CLASS SCHEDULE (subject to change)
Fridays from 10AM to 12:50PM in Room 304
Jan 23 Nick Reeves (Biology) - Introduction to the Course and Genetic Genealogy
Jan 30 Shelley Aguilar and Nick Reeves (Biology) –
Feb 6 Farah Firtha (Chemistry) - Microbiomes and the Gut-Brain Connection
Shelley Aguilar and Nick Reeves (Biology) – Ancestry.com and Genealogy Part II: Reflection and Discussion
Feb 13 President’s Day Holiday
Feb 20 Jim Davis (History) - Creating the White Identity in America
23andMe Scientist – Interpreting Your 23andMe Results
Student Faculty Conferences Start This Week
Read and Reflect on DNA USA Chapters 1 to 6 – Introduction to American Genetic Diversity and Genetic
Genealogy
Feb 27 Source Types and Validity Student Presentations
DUE Source Type and Validity Assignment and Presentation
Student Faculty Conferences Continue This Week
Read and Reflect on DNA USA Chapters 7 to 11 – Surprising genetic discoveries and responses to the genetic diversity of America
Mar 6 Erik Ozolins (Anthropology) - Neanderthals!
Read and Reflect on DNA USA Chapters 12 to 15 – American genetic genealogy road trip
Student Faculty Conferences End This Week
DUE Final Paper Proposal Annotated Bibliography (First Draft)
Mar 13 Yvonne Atkinson (English) - African American Identity
Nick Reeves (Biology) and Yvonne Atkinson? - In class discussion about DNA USA
R ead and Reflect on DNA USA Chapters 16 to 19 – Conclusions and future directions of genetic genealogy
Mar 20 Ryan Sulman, Anjeanette Oberg, Gillian Patton, Richard Kandus (Psychology) – Panel discussion of identity topics and discoveries in the field of Psychology
DUE Response for DNA USA
Mar 27 Spring Break
Apr 3 Gary Vargas (History) - Social and Political Identity
Tamara Smith (History) - Gender Identity and Sexuality
Apr 10 Farah Firtha (Chemistry) - Identity and Epigenetics
DUE : Annotated Bibliography (Second Draft) and Outline of Research Paper
Apr 17 Available for a presenter
Watch and discuss online the first episode of Faces of America/Finding Your Roots
Apr 24 Available for a presenter
Watch and discuss online the second episode of Faces of America/Finding Your Roots
May 1
May 8
Paul Hendry (English) - Documentary Film and Identity
Watch the third episode of Faces of America/Finding Your Roots and discuss all of the documentaries in class
Available for a presenter
DUE Response for second novel or reading
May 15 Begin presentation of research projects
DUE Research Project Paper

May 22 Final Exam Day – Conclude presentation of projects during regular class time