| Course Title: Topics in Critical Social Thought: 'Aliens, Anti-Citizens, and Identities' |
| Start Date: 01/27/2026 End Date: 05/12/2026 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2026 |
| Description: The course will examine marginal and "alien" citizenship statuses in the United States. Whereas the Declaration of Independence asserts that "all men are created equal," we will interrogate that statement by studying identities and personages that are explicitly treated unequally in the law and society. From immigrants to gang members, from tipped workers to queer persons, from presumed terrorists to disenfranchised ex-cons, we will examine the deliberate incorporation and maintenance of people in society into lower classes and statuses. |
| Distribution(s): III - Social Sciences , MP - Multicultural Perspectives , TP - Topics Course |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| David Hernández | dhernand@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/27/2026 - 05/12/2026 | Discussion | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | SHTK - Shattuck Hall | 107 | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CRPE0001 | CRPE-1: CRPE - Major Pathway/Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE major pathway and the CRPE minor. |
| CRPE0004 | CRPE-4: Latinx Studies - Minor | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE Latinx Studies minor. |
| CRPE0006 | CRPE-PE: People, Power, Place Courses | This course has been approved to count towards the CRPE People, Power, Place requirement. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 18 | Enrollment: 11 | Available: 7 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Awaiting Their Feast Author: Flores, Lori Copyright: 2025 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781469679860 Publisher: University of North Caroline Press |
Required | 29.95 |
| Title: Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine Author: Erakat, Noura Copyright: 2019 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781503613577 Publisher: Stanford University Press |
Required | 24.00 |
| Title: Abolitionist Intimacies: Queer and Trans Migrants Against the Deportation Author: Luibheid, Eithne Copyright: 2025 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9781478031239 Publisher: Duke University Press |
Required | 26.95 |
| Title: White By Law: The Legal Construction of Race Author: Haney Lopez, Ian Copyright: 2006 Edition: Volume: ISBN: 9780814736944 Publisher: New York University Press |
Required | 26.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Please order online |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Please get the 10th Anniversary Edition of White By Law (2006). |