europe as well as in the industrializing economies of Latin America
, Africa and Asia. The course will focus on differences and similarities among a
nd between these labor movements and the U.S. labor movement in terms of union d
ensity, collective bargaining structure, and industrial relations at the plant l
evel. Among the main topics addressed in this course is globalization and its im
pact on labor movements throughout the world. The course will address critical i
ssues confronting labor movements in the industrializing economies, particularly
the “Southern cone” (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay); Mexico; Brazil; South Afric
a; China; and India. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship betwe
en unions and political systems in the U.S. and other nations. The ``course will
explore relationships between workers and works councils in Western Europe; the
relationship between unions and political action; the challenges of immigration
, diversity and declining union power globally; and strategies for revitalizatio
n of labor movements in the industrialized democracies. The course will also stu
dy labor movements under authoritarian regimes and military dictatorships, exami
ning the role of unions in struggles for democracy.
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THURSDAY
US LABOR HISTORY
LHIS 301 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor S. Brier
This course will examine working class life within the larger framework of U.S.
history, with specific regard to class formation, industrial development, immigr
ation, and major development of organized labor movement. Students in the cours
e will explore the relationship of workers to unions, formal and information eco
nomics, race, gender, technology, the American state, cultural, political and so
cial movements. Emphasis will be placed on the issues that gave birth to the la
bor movement, the development of working class consciousness, and the milestones
in the labor movement’s progress during the last century.
ARBITRATION
LABR 325 (4 credits / UG) (at Cornell)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor J. Bienstock
This course is designed to provide students with the basic knowledge of contract
grievances and arbitration. The course will consider discipline and discharge,
seniority rights, subcontracting and work preservation disputes, wage and benef
it issues, and the role of past practice in establishing binding conditions of e
mployment and interpreting contract language. Emphasis will be placed on the pr
inciples that arbitrators have developed and applied to resolve disputes involvi
ng provisions commonly found in contracts. Through in-class discussions, mock e
xercises and readings of actual legal decisions on employment relationships, st
udents will develop an appreciation for the process ad scope of labor arbitratio
n.
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TUESDAY
ISSUES IN LABOR ORGANIZING
TBA (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor K. Frederick
This course examines the development of theory and practice in labor organizing
as it has emerged over the course of a century. It addresses organizing in both
the public and private sector, though certification elections, recognition acti
ons and alternative methods of organizing. Students discuss the determinants of
successful organizing campaigns, including targeting, tactics, and styles of or
ganizing. The subject of organizing is studied in a historical, social, and pol
itical context, allowing students to analyze the evolution of an organizing miss
ion and the emergence of various strategic initiatives over time. Students revi
ew differing theories of organizing and analyze worker attitudes as well as empl
oyer strategies and tactics. In addition, students examine the body of law (Nat
ional Labor Relations Act) that regulates labor organizing in the US and conside
r methods of organizing outside the parameters of existing labor law. Students
also examine union infrastructures administrative practices that affect how camp
aigns are financed and staffed.
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

6:15-9:35pm
Professor F. Goldsmith
This course provides a detailed look at historical and current workplace safety
and health issues in the United States. Through course readings and discussions
students will examine the development and implementation of applicable Federal
(OSHA) and State (PESH) regulations, the setting of standards for safety and hea
lth and enforcement, industrial hygiene, workplace medical screenings and survei
llance, occupation health hazards, and the provision of occupational health serv
ices. The class will also link with workers’ compensation and disability; healt
h benefits [ERISA labor-management funds]; and other related programs and worker
rights. Case studies will be sued to highlight problems and solutions.
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*Courses below held at the Murphy Institute.
MONDAY
INFORMATION SOURCES & SERVICES
LBSCI 702 (3 credits/ Grad)
6:40-9:15 pm
Professor Wall
FUNDAMENTALS of LIBRARY CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION
LBSCI 733 (3 credits / Grad)
3:55-6:30 pm
Professor J. Sainato
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CLASS SCHEDULE
SPRING 2010
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Exceptional: The Program.
The Students. The Possiblities.
Community at the JSMI Worker Education Center

The Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies was founde
d in the summer of 2005. The Institute is an outgrowth of the Center for Worker
Education, a program that was founded twenty five years ago.
The mission of our program remains unchanged—to help union members earn either a
n undergraduate or graduate degree or a certificate. At the same time, we are
helping a new generation of union members develop the skills, knowledge and ince
ntive necessary to exercise effective leadership in their unions and communities
.
Community is very important to our program. Students, faculty and staff gather
together several times a year, starting with a round of introductions during the
first week of each semester.
As the term moves along, we gather 2-3 times for special events such as guest sp
eakers, films, student committee meetings and special workshops.
This course booklet discusses the degree and certificate program courses bein
g offered at JSMI and the faculty teaching them. We wish students enrolling in t
he Spring 2010 semester a productive and enlightening semester!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page 4 Undergraduate & Graduate Degree in Urban
Studies /Urban Affairs
Page 14 Master of Arts Degree in Labor Studies
Page 19 Labor Studies ( L.S.) Certificate Program
Page 28 Cornell Labor Relations Joint Certificate
Page 32 Public Admin & Public Policy Certificate
Page 38 HHC Certificate Program
Page 42 Transit Certificate Program
Page 44 Master of Library Science
Page 46 Skills Development Classes
Page 50 Faculty Bios
Page 58 Academic Calendar Spring 2010
MANHATTAN LOCATION
25 W. 43rd Street, 19th floor
(between 5th & 6th Avenue)
New York, NY 10036
PHONE : 212. 827. 0200
FAX : 212. 827. 5955
MASTER OF LIBRARY SCIENCE*
OFFERED THROUGH QUEENS COLLEGE
The program prepares professionals to work in various information environments,
including libraries and information/research centers and function as information
specialists, school media specialists and librarians, among other possibilities
. Its purpose is to serve the informational needs and interests (artistic, busi
ness, economic, educational, recreational, scientific, and technical) of individ
uals, groups, and institutions.
QUEENS COLLEGE (QC)
SPRING 2010 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Jan. 27 Last day to drop course (s) for 100% refund.
Jan. 28* Spring 2010 classes begin.
Feb.03 Last day to file an e-permit for Spring 2010 semester.

Feb. 03 Last day to add course (s).
Feb. 03 Last day to drop course (s) for 75% refund.
Feb.10 Last day to drop course (s) for 50% refund.
Feb. 12 Lincoln s Birthday - college is closed.
Feb.13–14 No classes.
Feb.15 Presidents Day - college is closed.
Feb.17 Last day to drop course (s) for 25% refund.
Feb. 18 Beginning of P/NC and unevaluated withdrawal period.
Feb. 18 Classes follow a Monday schedule.
Feb. 26 Last day to submit proof of 2nd immunization to the Health
Service Center for in-state students.
March 01 Last day to file for Spring 2010 graduation.

