Immigrant America
Immigrant America In this course we will trace American immigration history from the late 19th to the turn of the 21st century, and examine the essential place immigration has occupied in the making of modern America and American culture. The central themes of this course will be industrialization and labor migrations, aftermaths of wars and refugees, constructions of racial categories and ethnic community identities, legal defining of "aliens" and citizenship, and diversity in immigrant experiences. To explore these themes, we will engage a range of sources including memoirs, novels, oral histories, and films.
Although this course was reading heavy, (for a stem major), all materials were very interesting and were always helpful when writing essays for her class. The class had a great mix of collaborative work and individual and I felt like the only place where this class caused me to lose sleep was with readings. Rachel Joo also always gave the opportunity to revise essays which was nice to have.
Although this course was reading heavy, (for a stem major), all materials were very interesting and were always helpful when writing essays for her class. The class had a great mix of collaborative work and individual and I felt like the only place where this class caused me to lose sleep was with readings. Rachel Joo also always gav …Read more
The class was delightful. We had something to post every week based on the reading/ a video/ movie. It was very low-stress. We also had 3 papers. I really enjoyed how varied the material was for the course. We watched movies, read interesting books, read short articles, and did academic research. I would recommend it, the professor is awesome!
I learned a lot in this course. The readings are interesting, easy to grasp but really informative. The papers/projects were creative and flexible. Prof Joo really cares about the material and students, so overall a really good class to take, not super challenging and very interesting!