The following are courses currently being considered for development or modification. If you are interested in collaborating with any of these, please reach out directly to the faculty contacts listed for each.
Working Title: Politics of Hip Hop
Faculty Contact(s): Justin De Senso (Berks) jxd367@psu.edu
Working Title: Medievalism
Faculty Contact(s): Sandy Feinstein (Berks) sxf31@psu.edu
Working Title: International Sport
Faculty Contact(s): Valerie Cholet (Berks) vac110@psu.edu
Working Title: The Arts of Love
Faculty Contact(s): Sharon Dale (Behrend) sxd4@psu.edu
John Champagne (Behrend) jgc4@psu.edu
Working Title: From Beast Books to Dinosaurs Resurrected
Faculty Contact(s): Sandy Feinstein (Berks) sxf31@psu.edu
Brian Shawn Wang (Berks) bsw13@psu.edu
Working Title: Conservation Decision-Making
Faculty Contact(s): Brittany Teller (Eberly College of Science) bjt162@psu.edu
Working Title: Race in the Humanities and in the Social Sciences
Faculty Contact(s): Jessica Shocker (Berks) bs213@psu.edu
Justin De Senso (Berks) jxd367@psu.edu
Working Title: Robots and Their Role in Society
Faculty Contact(s): Alan Wagner (College of Engineering) alan.r.wagner@psu.edu
Working Title: History of Disease and Epidemiology
Faculty Contact(s): Bradford Bouley (College of the Liberal Arts) bab449@psu.edu
Michael Troyan (Eberly College of Science) mbt102@psu.edu
Martha Few (College of the Liberal Arts) mzf52@psu.edu
Working Title: Issues in Sustainbility
Faculty Contact(s): Christian Weisser (Berks) crw17@psu.edu
Working Title: Biology of Exercise
Faculty Contact(s): Karen Stylianides (Hazleton) kjs36@psu.edu
Amie Yenser (Hazleton) alv10@psu.edu
Working Title: Human Society as a Dependent of Environment
Faculty Contact(s): Tamrya d'Artenay (Shenango) tdd12@psu.edu
Working Title: Human Rights and the Novel: Empathy and the Imagination (to be linked with
PSYCH 221)
Faculty Contact(s): Ellen Stockstill (Harrisburg) ejs67@psu.edu
Working Title: Psychology in the Cinema and the Arts
Faculty Contact(s): Jennifer Hillman (Berks) jlh35@psu.edu
Working Title: Criminal Justice and Public Health
Faculty Contact(s): Katherine McLean (Greater Allegheny) kjm47@psu.edu
Working Title: Art and Health
Faculty Contact(s): Aaron Knochel (College of Arts & Architecture) adk176@psu.edu
Cristin Millett (College of Arts & Architecture) clm23@psu.edu
Working Title: Historical Perspectives on Health Care Innovations
Faculty Contact(s): Michael Evans (Worthington Scranton) mme124@psu.edu
Paul Frisch (Worthington Scranton) puf3@psu.edu
Working Title: Organized Crime in Film & Society
Faculty Contact(s): Johanna Wagner (College of the Liberal Arts) jir105@psu.edu
Tim Robicheaux (College of the Liberal Arts) trr10@psu.edu
Working Title: When Data Meets Design
Faculty Contact(s): Benjamin Lear (Eberly College of Science) bul14@psu.edu
Working Title: Evolution of Homo Sapiens
Faculty Contact(s): Patrick Douglas Sellers (Worthington Scranton) pds5183@psu.edu)
Margret Hatch (Worthington Scranton) mlh10@psu.edu
Working Title: Social Justice and the Image
Faculty Contact(s): MaryEllen Higgins (Greater Allegheny) mxh68@psu.edu
Working Title: The Pursuit of Happiness: Historical Literature and Modern Practice
Faculty Contact(s): Mary Miles (College of the Liberal Arts) mcm114@psu.edu
Working Title: Art and the Natural World
Faculty Contact(s): Les Murray (Abington) jdm12@psu.edu
Yvonne Love (Abington) ymm1@psu.edu
Working Title: Food and Farms
Faculty Contact(s): Dana Stuchul (College of Education) dls268@psu.edu
Working Title: Comparative Violence: Political and Criminal Perspectives
Faculty Contact(s): Azamat Sakiev (Harrisburg) axs844@psu.edu
Siyu Liu (Harrisburg) sul445@psu.edu
Working Title: Picture Books
Faculty Contact(s): Xenia Hadjioannou (Lehigh Valley)
Ellysa Stern Cahoy (Education and Behavioral Sciences Library, Penn State
Libraries) esc10@psu.edu
Working Title: Conducting International Comparative Research
Faculty Contact(s): Robert Schrauf (College of the Liberal Arts) rws23@psu.edu