March 13 Last day to submit proof of 2nd immunization to the Heal
th
Service Center for out-of-state students.
March 18 Last day to declare a major for Spring 2010 Financial Ai
d
eligibility.
March 28 Last day to file for a P/NC and unevaluated withdrawal.
March 29- Spring recess.
April 5th
April 01 Last day to file a Summer 2010 graduation application in

order to attend the June Commencement ceremony.
May 14 Last day for 2nd semester freshmen to submit P/NC

requests.
May 14 Last day to submit residency appeals for Spring 2010.
May 14* Spring 2010 classes end.
May 18–25 Final examinations - Day/Evening.
May 22 & 23 Final examinations - Weekend.
May 31 Memorial Day - college is closed.
May 27 Commencement.
MANHATTAN LOCATION
25 W. 43rd Street, 19th floor
(between 5th & 6th Avenue)
New York, NY 10036
PHONE: 212. 827. 0200
FAX : 212. 827. 5955
QUEENS COLLEGE LOCATION

65-30 Kissena Blvd.
Flushing, NY 11367
PHONE: 718. 997. 3060
FAX: 718 .997. 3069
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MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN LABOR STUDIES

OFFERED THROUGH THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES
Students explore issues from many perspectives, including economics, sociology,
history, political science, global studies and cultural analysis. The curriculu
m combines theory with practice and includes fieldwork. Graduates are prepared
to work with unions as field representatives, organizers, researchers, educators
, and communications specialists, among other staff and leadership positions. O
thers pursue careers in law, labor relations, human resources, and government.
MONDAY
RESEARCH METHODS
6:15-8:45pm
Professor A. Ream & S. Jenkins
This course examines quantitative and qualitative methods of research employed t
o produce accurate data to support labor-related activities, including organizin
g, collective bargaining and other matters of concern to workers and unions. Thr
ough the use of case studies and published research reports, students will learn
how to analyze and evaluate research findings.
THURSDAY
LABOR AND THE ECONOMY
LABR 607 (3 credits / Grad) (at Cornell)
6:15-8:45
Professor R. Tobeck
This course provides students of contemporary labor with an essential knowledge
of micro- and macro economic theories that explain conditions of work, workers a
nd labor institutions. The course offers an overview of capitalism as an economi
c system, focusing on the principles and logic that underlie American capitalism
in particular. Students will explore the role of production and profits; compet
ition and concentration; wages and work; technology; and control and conflict in
the workplace. They will examine issues of particular concern to workers and un
ions, including inflation; trade; internationalization; and globalization. They
will also examine how unions affect wages, productivity and profitability. These
questions will be discussed in historical perspective, considering classical, n
eo-classical and neo-Marxist theories. The operation of markets will be consider
ed, 96 focusing on supply and demand; competition; coordination; and market fail
ures and limitations. Macroeconomic issues will be evaluated in terms of the “Ke
ynesian Revolution” in economic thinking, which resulted in government regulatio
n of the economy through taxation, monetary policy and government spending, as w
ell as historical and contemporary challenges to this paradigm. Students will al
so focus on the political economy of discrimination, seeking to understand how d
isparities of income and the distribution of wealth are affected by race, gender
and class.
CERTIFICATE IN LABOR STUDIES
These certificate programs are designed for individuals currently working in the
labor movement; those who wish to explore careers in the labor movement; and th
ose who wish to study the changing nature of work, workers, and labor institutio
ns. Courses address the organization of work and its impact on unions and labor
relations; the future of labor in a multi-cultural society; and the problems o
f organized labor in a globalized economy and culture.
UNDERGRADUATE CERTIFICATE
To receive the undergraduate certificate, students must complete four 4-credit c
ourses for a total of 16 credits. Students in the Labor Studies Certificate Pro
gram take U.S. Labor History and Contemporary Labor Issues as well as two out of
four elective courses in the program.
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
To receive the graduate certificate, students must complete four 3– credit cours
es for a total of 12 credits. Students in the Labor Studies Graduate Certificat
e Program take Labor in the Era of Globalization and Research Methods as well as
two out of four elective courses in the program.
Those individuals who have not previously taken a labor history course at the un
dergraduate or graduate level must take U.S. History from 1929 to the Present as
one of their elective choices.
MONDAY
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LABOR
LABR 30200 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor E. Ott
This course examines the social, economic, political and organizational issues c
onfronting the U.S. labor movement today. As an ever-changing economy and politi
cal climate impact workers and the labor movement, unions face challenges that r
equire changes in the visionary, structural, functional, and strategic aspects
of their organizations. Students in this course consider how the external envir
onment-globalization, shifts in the economy, employer resistance, political and
legal obstacles-has shaped the current state of the union movement in general an
d affected union density, economic power, and political influence in particular.
LEADERSHIP & ADMIN.: POWER, POLITICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

6:15-9:35pm
Professor J. Alvarez
Drawing from the considerable body of social science and historical research int
o these and other questions about leadership and organizations, this course appl
ies leadership and organizational theories to a union context in order to examin
e and analyze the leadership practices,. Styles, and approaches we find in conte
mporary unions. Students will be challenged to examine and analyze their own be
haviors and practices as leaders as part of the course activities.
RESEARCH METHODS
6:15-8:45pm
Professor A. Ream & S. Jenkins
This course examines quantitative and qualitative methods of research employed t
o produce accurate data to support labor-related activities, including organizin
g, collective bargaining and other matters of concern to workers and unions. Thr
ough the use of case studies and published research reports, students will learn
how to analyze and evaluate research findings.
TUESDAY
ISSUES IN LABOR ORGANIZING
TBA (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor K. Frederick
nd problems in organizing, including attitudes of workers; employer anti-union
tactics; legal impediments; and alternative venues for union certification in bo
th the public and private sector. They will discuss the importance of strategic
research and media outreach. Finally, they will develop a set of criteria for ev
aluating the success of organizing initiatives.
HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

