Instructor Name: Deborah Burke
CRN: 43654, 63517
For this in-person capstone students will engage in communal art practice with members of a brain injury community associated with Brain Injury Connections Northwest (BIC-NW) (https://braininjuryconnectionsnw.org/) to expand their understanding of the lived experiences of brain injury survivors and the impacts of ableism as it intersects with other oppressions on brain injury communities. Additionally, students will investigate how art practiced in solidarity with brain injury communities can ...
Fall 2023Spring 2023Spring 2024Winter 2024
Instructor Name: Kimberly Mukobi
CRN: 43673, 63536
The Animal Empathy Project: Creating Compassion Through Art
Digital art can help us reach wider, more inclusive audiences to tell stories, capture emotions, and grapple with the issues of our time. This fully online Capstone examines the ways humans live with, utilize, and treat nonhuman animals in their everyday lives. Students will reflect on their identities and skills in a collaborative setting to research and create digital art that our community partner can use to advance its wildlife...
Spring 2024Winter 2024
Animals Arts Empathy Education - Youth Education Online Course Online or Hybrid Courses Online or Hybri Courses Global Perspectives Activism
Instructor Name: Marie Lo
CRN: 63493
This capstone explores the history of Asian American activism both locally and nationally. Students will learn about the issues and concerns that impact Asian Americans and about the mobilizing efforts of local and national organizations activated for Asian American rights. At the heart of Asian American Studies is the tradition of scholarship and teaching in service of social change. This capstone centers that history by introducing students to Asian American activism and to the efforts of...
Spring 2023Spring 2024
Instructor Name: Shevawn Armstrong
CRN: 63526, 80915
This Capstone explores visions for a just food system that empowers all community members to have equitable access to healthful, nutritious and culturally appropriate foods, information and education about food systems, and land to grow without exploitation, and with a commitment to sustainability. Students will engage directly with growing food, alongside readings, group discussions, group activities, and Capstone team project work, to investigate the concepts of sustainability, systems-...
Spring 2024Summer 2023Summer 2024
food; food insecurity; hunger; sustainability; food justice; food equity
Instructor Name: Brianna Bragg, Nariyo Kono
CRN: 64542
Students are invited to respond to the critical need of developing a culturally responsive fundraising strategy for the Barbie’s Village tiny home project with a local nonprofit, The Future Generations Collaborative. Students will learn more about the county's ninth largest urban Native population, and the impact colonization has had on the community, specifically access to housing. Students will have opportunities to support the FGC throughout the quarter, and engage in reflective practices...
Fall 2023Spring 2024
Activism Being Healing-and-Trauma-Informed Community Health Child and Family Culturally Congruent Programming community engagement indigenous Hybrid or Fully online social work
Instructor Name: Keela Johnson
CRN: 63510
This Capstone partners with Portland Playhouse and is designed to assist the production company in accounting for oppressive narratives, tropes, and experiences of its artists and community members. Critical Race Theory and Goffman’s Dramaturgical Theory will assist PSU students in critiquing production scripts to develop reports/feedback and determine best practices for providing community healing and accountability for the following production season. We will elevate the voices that are...
Spring 2024
Instructor Name: Molly Robinson
CRN: 63504
We will explore how mathematics can be used to understand, explore, and investigate systemic racial and social injustices in the United States, as well as how mathematics can be used to take action against systemic racism. We will explore aspects of the statistical inquiry cycle and data visualization as they relate to systemic inequities. We will work on understanding the situation of Portland in depth and develop visualizations to create community maps/Infographics for specific...
Spring 2024