Past Syllabi

Fall 2016

CAT 1

• Amanda Solomon: Migration Narratives

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Jacobo Myerston Santana: Communities of Knowledge

• Robert Westman: Historical Encounters of Science and Religion

• Jen Pantoja: Sacred Space Formation

CAT 124

• Amanda Solomon: Coaching the Craft of Writing

• Brett Stalbaum: Museum Interactive Exhibits and Technology at Birch Aquarium and Scripps Institute of Oceanography

• Ricardo Dominguez and Michael Ano: Museum of Contemporary Art: Exhibition Building

CAT 125

• Bill Nericcio: I/Eyegasm: Mutations of the Broadcasted Self in the Chaotic Digital Age of Sex and Race

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

CAT 125R

• Alex Sartor: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Winter 2017

CAT 2

• Joe Bigham: The Process of Music: A Study of Listening, Composing, and Performing

• Amelia Glaser: Translation Theory and Practice

• Charles Thorpe: Society of the Spectacle

• Phoebe Bronstein: A House Is (Not) a Home: Theorizing Race, Gender, and Technology at Home

CAT 124

• Job Godino: Public Health Fair

CAT 125

• Amanda Solomon: (Re)Presenting Self: Personal Identity Formations and Public Rhetoric

• Diane Forbes Berthoud: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

CAT 125R

• Alex Sartor: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Spring 2017

CAT 3

• Phoebe Bronstein: Art of the Protest: Cultural Production, Protest, and Technologies of Change

• Ash Smith: Love and Death in the Anthropocene: Sci-Fi for Speculative Design

• Adam Burgasser: Are We Alone?

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

• Joe Hankins: Alien Worlds

CAT 124

• Brett Stalbaum: Museum Interactive Exhibits and Technology at Birch Aquarium and Scripps Institute of Oceanography

CAT 125

• Diane Forbes Berthoud: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Ash Smith: Storytelling: Strategies of Self/Team, Authenticity, Creativity, and Digital Media

Summer 2017

CAT 124

• Vabianna Santos: Documenting Subcultures

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Fall 2017

CAT 1

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Phoebe Bronstein: A Hollywood History: Filming America From "Boxing Cats" to Jaws

• David Borgo: Hearing History

• Jen Pantoja: Sacred Space Formation

• William Tronzo: Visual Experience: A User's Guide to the History of Painting (from Lascaux to Jackson Pollock)

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

CAT 124

• Jen Pantoja and Cat Crowder: Coaching the Craft of Writing

CAT 125

• Joe Cantrell: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

CAT 125R

• Alex Sartor: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Winter 2018

CAT 2

• Michael Trigilio: REMIX: Authorship of the "Found" in "Public" Space

• Amelia Glaser: Russia and the US: A Century of Revolutions

• Jennifer Pantoja: Religion, Migration, and America

• Joe Bigham: The Process of Music: A Study of Listening, Composing, and Performing

• Phoebe Bronstein: A House Is (Not) a Home: Theorizing Race, Gender, and Technology at Home

CAT 87

• Phoebe Bronstein: It's the End of the World As We Know It: Technology, Science, and the Filmic Politics of Disaster

CAT 124

• Job Godino: Public Health Fair

CAT 125

• Ash Smith: Storytelling: Strategies of Self, Authenticity, Creativity, and Digital Media

CAT 125R

• Alex Sartor: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Spring 2018

CAT 3

• Phoebe Bronstein: Dreams of Electric Sheep and Cyborgs: Technology, Imagination, and the Future on Screen

• Amelia Glaser: Translation

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

• Ash Smith: Games We Play: Games, Performance, and Play

CAT 125

• Jen Pantoja: Gritty Gumption

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

CAT 125R

• Alex Sartor: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Summer 2018

CAT 124

• Rachel Hicks and Cristela Garcia-Spitz: Patrolling the Past to Explore the (de)Colonial Gaze

CAT 125R

• Ash Smith: Games We Play: Games, Performance, and Play

Fall 2018

CAT 1

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

• Phoebe Bronstein: A Hollywood History: Filming America From "Boxing Cats" to Jaws

• Amelia Glaser: Revolutions

• David Borgo: Music and Globalization

• Michael Ano: Visual ReExperience: A Nonlinear Guide to a History of Looking at Things

• Jennifer Pantoja: Sacred Space Formation

CAT 125

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

• Ash Smith: Strategies of Self, Authenticity, Creativity, and Digital Media

CAT 125R

• Kevin Zhang: Digital Writing and Rhetoric

Winter 2019

CAT 2

• Hoang Nguyen: Asian Diasporas in Film and Media

• Charles Thorpe: Society of the Spectacle

• Liz Gumm: Fiction Into Film: Adaptation as Argumentation

• Phoebe Bronstein: Media-Made America: America's Small-Screen Geographies

• Joe Bigham: The Process of Music: A Study of Listening, Composing, and Performing

CAT 87

• Phoebe Bronstein: It's the End of the World As We Know It: Technology, Science, and the Filmic Politics of Disaster