6:15-9:35pm
Professor F. Goldsmith
This course provides a detailed look at historical and current workplace safety
and health issues in the United States. Through course readings and discussions
students will examine the development and implementation of applicable Federal
(OSHA) and State (PESH) regulations, the setting of standards for safety and hea
lth and enforcement, industrial hygiene, workplace medical screenings and survei
llance, occupation health hazards, and the provision of occupational health serv
ices. The class will also link with workers’ compensation and disability; healt
h benefits [ERISA labor-management funds]; and other related programs and worker
rights. Case studies will be sued to highlight problems and solutions.
WEDNESDAY
HISTORY OF PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS IN THE UNITED STATES
LHIS 311 (4 credits / UG) (at DCAS)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor J. Steele
This course will examine U.S. labor history from the Great Depression of 1929 to
the present. Students will examine this history from several perspectives, seek
ing to understand how the experience of workers and the nature of working-class
institutions have evolved in the context of larger historical developments. In t
his process, the course will try to account for patterns of growth and decline i
n the labor movement, paying particular attention to: industrialization and dein
dustrialization; patterns of migration and immigration; and the historical relat
ionships between organized labor and other movements for social justice Student
s will explore how the ideologies and structures of organized labor have been sh
aped by major economic, political and social forces as well as diverse cultural
expressions. At every level of analysis, students will address issues of race, g
ender, and sexual orientation, especially as these categories of social identity
relate to class and class-formation. Assigned texts reflect a range of scholars
hip and differing points of view. Thus, students will become familiar with histo
riographical debates
about topics covered in this course.
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
6:15-9:35pm
Professor C. Shacter-de Shabert
workers to unions formal and informal economies, race and gender technology., th
e American state; and cultural, political and social movements. Emphasis is plac
ed on the issues that gave birth to the labor movement, the development of worki
ng class consciousness, and the milestones in the labor movement’s progress duri
ng the last century.
THURSDAY
LABOR AND THE ECONOMY
LABR 607 (3 credits / Grad) (at Cornell)
6:15-8:45
Professor R. Tobeck
This course provides students of contemporary labor with an essential knowledge
of micro- and macro economic theories that explain conditions of work, workers a
nd labor institutions. The course offers an overview of capitalism as an economi
c system, focusing on the principles and logic that underlie American capitalism
in particular. Students will explore the role of production and profits; compet
ition and concentration; wages and work; technology; and control and conflict in
the workplace. They will examine issues of particular concern to workers and un
ions, including inflation; trade; internationalization; and globalization. They
will also examine how unions affect wages, productivity and profitability. These
questions will be discussed in historical perspective, considering classical, n
eo-classical and neo-Marxist theories. The operation of markets will be consider
ed, 96 focusing on supply and demand; competition; coordination; and market fail
ures and limitations. Macroeconomic issues will be evaluated in terms of the “Ke
ynesian Revolution” in economic thinking, which resulted in government regulatio
n of the economy through taxation, monetary policy and government spending, as w
ell as historical and contemporary challenges to this paradigm. Students will al
so focus on the political economy of discrimination, seeking to understand how d
isparities of income and the distribution of wealth are affected by race, gender
and class.
FRIDAY
GRADUATE INTERNSHIP
LABR 606 (3 credits/G)
TBA
Professor M. Chen
Students in this course will combine a 16-week internship at a labor union or la
bor-related organization with readings on and analysis of the U.S. labor movemen
t in a contemporary national and global context. In eight two-hour class meeting
s, students will reflect on their internships, comparing their experiences with
those of other students and discussing them in relation to course readings on se
lected labor issues. In addition to union structure and governance, these issues
will include union jurisdiction and industry analysis; organizing and collectiv
e bargaining; union democracy and rank-and-file participation; demographics of l
eadership and membership; dynamics of class and power relations; diversity and m
ulticulturalism; the effects of globalization on work and workers; and alternati
ve paradigms for worker organization. Through the combination of field work and
scholarly analysis, students will explore the relationship between theory and pr
actice and will acquire multiple perspectives on union structure, practice and p
rinciples as well as on a broad range of union activities.
THURSDAY
URBAN RESEARCH WRITING
6:15-8:45pm
Professor M. Berry
This course will assist students in developing the skills necessary for graduate
level writing in Urban Affairs. Our focus will be on developing writing skills
in three specific areas (1) writing in response to texts; (2) writing across tex
ts (comparing and contrasting): and (3) writing a research paper on a topic in U
rban Studies. In each instance original drafts will be revised for clarity of co
ntent. The course will review the steps in writing a research paper including ch
oosing a topic, developing a cogent thesis, using the library and internet for r
esearch, note taking, and drafting and revising the finished paper.
FRIDAY
URBAN RESEARCH WORKSHOP
URB 360 w (3 credits / UG)
10:00am - 1:00 pm
Professor TBA
Exploration of alternative methodological approaches to social research in the u
rban area. Group research projects will be conducted utilizing these techniques
to explore an urban problem in depth. (May be taken twice if the project is diff
erent.)
SATURDAY
CAPSTONE
URB 785.3 (3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:15
Professor A. Sankofa
This course provides graduate students who are approaching the completion of the
ir program with an opportunity to analyze and synthesize knowledge from various
course, academic experiences and volunteer projects or field work undertaken in
pursuit of the Urban Affairs Master’s degree. The student will learn how to wri
te a Capstone thesis paper that contains the following four essential elements:
1. a comprehensive literature review of a well concisely defined urban studies i
ssue, 2. field project that helps to explicate that issue, 3. integration of kn
owledge from prior JSMI course, volunteer and field work, and 4. the student’s w
ell reasoned analysis. This course is a requirement for all Urban Leadership stu
dents
.
TUESDAY
COMPARATIVE LABOR MOVEMENT
6:15-8:45pm
Professor S. John
This course will examine labor movements in the advanced industrialized economie
s of Western Europe as well as in the industrializing economies of Latin America
, Africa and Asia. The course will focus on differences and similarities among a
nd between these labor movements and the U.S. labor movement in terms of union d
ensity, collective bargaining structure, and industrial relations at the plant l
evel. Among the main topics addressed in this course is globalization and its im
pact on labor movements throughout the world. The course will address critical i
ssues confronting labor movements in the industrializing economies, particularly
the “Southern cone” (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay); Mexico; Brazil; South Afric
a; China; and India. Particular attention will be paid to the relationship betwe
en unions and political systems in the U.S. and other nations. The course will e
xplore relationships between workers and works councils in Western Europe; the r
elationship between unions and political action; the challenges of immigration,
diversity and declining union power globally; and strategies for revitalization
of labor movements in the industrialized democracies. The course will also study
labor movements under authoritarian regimes and military dictatorships, examini
ng the role of unions in struggles for democracy.
WEDNESDAY
LABOR HISTORY
LHIS 601 (3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor J. Freeman
ionships between organized labor and other movements for social justice. Student
riographical debates about topics covered in this course.
THURSDAY
LABOR IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
6:15-8:45
Professor S. Luce
This required course examines the impact of the globalization of production on w
ork itself, as well as on workers and international labor movements. Students an
alyze the history and function of the World Trade Organization, the Internationa
l Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, including how these institutions influence
the global flow of capital and labor, as well as goods and services. The course
covers topics essential for understanding workers’ issues and rights in contempo
rary economies, such as: the impact of global outsourcing; the rise in women wor
kers around the world; organizing in a multi-national context; increasing povert
y and inequality; and the decreased regulatory powers of states relative to mult
inational corporations as a result of free-trade agreements and neo-liberal deve
lopment policies.
WEDNESDAY
LABOR HISTORY
LHIS 601 (3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor J. Freeman
ionships between organized labor and other movements for social justice. Student
riographical debates about topics covered in this course.
THURSDAY
LABOR IN THE ERA OF GLOBALIZATION
LABR 60100 (3 credits / G)
6:15-8:45
Professor S. Luce
This required course examines the impact of the globalization of production on w
ork itself, as well as on workers and international labor movements. Students an
alyze the history and function of the World Trade Organization, the Internationa
l Monetary Fund, and the World Bank, including how these institutions influence
the global flow of capital and labor, as well as goods and services. The course
covers topics essential for understanding workers’ issues and rights in contempo
rary economies, such as: the impact of global outsourcing; the rise in women wor
kers around the world; organizing in a multi-national context; increasing povert
y and inequality; and the decreased regulatory powers of states relative to mult
inational corporations as a result of free-trade agreements and neo-liberal deve
lopment policies
CORNELL / CUNY
JOINT UNDERGRADUATE
CERTIFICATE IN LABOR RELATIONS*
OFFERED THROUGH CORNELL UNIVERSITY AND THE MURPHY INSTITUTE, SCHOOL OF PROFESSI
ONAL STUDIES, CUNY
Students in the program will examine the larger theoretical and strategic issues
facing workers and their organizations in the 21st Century. They will acquire t
heoretical, contextual and practical knowledge of labor relations, labor law, an
d the role of unions in employment relations, enabling them to play a more signi
ficant role in their unions. They will also develop practical skills necessary f
or participation in collective bargaining, conflict resolution, and contract adm
inistration and will acquire a basic understanding of labor law, public policy,
and human resource practices, all of which are critical to representing workers
effectively.
*Courses currently held at Cornell University starting September 1st and ending
December 10th, 2009.
MONDAY
6:15-9:35pm
Professor E. Ott
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SATURDAY
ISSUES IN ORGANIZING
10:00-1:00pm
Professor P. Lewis
nd problems in organizing, including attitudes of workers; employer anti-union t
actics; legal impediments; and alternative venues for union certification in bot
h the public and private sector. They will discuss the importance of strategic r
esearch and media outreach. Finally, they will develop a set of criteria for eva
luating the success of organizing initiatives.
MONDAY
LEADERSHIP & ADMIN.: POWER, POLITICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE
Professor J. Alvarez
Drawing from the considerable body of social science and historical research int
o these and other questions about leadership and organizations, this course appl
ies leadership and organizational theories to a union context in order to examin
e and analyze the leadership practices, styles, and approaches we find in contem
porary unions. Students will be challenged to examine and analyze their own beh
aviors and practices as leaders as part of the course activities.

6:15-9:35pm
Professor E. Ott
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TUESDAY
GOVERNMENT, POLITICS AND
THE POLICY-MAKING PROCESS
PADM21100 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35
Professor B. Smikle
This course will explore the policy-making process in a range of public institut
ions and will introduce students to the approaches, methods, tools and technique
s of decision making. The role of conventional political institutions, as well a
s alternatives to conventional politics will be studied. In the process, student
s will identify official, as well as unofficial, political actors, including tho
se in the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of government; social an
d political activists; the media; and the public. Finally, the course will exami
ne several models of the policy-making process.
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE U.S.

