Courses

2024-2025 Courses
  • Fall 2024
    • Visions of the Good Life, taught by Tanya S. Morstein (Structured Liberal Education, lecturer)
  • Winter 2025
    • Flourishing as a Feminist, taught by Michaela Hulstyn (Structured Liberal Education, lecturer)
  • Spring 2025
    • Trust Issues: The Nature and Ethics of Trust, taught by Emma Duncan (Ethics in Society, postdoctoral scholar)
  • Summer 2025
    • TBD
2023-2024 Courses
  • Fall 2023
    • Performance and Politics, taught by Rashi Mishra (Theater and Performance Studies, graduate student)
    • Storytelling, taught Erika Bullock (School of Education, graduate student)
  • Winter 2024
    • Women, Fiction, and World History, taught by Wallace Kilpatrick Teska (History, graduate student)
  • Spring 2024
    • Flourishing as a Feminist, taught by Michaela Hulstyn (Structured Liberal Education, lecturer)
  • Summer 2024
    • Short Stories by Women, taught by Olga Ovcharskaia (DLCL, graduate student)
    • Geometry in Art, taught by Wing-Sum Law (Mechanical Engineering, graduate student)
    • Philosophy of Capital Punishment, taught by Elise Sugarman (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Women's Nature Writing, taught by Sarah Coduto (English, graduate student)
    • Self-Deception and Morality, taught by Lis Benossi (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Law and Literature, taught by Namrata Verghese (Modern Thought and Literature,  graduate student)
2022-2023 Courses
  • Fall 2022
    • Experimental Animation: Process as Product, taught by Liz Maelane (Art & Art History, graduate student)
  • Winter 2023
    • Utopia, taught by Ali Hazel (Philosophy, graduate student)
  • Spring 2023
    • Buddhist Philosophy, taught by Austen McDougal (Philosophy, graduate student) & Oriane Lavole (Religious Studies, graduate student)
  • Summer 2023                                                                                                         
    • The Ethics of Sex & Gender, taught by Joan O'Bryan (Political Science, graduate student)
    • Coding, taught by Kristen Steudel (Mechanical Engineering, graduate student) & Zahra Heussen (Electrical Engineering, graduate student)
    • Letter Writing, taught by Alexia Ainsworth (English, graduate student)
    • Education: What Is It Good For? taught by Erika Bullock (School of Education, graduate student)
2021-2022 Courses
  • Fall 2021
    • The Past and Present of East Asia, taught by Yunxin Li (History, graduate student)
    • Democracy, Politics, and Women, taught by Aliz Toth (Political Science, graduate student)
    • Story-Knowing and Story-Telling, taught by Erika Bullock (School of Education, graduate student)
  • Winter 2022
    • On Human Flourishing, taught by Kal Kalewold (Ethics in Society, post doctoral scholar)
  • Spring 2022
    • Economic Inequality: Why does it matter?, taught by Valerie Soon (Ethics in Society, post doctoral scholar) & Cesar Valenzuela (Philosophy, graduate student)
  • Summer 2022
    • Short Films by Sindha Agha on Women’s Health, Mental Health, and Social Change, taught by Anna Mukamal (English, graduate student)
    • Feminism Today, taught by Joan O'Bryan (Political Science, graduate student)
    • Philosophizing with Women Thinkers, taught by Ting-An Lin (Ethics in Society, post doctoral scholar)
    • Education: What is is Good For?, taught by Erika Bullock (School of Education, graduate student)
    • Short Stories that Make Us Feel, taught by Olga Ovcharskaia (DLCL, graduate student)
2020-2021 Courses
  • Fall 2020
    • Disability, taught by Chong-Ming Lim (Ethics in Society, post doctoral scholar)
    • Women, Gender, and Sexuality in World History, taught by Yunxin Li (History, graduate student)
  • Winter 2021
    • Our Family, Ourselves, taught by Sharika Thiranagama (Anthropology, faculty)
  • Spring 2021
    • Choreographing Citizenship: Protests, Law, and the Politics of Dignity, taught by Timothy Jones (Theater and Perfomance Studies, graduate student)
  • Summer 2021
    • Cover Songs as History & Revision, taught by Kirstin Haag (Music, graduate student) & Julie Zhu (Music, graduate student)
