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Past D.C. Winter Seminars

The 10 day intensive courses balance time between the classroom, guest speakers, and site visits at relevant locations to the coursework being taught in class. These experiences give our students practical meaning to the theories and readings taught in class.

2023

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of six courses:
  • Identity, Power, and Profit  taught by Professor Phil Wagner
  • Foreign Economic Policy: Theory Meets Practice by Professor Dan Maliniak
  • Measurement and Accountability: Who is responsible for the public's health? taught by Professor Carrie Dolan
  • 21st-Century Museums: Curation, Collaboration, and Community taught by Professor Lee Alexander
  • In Memoriam: Monuments Past, Present, Fallen and Future taught by Professor Joe Smolinski
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

2022

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of four courses:
  • Diversity in the Workplace taught by Professor Phil Wagner
  • Washington & the Arts: Patronage, Policy, and Diversity taught by Professor Anne Rasmussen
  • In Memoriam: Monuments Past, Present, Fallen and Future taught by Professor Joe Smolinski
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

 2021

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of four courses:
  • Foreign Economic Policy: Theory Meets Practice taught by Professor Daniel Maliniak
  • Power, Politics, & Persuasion taught by Professor David Long
  • News & Media taught by Professor Tim Barnard
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

2020

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of three courses:
  • International Relations: U.S. Grand Strategy in the 21st Century taught by Professor Amy Oakes
  • Public Health: Health, Sustainability, and Well-Being in a Global Age taught by Professor Alison Scott
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

2019

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of three courses:
  • American Politics: A Government for the People? taught by Professor Dan Doherty
  • Foreign Policy: International Development and Security taught by Professors Mike Tierney and Samantha Custer
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

2018

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of three courses:
  • American Politics: A Government for the People? taught by Professor Dan Doherty
  • Foreign Policy: International Development and Security taught by Professors Mike Tierney and David Trichler
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Professor Drew Stelljes

2017

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of three courses:
  • American Politics: A Government for the People? taught by Professor Dan Doherty
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Dr. Drew Stelljes
  • International Relations: The US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century taught by Professor Amy Oakes

2016

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of three courses:
  • American Politics: Political Polarization taught by Professor Dan Doherty
  • Urban Education: Policy, Practice, and Leadership taught by Dr. Drew Stelljes
  • International Relations: The US Grand Strategy in the 21st Century taught by Professor Amy Oakes

2015

• The D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in one of two offered courses:
  • US Politics in the World taught by Professor Dan Doherty
  • Urban Education: Policy Practice and Leadership taught by Dr. Drew Stelljes

2014

• In 2014, the D.C. Winter Seminars students participated in the program's inaugural course:
  • US Politics in the World taught by Professor Larry Evans