PADM61100 (3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45pm
Professor A. Gronowicz
This course will explore the economic and political aspects of critical social i
ssues, discussing a range of policies and policy alternatives that address these
issues at both the national and local levels. To provide a framework for these
discussions, we will examine the relationship between government, the economy, a
nd the variety of policy approaches historically employed to address social issu
es such as poverty, welfare, housing; health-care, public education;, and urban
crime. The course concludes with analyses of the public-sector labor force and t
he future of municipal unions. While the main focus of this course is on municip
al issues and policies, students will examine both federal and local policies fo
r economic growth, to understand the relationships between national and local ec
onomic policy.
WEDNESDAY
ADVANCED PRACTICUM: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

PADM73100 (3 credits / GRAD)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor L. Van Sluytman
This practicum is designed to give students the opportunity to develop and exec
ute a high level project for a real-world “client”- a public official, working
in a decision making capacity, who has volunteered to work with students on this
project. Students will work in groups and-together with the “client”-identify a
n issue, problem, policy and/or program the client wishes to address. Preferabl
y the topic will be one that has been the subject of public debate or controvers
y. The student’s task is to research and analyze the issue and develop a series
of recommendations in the form of a “client memo” that is written, organizes an
d well argued.
THURSDAY
RESEARCH SEMINAR ON PUBLIC POLICY
PAD23100 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor E. Caraway
This course is a seminar in public-policy analysis, including full class session
s as well supervised independent research. The seminar will focus on a single t
opic, such as healthcare, housing, or criminal justice which will change each se
mester. Using a task force model, students will survey the literature in the top
ic under consideration and work in teams to work on particular aspects of the s
ocial problem and policy. The task for each team is to identify, analyze and eva
luate an existing policy or set of policies related to assemble data to support
an argument concerning the viability and effectiveness of policies under examin
ation. Each task force will recommend modifications or alternatives to existing
policy that effectively addresses the needs and concerns of various constituenci
es and interest groups in the decision making process.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS OFFERED
THROUGH
THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES, CUNY
CERTIFICATE IN
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & PUBLIC POLICY
The Public Administration and Public Policy certificate program provides student
s with both a theoretical and practicalunderstanding of public administration,
government systems and structures, and policy and decision-making strategies.
UNDERGRADUATE
The Undergraduate Certificate provides students with a solid background in gover
nment, the policy-making process, and public administration. To earn the Certifi
cate, students must hold a high school diploma or GED and complete 4 courses, fo
r a total of 16 credits.
GRADUATE
The Graduate Certificate offers a deeper understanding of public management, adm
inistrative decision-making, diversity, staff development and training, and unio
n-management relations. To earn the Certificate, students must hold a bachelor’s
degree and complete 4 courses, for a total of 12 credits.
ADVANCED
The program is intended for students with an M.A. in Urban Studies or a related
field. The Advanced Certificate program will provide students with an opportuni
ty to put their decision- and policy-making skills into practice through field-b
ased projects. This certificate program is for those students who hold a Master’
s Degree in Urban Studies, or a related field. To earn the Certificate, students
must complete all 3 courses, for a total of 9 credits
WEDNESDAY
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION
TBA ( 4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor C. Shacter-de Chabert
This course explores the history of contract-based unionism, examining strategi
es and practices of contract administration as well as alternative approaches to
traditional methodologies. In the course of this examination, students will an
alyze the role of union leaders, stewards, and members in dealing with the union
contact. The course will also examine the theory behind contractual dispute re
solution mechanisms, focusing on the role played by union stewards and first lin
e-supervisors in these processes. In addition to readings, students will engage
in mock sessions, designed to familiarize them with the range of issues and pra
ctices central to grievance and arbitration procedures. Students will also exam
ine the distinction between contract violations and grievances that can be adjud
icated outside the contractual dispute-resolution process.
THURSDAY
US LABOR HISTORY
LHIS 301 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35pm
Professor S. Brier
This course will examine working class life within the larger framework of U.S.
history, with specific regard to class formation, industrial development, immigr
ation, and major development of organized labor movement. Students in the cours
e will explore the relationship of workers to unions, formal and information eco
nomics, race, gender, technology, the American state, cultural, political and so
cial movements. Emphasis will be placed on the issues that gave birth to the la
bor movement, the development of working class consciousness, and the milestones
in the labor movement’s progress during the last century.
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MONDAY
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
6:15-9:35 (at CORNELL)
This course will examine the growth, structure, role and methods of local and fe
deral bureaucracies and their impact on American society. It will introduce stud
ents to the subject of bureaucracy in American government and will survey the ma
jor areas of study in Public Administration, including the context of public adm
inistration, the meaning of federalism and intergovernmental relations. In addit
ion, the course will address organizational theory and behavior; decision maki
ng; leadership; policy implementation; budgeting; personnel management; performa
nce management; legal and regularity constraints; ethics; and accountability. S
tudents will become knowledgeable about the roles and functions of public agenci
es and will acquire a grasp of current issues and controversies concerning publi
c bureaucracies and public policy.
POLICY ANALYSIS
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor J. Steele
This course will introduce students to theories and techniques of policy analysi
s and will help them acquire the basic skills necessary to do analytic work. The
course will begin by defining policy analysis and the various social models tha
t underlie differing analytic and evaluative frameworks. It will examine the
institutions, interests, and forces that shape policy debate and affect “deliver
y” of policy initiatives. Students will explore several models of analysis and c
onsider their limits as well as their strengths. They will explore the role of g
overnment in implementing public policy and allocating resources. In that proces
s, students will address a key question: How do the interests of social groups c
ombine with access to the political process to determine who gets what and when?
Finally, students will examine case studies of public policy analysis in three
selected areas of study.
WEDNESDAY
PUBLIC ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY
6:15-9:35pm (at DCAS)
Professor J. Steele
This course will provide an overview of the major problems facing American citie
s and will examine the federal, state and local policies that address urban pove
rty and inequality. Students will explore a range of economic and social policie
s, including: taxation; minimum wage; social security; immigration; education; t
he environment; crime; social welfare; discrimination; and civil rights. Student
s will also examine the political and intellectual debates over policy initiativ
es to regulate social and private life. Finally, students will discuss pluralist
and elitist perspectives on public policy and policy debate. Readings will incl
ude diverse points of view and will often emphasize developments in New York Cit
y.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor K. Howard
Designed for students with a basic knowledge of public administration, this cour
se will examine critical issues confronting government and public administration
. Readings and discussions will cover a broad range of topics and will include c
omparisons of public and private bureaucracies as well as proposals for “reinven
ting” government. Students will analyze theoretical questions of public administ
ration and address the real-world experience of public sector employees, both ma
nagers and staff.
Students will evaluate academic literature on current and future trends in publi
c-sector labor relations, including material on performance management and the G
overnment Performance Results Act, as well as “post-bureaucratic” models of the
public-sector workplace.
THURSDAY
RESEARCH METHODS SEMINAR
PADM 65100 (3 credits / G)
6:15-8:45pm
This course examines research methods used to produce accurate data on a range o
f important public policy and public administration issues. Students will learn
the importance of formulating research questions and how to frame them, the rang
e of methodologies that can be employed and why and when to use them, and the to
ols of research methodology and how to utilize them. They will also learn how to
analyze data in order to produce research reports in which conclusions are supp
orted by reliable data. In this seminar, students will discuss the theoretical a
nd operational issues critical to doing research and will develop tools and tech
niques for conducting both quantitative and qualitative research. Students will
critique and evaluate specific research studies and will make presentations, pos
ing questions for group discussion. Finally, students will develop an operationa
l familiarity with computer-based programs for statistics and data analysis. Sev
eral class sessions will be scheduled in a computer lab for SPSS training.
PROJECT DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE

PADM72100 ( 3 credits / Grad)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor B. Smikle
The Project Demonstrating Excellence is an independent research project, requiri
ng a student to integrate and synthesize the knowledge and skills acquired in pr
evious courses in the Public Administration sequence. Students will demonstrate
master of theoretical and critical field scholarship as well as original and cre
ative thinking. The student will select an existing public agency in NYC, ident
ify officials within the agency who agree to serve as consultants. The student w
ill produce a report divided in to a section that analyzes the issues the agency
seeks to address, the second, analysis from a structural and managerial perspe
ctive.
HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
*These courses are open only to HHC employees in Fall 2009.

