CLASSES

Technology & Social Justice

Graduate Course

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the foundation concepts and theories of social justice, which broadly refers to reducing unfair inequalities faced by members of a society due to racism, sexism, ableism, and ageism. A special emphasis is placed on the role of technology in promoting social justice, both nationally and internationally. Students will be challenged to integrate and apply the course material to the development of technology policies and programs for promoting social justice.

Offered: Fall 2014, 2016, 2020 &

Spring 2018 (STP 622)

Aging & Technology Policy

Graduate Course

This graduate-level course introduces social gerontology and technology policy. It consists of three components: (a) foundational theories of aging, (b) recent research on gerontechnology and AgeTech, with particular emphasis on AI, and (c) discussion of contemporary issues at the intersection of aging and technology. The course places special emphasis on social policy analysis and data science, while promoting social justice from a life-course perspective.

Offered: Spring 2015, 2016, 2019, 2026 (STP 60025)

Measuring Unmeasurable Things

Graduate Course

The goals of this course are threefold: (a) to introduce students to the foundation knowledge about conceptualizing and developing measures of constructs through operationalization in social science research, (b) to evaluate the existing measures such as economic development indicators, often used in the science and technology policy research, from a critical point of view, and (c) to explore alternative measures.

Offered: Fall 2018, 2019, 2023 (STP 702)

Quantitative Analysis in Public Policy

Graduate Course

This course introduces quantitative research methods for studying public policies. With a brief overview of the methodological debates on quantitative and qualitative approaches, the course proceeds to empirical research design and analysis based on statistical and mathematical methods. In this course, students will learn how to operationalize a theoretical concept, develop a hypothesis, and test it on empirical data.

Offered: Fall 2015 (STP 602), Co-teaching with Prof. So Young Kim

AI and Its social impact

Undergraduate-Graduate Course

This is an advanced undergraduate and graduate-level course for students interested in how AI affects various aspects of our society, including but not limited to policy, ethics, education, and social services. We will take a case-based approach, where we look at several cases of AI affecting our society, such as chatbots, algorithmic hiring, AI-driven decision-making related to the distribution of social resources, including social services, and self-driving cars.

Offered: Spring 2023, 2024 (STP 483), Co-teaching with Profs. Alice Oh & Byungpil Kim

Quality of Life Technology & Social Policy

Undergraduate Course

The goal of this course is to introduce students to the key concepts and perspectives in quality of life (QoL), quality of life technology (QoLT), and relevant social policies. Students will learn four major domains of quality of life (physical, emotional, social, and cognitive function), needs of people with disability, and existing quality of life technology in each domain. A special emphasis is placed on the aging process and older adults. Students will be challenged to integrate and apply the course materials to evaluating and developing quality of life technology and programs/policies.

Offered: Spring 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022; Fall 2018 (STP 314)

Welfare State and Social Security

Undergraduate Course

This is an introductory course on social welfare. Students will learn about the key concepts and theories, history and policies, values and ethics related to the welfare state and social security. Students will be challenged to develop critical thinking skills as well as to broaden their understanding of the welfare state.

Offered: Fall 2015, 2016, 2020 (HSS 345)

aging & life course

Undergraduate Course

This is an introductory course in social gerontology. The course consists of three components: (a) foundation knowledge about aging and life course, (b) field trip, and (c) discussions on the contemporary issues related to population aging such as built environment and disasters. Through this course, students will develop knowledge about the diversity of aging population as well as critical thinking skills in understanding social issues related to aging and policy.

Offered: Fall 2019 (HSS 332)

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