New article on Palestine: The latest issue of the journal Globalizations, published in the UK by Taylor & Francis, contains an article by John Collins, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies. Titled "Confinement Under an Open Sky: Following the Speed Trap From Guernica to Gaza and Beyond," the article addresses the relationship between acceleration and confinement in Palestine.The Global Studies Department offers an interdisciplinary approach to key global issues such as economic globalization, political violence, migration, environmental
degradation, social movements, and the chronic persistence of global inequality. Students who major in Global Studies do an independent senior research project analyzing the impact of global processes on specific phenomena connected with across and between geographical areas.
GS students at the Mexico-US border
The Global Studies major also incorporates off-campus study experiences, foreign language study, and issues of global multiculturalism. Global Studies faculty have collective expertise in a number of academic disciplines and geographic areas.