MONDAY
URBAN HEALTH SERVICES & INSTITUTIONS
HCA 300 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor McNeil
This course will use NYC as the context within which to examine a variety of urb
an health services and institutions, reviewing their historical development, fin
ancing mechanisms and regulatory and legislative oversight. Service provision i
n private and public institutions will be compared and contrasted, and the impac
t of services examined within a wide range of health contexts, including HIV/AID
S services, mental health, disabilities services, reproductive services, elder c
are, child health, and more. the course will also analyze how class, race/ethni
city, gender and sexuality affect provision of and access to services.
Health Care Administration

HCA 600 (3 credits / G)
6:15-8:45 pm
Professor Bradley
This course will examine critical issues confronting health care administration,
focusing on the public and not-for-profit sectors. Readings and discussion wil
l cover a broad range of topics and will include comparisons of public and priva
te bureaucracies. Students will analyze theoretical questions of health care a
dministration and will address the real-world experience of health care employee
s, both managers and staff. Students willl examine and evaluate academic litera
ture on current and future trends in health care human resources management and
labor relations.
TUESDAY
INTRO: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND HEALTH CARE
PADM 201.2 (4 credits / UG)
9:00 am-12:20 pm
Professor Lulejian
This course will examine the growth, structure, role, and methods of local and f
ederal bureaucracies and their impact on American government and society. It wil
l introduce students to the subject of bureaucracy in American government . This
course will also survey the major areas of study in Public Administration, incl
uding contexts, meanings of federalism and intergovernmental relations. In addit
ion, the course will address organization theory and behavior, decision making,
leadership, policy implementation, budgeting, personnel management, performance
management, legal and regulatory constraints, ethics and accountability. Student
s will become knowledgeable about the roles and functions of public agencies an
d will acquire a grasp of current issues and controversies concerning public bur
eaucracies and policy.
EVALUATION OF HEALTH CARE POLICY

6:15-8:45 pm
Professor Rosas
This course will present a variety of compelling issues and problems that confro
nt the US health care system today. It will examine policies that have been ena
cted or promulgated to address each of these issues as well as present alternati
ve policies that address access to care and equity in services. Policies will al
so be analyzed and evaluated in terms of their effectiveness as solutions to the
problems they address, their feasibility, and their relationship to the concept
s of health as a basic human right, equity in health care delivery, and health
promotion and disease prevention.
WEDNESDAY
HEALTH DISPARITIES IN NYC
HCA 601 ( 3 credits / G)
9:00-11:30 am
Professor Sabain
This is an introductory course in the Health Care Policy and Administration Cert
ificate Program currently under development. Evidence of inequities is presented
in regard to major health indicators and the health of selected populations, an
d viewed through the lenses of race, class, gender, residence, sexual orientati
on and the interactions among these factors. Although the course focuses on cont
emporary health disparities, historical issues are presented when pertinent to
the development of a contemporary research agenda free from biases of the past.
Throughout the course, a variety of theoretical frameworks and policy solution
s are critically evaluation for how well they explain and address health dispari
ties.
RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HEALTH POLICY

HCA 302 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor A. Lulejian
This course is a seminar in health policy that will focus on the topic of health
services research and the role of research in supporting, creating, or challeng
ing health policy. Each week, a component of research methodology will be prese
nted. In addition to critically evaluating each of these research reports in cla
ss discussions, students will work in teams to identify researchable problem bas
ed on their workplace experiences.
THURSDAY
URBAN HEALTH ISSUES
HCA301 (4 credits / UG)
6:15-9:35 pm
Professor Perkins
This course will present a range of key health issues and problems that confront
urban communities in the U.S. Students will examine the impact of these issues
on the health of urban residents, with attention to variations in impact relat
ed to race, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation. Issues include env
ironmental health, homelessness, urban substance abuse, access to care among dis
abled health care populations, infectious diseases, immigrant health, urban vio
lence, occupational health for urban workers, among others. Policies that have b
een enacted or proposed to address each of these issues will be presented and cr
itically evaluated throughout the course.
THE POLITICS OF HEALTH

6:15-8:45 pm
Professor Goldsmith
This course will approach the politics of health care in the U.S. by examining a
nd analyzing the interests of the major stakeholders in the system of care deliv
ery. These stakeholders will include the federal, state and local governments; h
ospitals; insurance companies; the pharmaceutical. Tobacco, and food industries;
organized labor, health care providers and professional organizations, public
and consumer health movements. Among the issues to be considered are financial g
ain, control of health care resources, and process and power in decision making.
The historical conditions that set the stage for the current role of each stake
holder will be discussed. Relationships among the various stakeholders will be a
ssessed as will their contribution to fostering or thwarting universal access to
care, equitable health treatment, health promotion and disease prevention, and
health research free from bias. At the conclusion of the course, several case st
udies that demonstrate how politics work in the practice of setting health care
policy will be presented.
TRANSIT CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The continued modernization of public transit systems has important implications
for urban communities and for the workforce that supports the transit industry.
These courses are designed to provide members of the Transit Workers Union, Lo
cal 100 with an enhanced understanding of their working environment and to prepa
re them for promotional opportunities within the industry.
MONDAY
DEVELOPMENT OF MASS TRANSIT IN NYC
NYTWU 301 (3 credits/UG)
5:30-8:30 pm
Professor Clark
This course provides an overview of key issues in contemporary public transporta
tion for the NYC Transit Workers Union, Local 100, and its members. These issues
include: the organization, development, and financing of the industry, and the
union’s development in this context; global and historical comparisons of transi
t systems and labor’s role within these; the public-private hybrid nature of pub
lic authorities, such as the Metropolitan Transit Authority and NYC Transit, whi
ch manage the city’s public transit system; an overview of labor relations in NY
C transit; the impact of transit policy on urban communities and on transit work
ers; and changing transit technology and the development of Intelligent Transpor
tation Systems.
THURSDAY
WORKER HEALTH and SAFETY
NYTWU 302 (3 credits/UG)
9:30-12:30 pm
Professor L. Ross
This course addresses all aspects of workers health and safety in the urban mas
s transportation industry, with the goal of offering students a beginning unders
tanding of the complete field of occupational safety and health. Specifically, t
he following areas of concern will be covered: legal and contractual requirement
s in regard to worker health and safety; NYC Transit Worker s Union Local 100 pe
rspectives; NYC Transit/MTA Policy Instructions; workers compensations, disabil
ity, health benefits and pensions; and, specific risks and hazards in the public
transit workplace in NYC, i.e., asbestos, lead, and ergonomics.
TUESDAY
FUNDAMENTALS OF LIBRARY & INFORMATION
SCIENCE
LBSCI 701 (3 credits/ Grad)
6:40-9:15 pm
Professor TBA
WEDNESDAY
ARCHIVES / MANUSCRIPTS
LBSCI 732 (3 credits/Grad)
6:40-9:15 pm
Professor B. Alexander
FUNDAMENTALS of LIBRARY CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

3:55-6:30 pm
Professor J. Sainato
THURSDAY
PLANNING & DELIVERING YOUNG ADULT SERVICES IN THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
6:40-9:15 pm
Professor H. Martin
DIGITAL PRESERVATION / CURATION
6:40-9:15 pm
Professor DeCandido
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CLASSES

