Archive for February, 2012
February 8, 2012
Feb. 9: Interviewing A Classmate
We will spend most of tomorrow’s class time interviewing a classmate, so remember to: 1) Bring your laptop, phone, or other device that has enough memory to record a substantial amount of audio and has the capacity for easy playback and fast-forwarding, and preferably can be edit audio as well. 2) Make sure you read […]
February 6, 2012
Mexican-American Studies Outlawed in Tucson
Just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of the following debate going on in Arizona regarding the Tucson school system’s Mexican-American Studies curriculum that was recently outlawed. Here’s a New York Times editorial about it from a few weeks back. I just thought that it was incredibly relevant to our readings, especially “The […]
February 2, 2012
Alabama’s Immigration Law and Its Consequences
I just wanted to remind you of the story from This American Life about the unintended consequences of the Alabama state law that cracks down on undocumented/illegal immigrants that I mentioned in our first class. Listen to “Act I: Alien Experiment” at this link here. The piece does a good job of teasing out a […]
February 1, 2012
Joe DeSalvo’s Demographics Presentation
You can download the PowerPoint presentation of Joe Salvo’s “The Demographic Highlights of a Changing New York” from the Macaulay Opening evening event here. I’m sure we’ll find it to be a valuable resource as we move ahead with the final project. Salvo is the Director of the Population Division of the New York City […]