    • Poetry & the Law, taught by Emma Brush (English, graduate student)
    • Feminism Today, taught by Joan O'Bryan (Political Science, graduate student)
2019-2020 Courses
  • Fall 2019
    • Estrangement in Fiction, taught by Devyn Defoe (Creative Writing Program, Stegner Fellow)
    • A Doll's House, taught by Emily Goodling (Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, graduate student) & Victoria Zurita (Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, graduate student)
  • Winter 2020
    • Sociology of Gender, taught by Christianne Corbett (Sociology, graduate student) & Rebecca Gleit (Sociology, graduate student) 
  • Spring 2020
    • Food & the Environment, taught by Matthew Adams (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student) & Yuna Blajer de la Garza (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student)
  • Summer 2020                                                                                                         
    • How to be Happy: Reflecting on our Experience by Reading an Ancient Thinker, taught by Katherine Kretler (Structured Liberal Education, post doctoral student)
    • Minority Identity Narratives, taught by Krystal Laryea (School of Education, graduate student) & Mary Shiraef (Political Science, graduate student)
    • The Good Life: Perspectives from East Asian Philosophy, taught by Hannah Kim (Philosophy. graduate student)
    • Intersectionality in Women’s Health, taught by Megha Shanker (Center for Health Policy & the VA Health Services Research and Development, post doctoral student)
2018-2019 Courses
  • Fall 2018
    • Narrate and Describe, taught by Kathryn Winner (English, graduate student)
    • The History of the Short Story, taught by Vanessa Glauser (Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, graduate student) & Victoria Zurita (Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, graduate student)
  • Winter 2019
    • Knowledge, Identity, and Morality, taught by Hannah Carnegy-Arbuthnott (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student) & Fay Niker (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student) 
  • Spring 2019
    • Gender at Work, taught by Rebecca Gleit (Sociology, graduate student)
  • Summer 2019
    • Human Nature, Justice, and the State, taught by Collin Anthony (Center for Ethics in Society, staff)
    • False pictures in my mind: Unreliable Narrators and the Tales They Spin, taught by Sandy Handan-Nader (Political Science, graduate student) & Summer (non-Stanford, editor/writer)
    • Philosophy of Love and Care, taught by Hannah Kim (Philosophy, graduate student) & Austen McDougal (Philosophy, graduate student)
2017-2018 Courses
  • Fall 2017
    • Mediating the Body, taught by Chenshu Zho (Thinking Matters Program, post doctoral student)
  • Winter 2018
    • Victimization and Oppression in Four Short Stories, taught by Jin Chow (Comparative Literature, graduate student)
    • Linguistic Discrimination, taught by Tom Wasow (Linguistics), Suki Mozenter (School of Education, graduate student), & Quentin Sedlacek (School of Education, graduate student)
  • Spring 2018
    • The Ethics of a Human Life, taught by Lindsey Chambers (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student) & Willie Costello (Philosophy, post doctoral student)
  • Summer 2018
    • The Power of Narrative: Transforming Our Lives into Stories, taught by Jenn Trahan (English, lecturer)
    • An Introduction to Reasoning, Inference, and Fallacies, taught by Taylor Madigan (Philosophy, graduate student) & Ben Sparkes (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Gender and Narrative Health, taught by Annie Atura (English, graduate student) & Rebecca Ormiston (Theater and Performance Studies, graduate student)
2016-2017 Courses
  • Fall 2016
    • The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway, taught by Gavin Jones (English)
  • Winter 2017
    • Women & Law, taught by Michelle Oberman (Santa Clara Law School)
  • Spring 2017
    • Freedom and Equality Across Time, taught by Lauren Hirshberg (Thinking Matters Program, post doctoral student) & Ian Zuckerman (Thinking Matters Program, post doctoral student)