(FREE Non-credit)
Students interested in taking these classes are asked to attend orientation sess
ions to be held during the first week of classes. Orientation will include comp
leting required paperwork, assessment tests and discussions about the Skills Dev
elopment program at JSMI.
Contact: Professor L. Levin at 212-827-0200
**A THREE RING BINDER IS REQUIRED FOR THESE CLASSES**
Books can be purchased new or used on the internet. Go to www.bn.com or www.amaz

on.com and search the title or ISBN #. (Barnes & Noble has a text book store at
105 5th Ave.)
ORIENTATION SESSIONS:
Writing Orientation Tuesday, August 25th, 2009, 6pm-8pm.
Math Orientation Thursday, August 27,2009, 6pm -8pm.
MONDAY
CUNY ACT WRITING I
CP11 2/1/10-5/19/10
6:00-8:00pm
Instructor: L. Levin
This class is for new students who need to pass the writing assessment test. Foc
us will be on how to write a persuasive letter using a five-paragraph format. Ba
sic grammar reviewed; timed practice tests. Short readings required.
Text: The Writer’s Workplace with Readings, 5th Ed. (ISBN#1413002471) NOTE:
If you order a used book, make sure it is NOT a Teacher’s Edition.
MATH I-BASIC MATH
CP12: 2/1/10-5/19/10
6:00-8:00pm
Instructor: Guy deVeaux
This class will focus on basic math operations and word problems as well as elem
entary algebra.
TUESDAY
MATH II -ALGEBRA
Cp13 2/2/10-5/20/10
6:00-8:00 pm
Algebra class covers signed number rules, substitution of values, equations, fa
ctoring, quadratic expressions and equations, exponents, square roots, and grap
hing.
WEDNESDAY
CUNY ACT WRITING I
CP11 2/1/10-5/19/10
6:00-8:00pm
This class is for new students who need to pass the writing assessment test. Foc
us will be on how to write a persuasive letter using a five-paragraph format. Ba
sic grammar reviewed; timed practice tests. Short readings required.
Text: The Writer’s Workplace with Readings, 5th Ed. (ISBN#1413002471) NOTE: If
you order a used book, make sure it is NOT a Teacher’s Edition.
MATH I-BASIC MATH
CP12: 2/1/10-5/19/10
6:00-8:00pm
Instructor: Guy deVeaux
This class will focus on basic math operations and word problems as well as elem
entary algebra.
THURSDAY
MATH II -ALGEBRA
Cp13 2/2/10-5/20/10
6:00-8:00 pm
Algebra class covers signed number rules, substitution of values, equations, fa
ctoring, quadratic expressions and equations, exponents, square roots, and grap
hing.
SATURDAY
CPE REVIEW
CP14
Saturday 11-1:30pm (1/30/10-2/27/10)
For enrolled students who must pass the CUNY Proficiency Exam (CPE).
NOTE: 6 sessions only.
ACT WRITING/MATH
CP15
Saturday 11-1:30pm (3/6/10-6/26/10)
This class will prepare students for the Writing and Math tests. Web based activ
ities for writing, handouts in addition to text.
Math Text: See CP03
Writing Text: See CP01
SATURDAY
CPE REVIEW
CP04
Saturday 11-1:30pm (8/29/09-10/3/09)
For enrolled students who must pass the CUNY Proficiency Exam (CPE).
NOTE: 6 sessions only.
ACT WRITING/MATH
CP05
Saturday 11-1:30pm (10/10/09-12/19/09)
This class will prepare students for the Writing and Math tests. Web based activ
ities for writing, handouts in addition to text.
Math Text: See CP03
Writing Text: See CP01
SPRING 2010 FACULTY
Sally Alvarez, PhD..
Sally Munro Alvarez is the Director of Labor Programs in the School of Industria
l and Labor Relations, Extension Division, Cornell University. She holds Ph.D.
in American studies from Emory University. In 1999, Alvarez was the founding dir
ector of the New York State AFL-CIO Cornell Union Leadership Institute. Alvarez
has worked extensively with non-profit and service organizations, labor unions,
and organizations in higher education, developing and delivering training in co
mmunication skills, leadership, promotions, fundraising, strategic planning, and
other areas. Before coming to Cornell, she worked in community and union organi
zing, ran a public access cable television studio, wrote, produced and directed
a number of documentary films, and taught communications and communication ethic
s at a college level for many years. Her work as a labor educator focuses primar
ily on communication, media, leadership development, organizational change, and
ethics.
S. Aronowitz
Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the CUNY Graduate School and a leading s
cholar in such fields as technology and work, education, and labor and social m
ovements. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Union Graduate School in 1975.
Dr. Aronowitz has produced an important body of work that examines the lives of
working people and the nature of the U.S. labor movement. He has published 25 b
ooks, including Working Class Hero, The Jobless Future, From the Ashes of the Ol
d: American Labor and America s Future, and False Promises. Founding editor of t
he journal, Social Text and current co-editor of the journal Situations, Dr. Aro
nowitz is the author of more than 100 scholarly articles. He serves as Director
of the Graduate School’s Center for the Study of Culture, Technology and Work.
Frequently quoted in the media, Dr. Aronowitz is also a widely sought lecturer.
A former steelworker, he has been involved with unions and community organizatio
ns throughout his professional life.
Marcia Bayne Smith
Is Assistant Professor of Urban Studies at Queens College/CUNY. She holds a Doct
orate in Social Welfare, with a concentration in health care policy, from Columb
ia University School of Social Welfare. Her research and publication is focused
extensively on the health issues of women, immigrants, and racial/ethnic minorit
ies. As editor/contributing author of the 1966 book, Race, Gender and Health, Dr
. Bayne Smith and colleagues examined the health status of four racial/ethnic gr
oups of women. Dr. Bayne Smith is Chair of the Board of Directors of the Caribb
ean Law School..
Josh Bienstock, Esq.
Joshua Bienstock is a senior partner in the law firm Bienstock & Brown LLP, a la
bor and employment law firm. He is also a Court appointed mediator resolving dis
putes
Women’s Health Association, Inc. (CWHA).
between attorneys and their clients. He is the founder and Director of Resolve I
t Inc., a labor education and dispute resolution think tank. Joshua holds a BA f
rom Queens College, a JD from Hofstra Law School and a LLM from New York Univers
ity
Rodney Benson
Is a graduate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice with a Master’s in Public
Administration (MPA). He has been employed for the past 30 years by the NYC Dep
artment of Correction where he served as Deputy Director in the Personnel Divis
ion. Professor Benson retired in September of 2007. Employed since l980 as Adj
unct Lecturer in Urban Studies, Professor Benson has also taught in the LEAP and
Labor Studies programs since l990. Presently he is teaching graduate and under
graduate courses in Public Management, Public Administration, and Criminal Just
ice.
Marcia Berry
Holds an MFA from the University of Mississippi an MA from Indiana University an
d is currently completing a Doctorate at Indiana University in Theater. She rec
eived her undergraduate degree from SUNY Brockport, where she double majored in
theater and dance. She has directed staged readings of August Wilson’s,
Joe Turner’s Come and Gone in Bloomington, Indiana; and the premier of Table Ta
lk by S.K. Booker at the Bloomington Playwrights Project. She has performed in
Rochester, NY, and throughout Mississippi in two one-woman shows portraying Ida
B. Wells-Barnett, and Frederick Douglass’ best friend, Malindy Johnson, (fiction
al character). She is also a recipient of the Jacob Javits Fellowship.
Esta Bigler, Esq.
Esta R. Bigler directs Cornell University ILR S Extension s new program for Labo
r and Employment Law. Ms. Bigler, began her law career as a Field Attorney with
the National Labor Relations Board investigating unfair labor practices and hand
ling representation cases. She then moved to private practice working as an ass
ociate in the law firm of Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, P.C. where she re
presented unions in all phases of labor law and plaintiffs in Title VII litigati
on. From private practice, Ms. Bigler entered public service where she was the
Deputy Director/General Counsel of New York Citys Bureau of Labor Services, whic
h enforced the equal employment opportunity requirements imposed on city contrac
tors forging new ground as one of the authors of the regulations enforcing Execu
tive Order No. 50. Mrs. Bigler holds a BA from Cornell University and a JD from
Georgetown University Law Center. In 1988, Ms. Bigler was appointedDirector o
f the Cornell ILR’s New York City Extension Program a position which she held fo
r seventeen years.
Erica Caraway
Serves as the Disciplinary Counsel for the NYC Department of Transportation. Sh
e specializes in litigation, employment law and labor law. Prior to her legal ca
reer, she was a Project Manager for the agency’s Planning Bureau and worked on s
everal planning and engineering contracts. She is a graduate of New York Univers
ity (BA) and Fordham University School of Law (JD), where she served as a staff
member of the Urban Law Journal.
Gene Carroll
Gene Carroll directs the Union Leadership Program at the Cornell ILR School in N
ew York City. Gene has worked for 35 years as an organizer and labor educator i
ncluding several years on the staff of the United Mine Workers of America, the A
malgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union (a predecessor union to UNITE HERE)
and is the founding executive director of NY Jobs with Justice (1991-1996).
May Y. Chen
Has enjoyed a career of decades with UNITE HERE and formerly the ILGWU, starting
in union education., political action and immigration advocacy. She rose throug
h the years to become International Vice President and member of UNITE HERE’s G
eneral Executive Board. Today, she returns to educational work with deep roots i
n workers and women, political action, and union administration issues such as c
ollective bargaining, health benefits, union governance and strategic organizing
.
Dana-ain Davis
Is an Associate Professor of Anthropology with the Urban Studies Program at Quee
ns College and liaison to JSMI. Dr. Davis’s research focuses on policy, specifi
cally how people "live" policy decisions. Her areas of interest include gender,
race, urban studies, reproductive health, domestic violence, and activist anthr
opology. While her scholarship focuses on the United States, she has conducted
research in Namibia. Dr. Davis is the author of Battered Black Women and Welfar
e Reform: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (SUNY Press).
Guy deVeaux
Has been a regularly appointed mathematics teacher with the NYC Board of Educati
on for 30 years. He has also been a teacher with the Consortium for Worker Educ
ation (CWE) for over 15 years.
Cecelia Falls
Has taught undergraduate courses in critical reading, writing and literature. S
he has an MS in Counseling & Counselor Education from Indiana University in Bloo
mington, Indiana and a BA in History from the University of California at Los
Angeles
F. Goldsmith
DrPH, Has directed Dept. of Health Policy/Occumpational Health Teamsters Union;
he has served on the Board of Directors of the American Public Health Associatio
n, and currently serves on the Board of Public Health Association of New York Ci
ty, the Five Borough Institute, and the Working Theater. He is co-auther of Occ
upational Safety and Health. The Prevention and Control of Work-related Hazards
Tony Gronowicz
A Manhattan native and Columbia College graduate, edited Oswald Garrison Villard
: The Dilemmas of the Absolute Pacifist in two World Wars (Garland 1983); and au
thored Race and Class Politics in New York City Before the Civil War (Northeaste
rn University Press 1998) and Grand Illusion: American Democracy from its Roots