Working Title: Linked Courses - CIVCM 211 (GS) and PHIL 003 (GH)
Faculty Contact(s): Doug Hochstetler (Lehigh Valley) dxh174@psu.edu
Mary Hutchinson (Lehigh Valley) mhutchinson@psu.edu
Working Title: Communicating Care
Faculty Contact(s): Kelley Wagers (Worthington Scranton) kjw14@psu.edu
Working Title: Linked Courses: Understanding Earth: American Cultural Perspectives (GH) and
Understanding Earth: Scientific Perspectives (GN)
Faculty Contact(s): Jennifer Sliko (Harrisburg) jls1093@psu.edu
John Haddad (Harrisburg) jrh36@psu.edu
Working Title: Art of Science
Faculty Contact(s): Nathaniel Bohna (Fayette) nab141@psu.edu
Valerie Vanderhoff (Fayette) vuv3@psu.edu
Working Title: Work and Literature
Faculty Contact(s): Antone Aboud (College of the Liberal Arts) aja19@psu.edu
John Marsh (College of the Liberal Arts) jem55@psu.edu
Working Title: The Art and Science of Virtual Worlds
Faculty Contact(s): Jeffrey Stone (Schuylkill) stonej@psu.edu
Michael Gallis (Schuylkill) mrg3@psu.edu
Nicole Andel (Schuylkill) nma2@psu.edu
Working Title: Science and Policy of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Faculty Contact(s): Alex Hristov (College of Agricultural Sciences) anh13@psu.edu
Kenneth Davis (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) kjd10@psu.edu
Kennifer Baka (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) jeb525@psu.edu
Working Title: Communicating Culture: Representations of Dominant and Marginalized Groups
Faculty Contact(s): Karyn McKinney Marvasti (Altoona) kdm12@psu.edu
Beth Seymour (Altoona) ems22@psu.edu
Working Title: Human Factors in Design and Art
Faculty Contact(s): Heather Lum (Behrend) hcl11@psu.edu
Gerald Scott Rispin (Behrend) gsr12@psu.edu
Working Title: The Film Media and Extraterrestrial Life: Science Fact or Fiction?
Faculty Contact(s): Ann Schmiedekamp (Abington) ams@psu.edu
Working Title: History & Weather: How Weather Played an Instrumental Role in Great
World Events
Faculty Contact(s): Christopher Landino (Lehigh Valley) asl17@psu.edu
Drew Anderson (Lehigh Valley) dpa5015@psu.edu
Working Title: IST 234 / COMM 234 Digital Cultures
Faculty Contact(s): Christian Weisser (Berks) crw17@psu.edu
Lynette (Kvasny) Yarger (College of Information Sciences & Technology)
lyarger@ist.psu.edu
Working Title: Meteorology and Visual Arts: To Know is To See
Faculty Contact(s): David Stensrud (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) djs78@psu.edu
Graeme Sullivan (College of Arts & Architecture) gls27@psu.edu
Working Title: Information Visualization
Faculty Contact(s): Ryan Russell (College of Arts & Architecture) rer190@psu.edu
Henry Pisciotta (Arts & Humanities Library) hap10@psu.edu
Gary Chin (College of Arts & Architecture) gmc14@psu.edu
Working Title: Psychology, Madness, and the Visual Arts
Faculty Contact(s): Samantha Kavky (Berks) bsk10@psu.edu
Working Title: Flow Visualization
Faculty Contact(s): Azar Eslam-Panah (Berks) aue10@psu.edu
Heidi Reuter (Berks) her12@psu.edu
Working Title: SUST 100 Introduction to Sustainability
Faculty Contact(s): Andrew Lau (College of Engineering) asl1@psu.edu
Working Title: Reading Our Lives: Understanding Diversity in Human Development
Through Memoir
Faculty Contact(s): Kathryn Hynes (College of Health and Human Development) kbh13@psu.edu
Shannon Corkery (College of Health and Human Development) sac301@psu.edu
Working Title: Success and Challenges of an Interdomain Course: Disseminating Science
in Literature
Faculty Contact(s): James Endres Howell (Eberly College of Science) jhowell@psu.edu
Scott Smith (College of the Liberal Arts) sts12@psu.edu
Working Title: A Life Worth Living: The Theory & Practice of Human Flourishing
Faculty Contact(s): Robert Roeser (College of Health and Human Development) rwr15@psu.edu
Mark Greenberg (College of Health and Human Development) mxg47@psu.edu
Gaby Winqvist (College of Health and Human Development) gew10@psu.edu
Working Title: Apocalyptic Geographies