CAT 124

• Ryan Moran: Public Health Fair

CAT 125

• Michael Ano: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

CAT 125R

• Kevin Zhang: Digital Writing and Rhetoric

Spring 2019

CAT 3

• Ash Smith: Simulation and Play: The Art and Science of Pretend

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

• Liz Gumm: The Future of Love

• Phoebe Bronstein: Dreams of Electric Sheep and Cyborgs: Technology, Imagination, and the Future on Screen

CAT 87

• Phoebe Bronstein: Make 'Em Laugh: A Celebration of Funny Ladies From Gilda Radner to Ali Wong

CAT 125

• Jennifer Pantoja: Gritty Gumption

CAT 125R

• Kevin Zhang: Digital Writing and Rhetoric

Summer 2019

CAT 125R

• Liz Gumm: Mindful Rhetoric

• Ash Smith: Simulation and Play: The Art and Science of Pretend

Fall 2019

CAT 1

• Stanley Chodorow: The Transformation of Cities

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

• William Tronzo: The History of Painting: A User's Guide (from Lascaux to Jackson Pollock)

• Yasmine Kasem: Hidden Bodies: Representations of Muslim Women in History and Media

CAT 87

• Eduardo Macagno: Experiencing Space: From Architecture to Neuroscience

CAT 125

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

• Liz Gumm: Mindful Rhetoric

CAT 125R

• Kevin Zhang: Digital Writing and Rhetoric

Winter 2020

CAT 2

• Guillermo Algaze: Cities and States

• Tal Golan: Law of Men and Laws of Nature: Science, Technology, and Law

• Liz Gumm: The Contemporary Gothic: Literature of Horror, Mystery, and Grief

• Hoang Nguyen: Asian Diasporas in Film and Media

• Pinar Yoldas: Art and Brain

CAT 124

• Ryan Moran: Public Health Fair

CAT 125

• Phoebe Bronstein: To Tell Your Story: Public Rhetoric, Media, and Autobiography

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Spring 2020

CAT 3

• Liz Gumm: Surviving or Thriving: Narratives of Apocalypse and the Aftermath

• Amelia Glaser: Translation

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

• Phoebe Bronstein: Environmental Futures: Media, Technology, and the Future of the Planet

CAT 125

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

• Jen Marchisotto: Stories of Ourselves: Public Rhetorics of Identity

CAT 125R

• Kevin Zhang: Digital Writing and Rhetoric

Summer 2020

CAT 1

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

CAT 124

• Amrita Kurian: Capitalist Nature

CAT 125R

• Phoebe Bronstein: To Tell Your Story: Public Rhetoric, Media, and Autobiography

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Stories of Ourselves: Public Rhetorics of Identity

Fall 2020

CAT 1

• Stanley Chodorow: The Transformation of Cities

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

• Phoebe Bronstein: A Hollywood History: Filming America From "Boxing Cats" to Jaws

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

CAT 125R

• Liz Gumm: Mindful Rhetoric

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Winter 2021

CAT 2

• Guillermo Algaze: Cities and States

• Hoang Nguyen: Asian Diasporas in Film and Media

• Liz Gumm: The Contemporary Gothic: Literature of Horror, Mystery, and Grief

• Amelia Glaser: Russia and the US

CAT 125

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Your Voice in a Globalized World

CAT 125R

• Phoebe Bronstein: To Tell Your Story: Public Rhetoric, Media, and Autobiography

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Spring 2021

CAT 3

• Adam Burgasser: Our Future Climate: Envisioning Our Collective Future

• Phoebe Bronstein: Environmental Futures: Media, Technology, and the Future of the Planet

• BT Werner: Queering Climate Change

• Matthew Herbst and Lisa Porter: Representation and Rights: Disability in History and the Arts

CAT 125

• Liz Gumm: Mindful Rhetoric

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Your Voice in a Globalized World

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Summer 2021

CAT 124

• Jasper Sussman: "Erm-BYAH!-O O O": Singing through Life

CAT 125

• Siloh Radovsky: Story of the Body: Public Rhetoric, Communication, and Care

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Your Voice in a Globalized World

CAT 125R

• Bobby Edwards: Public Rhetoric, Personal Narrative, and the Politics of Voice

Fall 2021

CAT 1

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Phoebe Bronstein: Un/Natural Spaces: American Media and Histories of Environmental Representation

• Liz Gumm: Histories of Literary Creatures

• Stanley Chodorow: The Transformation of Cities

CAT 124

• Jasper Sussman: "Erm-BYAH!-O O O": Singing through Life

CAT 125

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Your Voice in a Globalized World

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Winter 2022

CAT 2

• Joe Bigham: The Process of Music: A Study of Listening, Composing, and Performing

• Phoebe Bronstein: Media-Made America: America's Small-Screen Geographies

• Pinar Yoldas: Art and Brain

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Disability Rhetoric

CAT 124

• Ryan Moran: Introduction to Practical Public Health

CAT 125

• Chandler Puritty: To Tell Your Story: Public Rhetoric, Media, and Autobiography

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Spring 2022

CAT 3

• Adam Burgasser: Our Future Climate: Envisioning Our Collective Future

• Babak Rahimi: Futurism: Histories and Political Aesthetics of Tomorrow

• Phoebe Bronstein and Bill Robertson Geibel: Environmental Futures: Community-Engaged Learning

