What is the Racial and Ethnic Studies minor at Assumption?
The minor in racial and ethnic studies uses interdisciplinary and comparative frameworks to understand the underlying social, cultural, and historical circumstances that impact the formation of racial and ethnic categories. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, the minor in racial and ethnic studies pairs well with other majors and minors across Assumption, preparing you to understand these changes and work within increasingly diverse workforces.
This minor helps us explain the formation, representation, and transformation of racial and ethnic categories in specific social and historical contexts. The minor helps you explore research that addresses the historical origins of the modern idea of race and of ethnic identities in the United States and other nations. You will examine how race and ethnicity shape contemporary socio-economic opportunities and outcomes and are represented in different cultural genres such as literature, art, music, and visual media. This will prepare you to address how questions of race and ethnicity relate to justice and social change through social movements, activism, and other forms of civic engagement in the US and abroad.
Steven D. Farough, Ph.D
Faculty