  • Summer 2017
    • The Character of the Emotions in Philosophy, Literature, and Performance, taught by Heather Brink-Roby ((English, post doctoral student), Willie Costello (Philosophy, post doctoral student), & Aileen Robinson (Theater & Performance Studies, graduate student)
    • Disagreement, taught by J. J. Lang (Philosophy, graduate student) & Michael Fitzpatrick (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Arguments: A Brief Introduction, taught by Sarah Brophy (Philosphy, graduate student) & Lauren Thomas (Philosphy, graduate student)
2015-2016 Courses
  • Fall 2015
    • The Time of Your Life, taught by Monika Greenleaf (Russian and Comp Literature)
  • Winter 2016
    • Visions of the Good Life, Greg Watkins (Structured Liberal Education) & Jeremy Sabol (Structured Liberal Education)
  • Spring 2016
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy)
  • Summer 2016
    • Inequality and Empathy, taught by Molly King (Sociology, graduate student) & Jeremy Jimenez (School of Education, graduate student)
    • Self, Freedom and Responsibility, taught by Hyoung Kim (Philosophy, graduate student) & John Turman (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Stories We Tell, taught by Tasha Eccles (English, graduate student) & Jessie Beckman (English, graduate student) 
2014-2015 Courses
  • Fall 2014
    • Empathy and Sceince, Society, Stories, and Life, taught by Stacy Hartman (Division of Literatures, Cultures, and Languages, graduate student) & Anne Newman (Center for Ethics in Society)
  • Winter 2015
    • Telling Stories, taught by Megan Blomfield (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student) & Alex Levitov (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student)
  • Spring 2015
    • Performing Secrets: A slow reading of Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House," taught by Lisa Surwillo (Iberian and Latin American Cultures)
2013-2014 Courses
  • Fall 2013
    • African American Women Writers, taught by Peggy Phelan (English)
  • Winter 2014
    • Philip K. Dick, Philosophy, and Film, taught by Alexis Burgess (Philosophy) & Mark Budolfson (Center for Ethics in Society, post doctoral student)
  • Spring 2014
    • Catching the Eye: Word, Image, and the Construction of World, taught by Beatrice Kitzinger (Art History) & Elaine Treharne (English)
  • Summer 2014
    • Political Participation in the United States: Foundations to Present, taught by Allison Anoll (Political Science, graduate student) & Glory Liu (Political Science, graduate student)
2012-2013 Courses
  • Fall 2012
    • The Environmental Imagination: Finding Our Way Back into the World, taught by Charlie Junkerman (Continuing Studies)
  • Winter 2013
    • Writing Futures, Performing Hope, taught by Leslie Hill (Theater & Performance Studies) & Helen Paris (Theater & Performance Studies)
  • Spring 2013
    • The Dinner Party: Exploring Women’s History through Women’s Art, taught by Katja Zelljadt (Humanities Center, Associate Director) & Mira Wasserman (on campus resident fellow)
  • Summer 2013
    • Happiness, taught by Katy Meadows (Philosophy, graduate student) & Amanda Greene (Philosophy, graduate student)
    • Friendship, taught by Blake Francis (Philosophy, graduate student) & Samuel Asarnow (Philosophy, graduate student)
2011-2012 Courses
  • Fall 2011
    • Philosophy, Race and Social Justice, taught by Rob Reich (Political Science) & Jim Campbell (History)
  • Winter 2012
    • Existentialism and the Meaning of Life, taught by Brent Sockness (Religious Studies) & Dan Edelstein (French)
  • Spring 2012
    • The Luck of the Draw: Freedom and Responsibility, taught by Suzanne Greenberg (Structured Liberal Education) & Zenon Culverhouse (Introduction to Humanities, post doctoral student)
  • Summer 2012
    • Storytelling, taught by Suzanne Greenberg (Structured Liberal Education)
2010-2011 Courses
  • Fall 2011
    • What's So Funny? Women and Humor, taught by Helle Rytkonen (Program in Reading and Rhetoric)
  • Winter 2012