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Subversive Speculation: BIPOC Genre Fiction

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

CAT 125

• Chandler Puritty: To Tell Your Story: Public Rhetoric, Media, and Autobiography

CAT 125R

• Joe Bigham: Developing Expertise through Digital Media

Summer 2022

CAT 1

• Liz Popko: A History of Literary Creatures

CAT 2

• Guillermo Algaze: Cities and States

CAT 124

• Becca Rose: Making Space: Radical Literary Movements and Community-Making through 'Zines and Lit Mags

CAT 124GS

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Internships in Dublin: Critical Inquiry and Professional Success

CAT 125GS

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Navigating a New Country: Communication and Rhetoric in a Globalized World

CAT 125R

• Adriana Tosun: Building the Written Self

Fall 2022

CAT 1

• Phoebe Bronstein: Un/Natural Spaces: American Media and Histories of Environmental Representation

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Twice Upon a Time: Lore, Adaptation, and Identity

CAT 3

• Liz Popko: Surviving or Thriving: Narratives of Apocalypse and the Aftermath

CAT 125R

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

Winter 2023

CAT 2

• Guillermo Algaze: Cities and States

• Phoebe Bronstein: Media-Made America: America's Small-Screen Geographies

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Disability Rhetoric

• Hoang Nguyen:Asian Diasporas in Film and Media

CAT 125

• Romain Delaville: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Joe Bigham: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Celeste Morales: To Tell Your Story

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Matthew Irwin: Public Rhetoric

• Maya VanderSchuit: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Your Voice in a Globalized World

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

CAT 125R

• Lauryn Smith: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Tina Hyland: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Spring 2023

CAT 3

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Subversive Speculation: BIPOC Genre Fiction

• Romain Delavillle: AI Narratives

• Liz Popko: How to Survive the Future

• Joe Bigham: Futures Through Music-Making: Videos, Virtuality, and the Bop Gun

• Phoebe Bronstein: Environmental Futures: Community-Engaged Learning

CAT 124

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Engaging San Diego: Taking Local Action to Address Global Issues

• Amy Knight: Partnerships for Local Climate Action: The UCSD EarthLab Community Station

CAT 125

• Joe Bigham: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

• Maya VanderSchuit: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Matthew Irwin: Public Rhetoric

• Celeste Morales: To Tell Your Story

CAT 125R

• Tina Hyland: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Lauryn Smith: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Summer 2023

CAT 124

• Becca Rose: Making Space: Radical Literary Movements and Community-Making through 'Zines and Lit Mags

• Kevin Westerfeld: The Thucydides Trap: How Sparta and Athens Fell Into War and Its Implications for the Modern World

CAT 124RS

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Internships in Dublin: Critical Inquiry and Professional Success

CAT 125

• Romain Delaville: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Becca Rose: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

CAT 125GS

• Phoebe Bronstein: New Zealand Stories: Travel and Storytelling

CAT 125R

• Matthew Irwin: Public Rhetoric

• Tina Hyland: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Maya VanderSchuit: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Allison Evans: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Lauryn Smith: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Celeste Morales: To Tell Your Story

CAT 125RS

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Navigating a New Country: Communication and Rhetoric in a Globalized World

Fall 2023

CAT 1

• Guillermo Algaze: Origins

• Phoebe Bronstein: Now and Then: 1990s Popular Culture and its Twenty-First Century Return

• Patrick Patterson: Other Places, Other People, Other Pasts: The Culture, Art, and Technology of Tourism from Then to Now

• Joe Bigham: From Hillbilly Music to Hip-Hop: US Culture and Popular Music

CAT 90

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Experiential Learning Seminar

CAT 124

• Amy Knight: Partnerships for Local Climate Action: The UCSD EarthLab Community Station

• Becca Rose: Making Space: Radical Literary Movements and Community-Making through 'Zines and Lit Mags

CAT 125

• Maya VanderSchuit: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Celeste Morales: To Tell Your Story

• Becca Rose: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

• Joe Bigham: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Matthew Irwin: Public Rhetoric

CAT 125R

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Tina Hyland: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Lauryn Smith: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

Winter 2024

CAT 2

• Pinar Yoldas: Art and Brain

• Phoebe Bronstein: To Infinity and Beyond: Media Narratives of Earth and Outer Space

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Disability Rhetoric

CAT 2CE

• Liz Popko: Fiction of Psychosocial Experience

CAT 124

• Amy Knight: Partnerships for Local Climate Action: The UCSD EarthLab Community Station

• Bill Robertson Geibel: Engaging San Diego: Taking Local Action to Address Global Issues

CAT 125

• Romain Delaville: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Joe Bigham: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Jennifer Marchisotto: Public Rhetorics of Identity

• Maya VanderSchuit: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Celeste Morales: To Tell Your Story

• Becca Rose: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication

• Matthew Irwin: Public Rhetoric

CAT 125R

• Tina Hyland: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Lauryn Smith: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online

• Adriana Tosun: Public Rhetoric and Practical Communication Online