to the Present (McGraw Hill 2006). He is a faculty advisor to the Student Gover
nment Association at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He is a foundi
ng member of the International Committee of the Professional Staff Congress of C
ity University, and an editor of Globalization, Privatization, War: In Defense o
f Public Education in the Americas (Professional Staff Congress 2003). From 199
9 to 2001 he chaired the University Seminar on the City at Columbia University.
Martin Hanlon
Is an associate professor in the Department of Urban Studies at Queens College,
where he teaches courses on public policy, public and nonprofit management, poli
cy evaluation and transportation policy. He is a graduate advisor for the M.A. i
n Urban Affairs program at Queens and the director of the Master of Arts in Soci
al Sciences program. Dr. Hanlon has served as a consultant to a broad spectrum o
f public and private organizations in the areas of workforce planning, economic
development, program evaluation and land use planning. His current research focu
ses on the impact of the Interstate Highway System on U.S. cities.
Keith Howard
Is currently the Department of Transportation’s Assistant Commissioner of the Si
dewalk Inspection Management Division; and former Assistant Commissioner of the
Street and Arterial Maintenance Division and Department Advocate’s Office. Comm
issioner Howard has worked in City government for 17 years. He is responsible fo
r overseeing the repair, construction and maintenance of 12,000 miles of City’s
sidewalks and new building construction. He manages a staff of over 100 managers
, engineers, laborers, and support staff. As a DOT Senior Executive, Commission
er Howard is involved in operational and budgetary matters, employee discipline,
grievances, and human resources issues. Prior to joining the DOT, he worked as
the Chief Investigator for the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board, and then ser
ved with the Department of Investigation, as a Special Investigator on the NYC J
oint Commission on Integrity in the Public Schools. Commissioner Howard has ove
rseen a number of re-engineering initiatives, created a performance management s
ystem, and community outreach program. A resident of the Bronx, he graduated fr
om John Jay College with a Bachelor’s in Legal Studies and a Master’s in Public
Administration.
Dean Hubbard
Has a J.D. from Northeastern University; and a BA from Hampshire College. Is th
e Woodward Chair in Public Policy and Director of the Institute for Policy Alte
rnatives at Sarah Lawrence College, 2002-2008. Currently he is Associate Ge
neral Counsel and Senior Supervising Attorney at Transport Workers Union Local
100. Research interests include domestic and international impacts of neolibera
l policy; human rights as a discursive frame for social change organizing; norma
tive functions of and relationships between public policy, labor and other socia
l movements, law, and the arts.
T. Humm
Hum s work focuses on economic development, labor market participation, and low-
income issues in urban immigrant communities, especially Asian-American and Lati
no communities. She has previously served as Executive Director of the Chinatown
-South Cove Neighborhood Council and the Asian Community Development Corporation
, both in Boston, and as consultant to the Chinatown Resource Center in San Fran
cisco. She currently works with Asian-American groups evaluating changes in Asia
n-American communities that result from recent immigration and internal migratio
n. Dr. Hum s research interests continue to center on the social and economic is
sues facing immigrant communities as international migration continues to test t
he ability of America s cities, and New York City in particular, to incorporate
these immigrants into the American economy. Her current research projects includ
e analyses of alternative strategies for economic development and immigrant labo
r in New York City s garment industry and the impact of immigrant economies on t
he neighborhoods of New York City..Hum teaches the Department s introductory gra
duate course,
Introduction to Public Policy and courses on urban poverty, immigration, and Asi
an-American communities.
Jill Humphries
My intellectual interest explores black transnationalism and its effect on the p
olitical and racial terrain in the United States. More specifically, I am intere
sted in understanding how black migrants are changing the meaning and conception
of blackness and the extent at disrupting the existing racial order; modes of p
olitical incorporation; and subsequently the implications for black civil societ
y and civic engagement in public/foreign policy-making. This research area is pa
rticularly relevant given the increasing transnational migration and immigration
of black ethnic/transnational groups to the U.S. Dr. Humphries’ most recent art
icle is entitled, Cyberorganizing United States Constituencies for Africa.
Steve Jenkins
Is Deputy Director of the Residential Division of SEIU Local 32BJ, a property se
rvice union representing 85,000 building service workers in New York City and ac
ross the East Coast. Previously he served as the Research Director. Prior to w
orking for the union, he was a Coordinator of the Workplace Justice Project at M
ake the Road by Walking and a legal services attorney at The Door youth center.
Linda Levin
Taught GED and College Prep classes for many years with the ILGWU (International
Ladies Garment Workers Union) and UNITE (Union of Needletrades, Industrial and
Textile Employees), was a staff developer in writing methodology in the NYC publ
ic schools and an English 95 instructor at the JSM Institute. She has a Master’s
degree in Education (NYS certification in Reading). She holds a 6th year certi
ficate in Education Supervision and Administration. She is currently the JSM In
stitute skills specialist.
Andrés Puerta
Is a labor organizer with the New York City District Council of Carpenters and J
oiners of America. Andres earned his B.S. in Political Science at William Patter
son University of New Jersey and his M.S. in Labor Studies from the University o
f Massachusetts at Amherst. At the Carpenter Union Andres has focused his organi
zing work mostly with Latin American immigrant workers in the construction indu
stry in New York City. He is also the creator and instructor of the “Trade Unio
nism” course at the District Council Labor Technical College in Manhattan where
he teaches labor history to union apprentices. Andres frequently writes for “The
Carpenter”, the union magazine, and is a Teaching Fellow for the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners of America.
Amanda Ream
Is the Coordinator for Political and Community Organizing for UNITE HERE, the N
orth American Hospitality Workers Union.. She leads the Service Workers Rising p
roject, a joint effort between UNITE HERE and SEIU. Ms. Ream is currently a Cha
rles H. Revson Fellow at Columbia University. She has held several labor positio
ns and was the NYC Organizer for the 2003 Immigrants Workers Freedom Ride. Ms. R
eam holds a BA from NYU.
Amanda Ream
Is the Coordinator for Political and Community Organizing for UNITE HERE, the N
orth American Hospitality Workers Union.. She leads the Service Workers Rising p
roject, a joint effort between UNITE HERE and SEIU. Ms. Ream is currently a Cha
rles H. Revson Fellow at Columbia University. She has held several labor positio
ns and was the NYC Organizer for the 2003 Immigrants Workers Freedom Ride. Ms. R
eam holds a BA from NYU.
Alice Sardell
Alice Sardell, a political scientist, is the center of the Department s health p
olicy concentration. She has been actively publishing on health issues for many
years. Her book, The United States Experiment in Social Medicine: The Community
Health Center Program, 1965-1986, is the definitive history of one of this count
ry s major innovations in urban health care delivery. More recently, Sardell has
turned her attention child health policy, physician networks, and new models of
health care delivery, and she is actively working on a book on national policy
toward child health.. Sardell teaches the Department s introductory and advanced
courses on Health Services and Health Policy, as well as its basic course on ur
ban politics, Power in the City. She has also developed an innovative course seq
uence on Communities and Health Services, a pilot for larger interdisciplinary N
eighborhood Studies Program at the College and a pedagogic model integrating tea
ching and field work.
Sardell is the Undergraduate Internship Advisor.
Rhoda Sirlin
Is a Professor of English at Queens College. She has taught undergraduate and g
raduate courses in writing and literature. She has a PhD in English from the CU
NY Graduate Center and has been given two teaching awards at Queens College. She
is the author of numerous articles on fiction and drama and has published two b
ooks; The Borzoi Book of Short Fiction and William Styron’s Sophie’s Choice: Cri
me and Self-Punishment. She is currently co-editing a casebook on William Styro
n’s Sophie’s Choice.
Basil Smikle
Professor Smikle has consulted on a number of campaigns in New York State and na
tionally. He has served as an aide and Deputy State Director to Senator Hillary
Rodham Clinton. A graduate of Cornell University in 1993 where he earned a Bac
helor of Science in Industrial and Labor Relations, concentrating in Labor Law,
Professor. Smikle later graduated from Columbia University’s School of Internati
onal and Public Affairs with a Masters Degree in Public Policy, concentrating in
Urban Development. He received the Columbia University Departmental Fellowship
and the Public Affairs Research Fellowship. Professor Smikle is an Adjunct Prof
essor in Columbia University’s Graduate School of International and Public Affai
rs and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the founder of Basil Smikle Associates, a
full-service consulting interest based in New York.
James Steele
Has been active since the 1960’s in a range of issues concerning community empow
erment, voting rights, electoral politics, and civic participation. He has writ
ten numerous articles and studies including “The Right Wing in the U.S. Congress
: Challenges for Black Leadership,” in Race and Politics, and Freedom’s River:
African Contributions to Democracy. He serves as a Special Assistant to Con
gressman Gregory W. Meeks. He is currently a Distinguished Lecturer with the Mu
rphy Institute / CUNY.
Stephen Steinberg
Stephen Steinberg, a sociologist, is an internationally renowned authority on ra
ce and ethnicity in the United States. His most recent book is Race Relations: A
Critique (Stanford University Press, September 2007). His last book, Turning Ba
ck: The Retreat from Racial Justice in American Thought and Policy (Beacon Press
, 1995), was included in Choice Magazine’s 1996 list of Outstanding Academic Boo
ks, and received the Oliver Cromwell Cox Award for Distinguished Anti-Racist Sch
olarship. His previous work, The Ethnic Myth, is widely recognized as one of the
leading critical interpretations of race, ethnicity, and class in America. Othe
r books include The Academic Melting Pot and The Tenacity of Prejudice. Steinber
g teaches courses on Racial and Ethnic Groups in Urban America and Race, Ethnici
ty, and Public Policy. He also teaches the required graduate and undergraduate c
ourse on Urban Research Methods, an innovative course that emphasizes the develo
pment of critical skills in reading and interpreting social science research..
His interest in improving the quality of student research and writing is reflect
ed in a book that he co-authored with Sharon Friedman, Writing and Thinking in t
he Social Sciences (Prentice-Hall, 1989).
Steinberg is the Urban Studies Undergraduate Advisor.
Laurens Van Sluytman