Faculty Contact(s): Lorraine Dowler (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) lxd17@psu.edu
Chris Fowler (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) csf14@psu.edu
Josh Inwood (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) jfi6@psu.edu
Working Title: Witches and Witchraft, from the Middle Ages to the Present
Faculty Contact(s): Samantha Kavky (Berks) bsk10@psu.edu
Working Title: Society and Disease Management
Faculty Contact(s): Leana Topper (Eberly College of Science) lvm12@psu.edu
Gus Colangelo (Smeal College of Business) axc31@psu.edu
Jennifer Gruber (Harrisburg) jag60@psu.edu
Working Title: CAS/Comm Summit
Faculty Contact(s): Rod Troester (Behrend) rlt5@psu.edu
Working Title: Human Anatomy in the Context of Renaissance-Era Italy
Faculty Contact(s): John Waters (Eberly College of Science) jrw8@psu.edu
Joel Waters (College of Health and Human Development) jrw5090@psu.edu
Jason Laine (College of the Liberal Arts) jcl20@psu.edu
Working Title: Interplay of Ethics, Policy, Law, and Science
Faculty Contact(s): Jonathan Marks (College of the Liberal Arts) marks@psu.edu
Christopher Zorn (College of the Liberal Arts) zorn@psu.edu
Working Title: Linking AG BM 170 to Food for All: U.S. Nutrition Programs, Feed Security,
and Economics
Faculty Contact(s): Jennifer Savage Williams (College of Health and Human Development)
jfs195@psu.edu
Ted Jaenicke (College of the Agricultural Sciences) fcj3@psu.edu
A. Catharine Ross (College of Health and Human Development) acr6@psu.edu Mary Dean Coleman-Kelly (College of Health and Human Development)
ndc15@psu.edu
Working Title: On Bullshit
Faculty Contact(s): David Hunter (Eberly College of Science) dhunter@stat.psu.edu
Paula Droege (College of the Liberal Arts) pdroege@psu.edu
Andrew Read (Eberly College of Science) e.read@psu.edu
Working Title: Introduction to Forensic Photography linked with Introduction to Forensic Science
Faculty Contact(s): Jenny Kenyon (College of Arts & Architecture) jlk43@psu.edu
Jack Hietpas (Eberly College of Science) jzh333@psu.edu
Gary Chin (College of Arts & Architecture) gmc14@psu.edu
Working Title: TBA
Faculty Contact(s): Elizabeth Flaherty (Lehigh Valley) erf11@psu.edu
Working Title: Philosophy, Psychology, Happiness, and the Good Life
Faculty Contact(s): Donald Bruckner (New Kensington) Donald.bruckner@psu.edu
Working Title: Fashion, Identity, and Gender in America
Faculty Contact(s): Sarah Whitney (Behrend) sew17@psu.edu
Working Title: Interpersonal Conflict and Negotiation
Faculty Contact(s): Joe Downing (York) downing@psu.edu
Working Title: Media Messages
Faculty Contact(s): Stephen Couch (Schuylkill) src@psu.edu
Working Title: Scientific Controversies and Public Debate
Faculty Contact(s): Jayne Park-Martinez (Berks) jip10@psu.edu
Working Title: Healthy People, Happy Society
Faculty Contact(s): Gary Adler (College of the Liberal Arts) gia13@psu.edu
Selena Ortiz (College of Health and Human Development) sui13@psu.edu
Working Title: Art and Money
Faculty Contact(s): Sarah Rich (College of Arts & Architecture) skr10@psu.edu
Working Title: Revision of Art 201
Faculty Contact(s): Leanna Rosas (College of Arts & Architecture) lmr22@psu.edu
Carlos Rosas (College of Arts & Architecture) crosas@psu.edu
Working Title: 3-way course linkage on health inequalities - social, geographic, and ethnicity
Faculty Contact(s): Molly Martin (College of the Liberal Arts) mam68@psu.edu
Alyssa Gamaldo (College of Health and Human Development) aag46@psu.edu
Stephen Matthews (College of the Liberal Arts) sxm27@psu.edu
Working Title: Rocks, Minerals, and the History of Art
Faculty Contact(s): Heather McCune Bruhn (College of Arts & Architecture) hcm1@psu.edu
Maureen Feineman (College of Earth and Mineral Sciences) mdf12@psu.edu
Working Title: Cinema and Globalization
Faculty Contact(s): MaryEllen Higgins (Greater Allegheny) mxh68@psu.edu
Veronica Montecinos (Greater Allegheny) vxm11@psu.edu
Working Title: Society, Environment, and Food
Faculty Contact(s): Karl Zimmerer