Review of professor's book: The book Corridos in Migrant Memory, published in 2006 by Prof. Martha Chew Sanchez, was recently reviewed in the Journal of Folklore Research, a major scholarly journal of folklore and ethnomusicology. In the review, Maria Herrera-Sobek of UC-Santa Barbara describes the book as "a highly readable, deeply sensitive, and theoretically sophisticated study of the Mexican/Chicano corrido and its relationship to identity construction." Read the full review.The Global Studies Department offers an interdisciplinary approach to key global issues such as economic globalization, political violence, migration, environmental degradation, social movements, and the chronic persistence of global inequality.
Students who major in Global Studies do an independent senior research project analyzing the impact of global processes on specific phenomena connected with across and between geographical areas.
GS majors Shazia Shahnaz (L) and Sasha Tedeschi (R) with Grace Mashaba, founder of the Amazing Grace Children's Center in Malelane, South Africa
The Global Studies major also incorporates off-campus study experiences, foreign language study, and issues of global multiculturalism. Global Studies faculty have collective expertise in a number of academic disciplines and geographic areas.