Has an MA, MSSW, LCSW, and is a doctoral student in the Social Welfare Departmen
t at Hunter College School of Social Work. His research interests concern racia
l and sexual orientation identity formation, community resilience factors and he
alth care disparities.
SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES (SPS)
SPRING 2010 ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Jan. 19 - 27 Orientation (as scheduled by programs)
Jan. 18 Martin Luther King Day - SPS offices closed *
Jan. 27 Last day to drop with 100% refund.
Jan. 28 First day of class; First day of late registration
First day to drop courses with 75% refund
Feb. 3 Last day of late registration; Last day to add courses

Last day to drop courses with 75% refund
Feb. 4 First day to drop courses with 50% refund
Feb. 10 Last day to drop courses with 50% refund
Feb. 11 First day to drop courses with 25% refund
Feb. 12 Lincoln s Birthday - SPS offices closed; no classes
scheduled *
Feb. 13-15 President s Day - SPS offices closed, no classes schedul
ed *
Feb. 18 Last day to drop courses with 25% refund
No refunds after this date; last day to drop without a "
W" grade.
SPS classes follow a Monday schedule
Feb.19 First day of withdrawal, grade of "W" will be recorded
March 29- Spring break*

April 5th
April 19 Last day to withdraw and receive grade of "W"
May 25 Last day of class

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Murphy Institute for

POVERTY & AFFLUENCE, WRITING INTENSIVE Co-Requisite

READINGS IN URBAN STUDIES

Joseph S. Murphy Insttute

URBAN RESEARCH METHODS

RACE, GENDER, & SEXUALITY

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

Community at the JSMI Worker Education Center

Feb.03 Last day to file an e-permit for Spring 2010 semester.

March 01 Last day to file for Spring 2010 graduation.

April 01 Last day to file a Summer 2010 graduation application in

May 14 Last day for 2nd semester freshmen to submit P/NC

QUEENS COLLEGE LOCATION

MASTER OF ARTS DEGREE IN LABOR STUDIES

LEADERSHIP & ADMIN.: POWER, POLITICS, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE WORKPLACE

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN LABOR

SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POLICY IN THE U.S.

ADVANCED PRACTICUM: ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

PROJECT DEMONSTRATING EXCELLENCE

*These courses are open only to HHC employees in Fall 2009.

Health Care Administration

EVALUATION OF HEALTH CARE POLICY

RESEARCH SEMINAR IN HEALTH POLICY

THE POLITICS OF HEALTH

FUNDAMENTALS of LIBRARY CONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CLASSES

Books can be purchased new or used on the internet. Go to www.bn.com or www.amaz

Laurens Van Sluytman

Feb. 3 Last day of late registration; Last day to add courses

March 29- Spring break*

April 19 Last day to withdraw and receive grade of "W"

May 25 Last day of class

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