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Mycal Ford Mycal standing on a bridge in Taiwan PLU Class of 2012 Chinese Studies and Political Science Double Major Studied away in Hamar, Norway and Chengdu, China; Wang Grant in China Completed Fulbright in Kaohsiung, Taiwan Will begin Masters of International Affairs in Global Governance, Politics, and Security I graduated in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Chinese Studies and Political Science. In Fall 2009, I studied conflict resolution abroad in Hamar, Norway under Nobel Peace Prize

of Macroeconomics - ES ECON 215 Investigating Environmental and Economic Change in Europe - ES, GE ENGL 328 Theories of Reading and Writing - ES GLST 210 Contemporary Global Issues: Migration, Poverty, and Conflict - ES, GE GLST 325 Global Political Thought - ES, GE GLST 331 International Relations - ES, GE GLST 332 American Foreign Policy - ES, GE GLST 357 Global Development - ES, GE HIST 102 The Pre-Modern World: Explorations & Encounters - ES, GE HIST 103 Conflicts and Convergences in the

and political zone. They offer an artistic way to explore and grapple with the complex legacies of conflict, labor camps, colonialism, and nationalism as well as the opportunities and challenges of contemporary life in the region. In this talk, I propose reading Mediterranean waterscapes and geographic landscapes through comics of colonial conscripts (Senegalese tirailleurs and Moroccan goumiers) and WWII refugees. I coin Mediterranean bande dessinée of mobility and internment as a reference to a

“intersectionality,” not for its theoretical caché, but because that is how social categories are lived.  Personal stories are juxtaposed with topical scholarly texts and presentations from activist experts on current conditions and events, sometimes in the South Sound, sometimes elsewhere.  Stories, texts, reports, films, and images generate “talk-back,” questions, reformulations.  A scholarly account might support or might question personal anecdote or activist testimony.  Whether they converge, conflict, or

) Distribution ElectivesENGL 216: Topics in Literature: Emphasis on Cross Cultural Perspectives (Prof. Solveig Robinson) Topic: Literature of the Raj POLS 365: Race and Ethnic Politics (Prof. Maria Chavez-Pringle) An interdisciplinary examination of the way racial and ethnic conflict shapes and structures American political, social, and economic life focused on the best path toward democratic equality. Discussions center on the literature that examines the integration of disenfranchised ethno-racial groups

FREN 404 Postcolonial Francophone Fictions and Criticism - IT, GE FREN 405 French/Francophone Film - IT, GE FREN 406 French/Francophone Feminisms - IT, GE GLST 210 Contemporary Global Issues: Migration, Poverty, and Conflict - ES, GE GLST 325 Global Political Thought - ES, GE GLST 331 International Relations - ES, GE GLST 332 American Foreign Policy - ES, GE GLST 357 Global Development - ES, GE HGST 200 Introduction to Holocaust and Genocide Studies - VW, GE HISP 101 Elementary Spanish - GE HISP

committees; and voting behavior. Intensive writing course. Prerequisite: POLS 251. (4) POLS 365 : Race and Ethnic Politics - ES, GE An interdisciplinary examination of the way racial and ethnic conflict shapes and structures American political, social, and economic life focused on the best path toward democratic equality. Discussions center on the literature that examines the integration of disenfranchised ethno-racial groups into in U.S. society, addressing the contemporary implications of changing