    • Models of Human Flourishing, taught by Greg Watkins (Structured Liberal Education) & Jeremy Sabol (Structured Liberal Education)
  • Spring 2012
    • Freedom of Expression, taught by Margo Horn (American Studies) & Ted Glasser (Communication)
  • Summer 2012
    • Women in the Bible, taught by Mira Wasserman (on campus resident fellow) & Steve Weitzman (Religious Studies)
2009-2010 Courses
  • Fall 2009
    • Choices, taught by Szonja Szelenyi (Sociology) &Elisabeth Hansot (Political Science, Emeritus)
  • Winter 2010
    • Humor in Music, taught by Mark Applebaum (Music) & Helle Rytkonen (Program in Reading and Rhetoric)
  • Spring 2010
    • Spirituality and Nonviolent Urban and Social Transformation, taught by Joanne Sanders (Religious Life) & Patricia Karlin-Neumann (Religious Life)
2008-2009 Courses
  • Fall 2008
    • Laughing Matters: Humor, Race, Class, and Gender, taught by Helle Rytkonen (Program in Reading and Rhetoric) & Rachel Brule (Political Science, graduate student)
  • Winter 2009
    • Are Women Different?, taught by Andy Rutten (Political Science) & Deborah Gordon (Biological Sciences)
  • Spring 2009
    • Theories of Human Nature, taught by Krista Lawlor (Philosophy) & Helen Longino (Philosophy)
2007-2008 Courses
  • Fall 2007
    • Deviant Bodies, Bad Subjects, and Social Change, taught by Donna Hunter (Program in Writing and Rhetoric) & Sangeeta Mediratta (Program in Writing and Rhetoric) 
  • Winter 2008
    • Are Women Special? Freedoms and Women's Rights, taught by Andy Rutten (Political Science) & Margo Horn (Introduction to Humanities)
  • Spring 2008
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy) & Rob Reich (Political Science)
2006-2007 Courses
  • Fall 2006
    • Circumstance , Expectations, and Responsibility, taught by Robert Jones (Philosophy) & Darko Sarenac (Philosophy)
  • Winter 2007
    • Are Women Special? Freedoms and Women's Rights, taught by Andy Rutten (Political Science) & Margo Horn (Introduction to Humanities)
  • Spring 2007
    • What is Salvation? Answers from World Religions and Philosophy, Marc Pauly (Philosophy)
2005-2006 Courses
  • Fall 2005
    • Theories of Human Nature, taught by Krista Lawlor (Philosophy)
  • Winter 2006
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy) & Rob Reich (Political Science)
  • Spring 2006
    • Are Women Special? Freedoms and Women's Rights, taught by Andy Rutten (Political Science) & Anne Newman (Education)
2004-2005 Courses
  • Fall 2004
    • Ordinary Wonder and Everyday Humor, taught by Charlie Junkerman (Continuing Studies) & Hilton Obenzinger (Honors Writing)
  • Winter 2005
    • A History of Feminism in the United States, taught by Edie Gelles (Humanities & Sciences Programs) & Margo Horn (Introduction to Humanities)
  • Spring 2005
    • Storytelling, taught by Suzanne Greenberg (Structured Liberal Education)
2003-2004 Courses
  • Fall 2003
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy) & Larry Cuban (Education)
  • Winter 2004
    • Women's Rights/Women's Freedoms, taught by Terry Shtob (Continuing Studies) & Andy Rutten (Political Science)
  • Spring 2004
    • Art and Life: Looking to Learn & Learning to Look, taught by Janice Ross (Dance) & Rush Relm (Drama)
2002-2003 Courses
  • Fall 2002
    • Women's Writing/Women's Lives, taught by Terry Shtob (Continuing Studies) & Linda Paulson (Continuing Studies)
  • Winter 2003
    • Why Think About Moral Questions? Why Be Just?, taught by Elisabeth Hansot (Political Science) & David Tyack (Education)
  • Spring 2003
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy) & Rob Reich (Political Science)
2001-2002 Courses
  • Fall 2001
    • Freedom and Responsibility, taught by Krista Lawlor (Philosophy) & Suzanne Greenberg (Structured Liberal Education)
  • Winter 2002
    • Ethics and Social Justice, taught by Scotty McLennan (Religious Life) & Elizabeth Hansot (Political Science)
  • Spring 2002
    • How Free Can We Be?, taught by Mark Mancal (History) & Suzanne Greenberg (Structured Liberal Education)
2000-2001 Courses

 

  • Spring 2000
    • Philosophy and Social Justice, taught by Debra Satz (Philosophy) & Rob Reich (Political Science)