Progressive Politics in the Midterm Elections and Beyond

Thomas P. Miller
Mondays 9:30 AM - 12 PM (AZ Time)
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, and 21, 2022
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Progressive Politics in the Midterm Elections and Beyond

Fall 2022
In Session
Mondays
9:30 AM - 12 PM (AZ Time)
October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, November 7, 14, and 21, 2022

Location: 

Main Campus

Tuition: 

$295

Attend In Person OR Online

Moderate Democrats blame progressives for their divisions, and Republicans use them to depict Democrats as socialists. We will look beyond these partisan divisions to consider how our times parallel those of the Progressive Era. One has to go back a century to find the same levels of economic inequality and mass immigration. The historical precedent for our global pandemic is the Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918, which killed an estimated fifty million people worldwide—twice the number of Covid victims and a far higher percentage of the world’s population at the time. The period is also known for its partisan press, state-sanctioned racism, political corruption, and the civil rights and women’s movements that helped shape the politics of the century that has shaped our current politics.

Hybrid Course Format

  • All classes will be delivered in-person and online via live video streaming. Students will enroll in their preferred format during registration.
  • In-person classes will be held in the Rubel Room at the University of Arizona's Poetry Center (1508 E Helen St, Tucson, AZ 85721). Enrollment for in-person classes is limited by classroom capacity and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. All students attending on-campus will observe the relevant University of Arizona policies designed to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 (more information here). Students who enroll to participate in person will also have complete online access to the course, including all class recordings.   
  • Online students may attend all classes via live video streaming and will be able to participate in all course Q&A sessions with the professor in real-time. Students may also access class recordings for a limited time to assist those who may not be able to attend the live class times. Online access will be password protected and only available to enrolled students.

Registration Will Open Online:
Monday, August 29, 2022, at 8 AM (AZ Time)

Required Reading: 

  • No textbook is required. All readings will be distributed to students electronically.

Course Registration

Meet Your Professor

Professor
Department of English

THOMAS P. MILLER worked for 34 years at the University of Arizona before retiring in May 2022. During that time, he won two HSP teaching awards, national awards for my research, and university awards for mentoring and university leadership. He directed the Writing Program and helped found the graduate program in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English. He also served as vice provost for faculty affairs for a decade.

  • Ted and Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award

Location

Poetry Center
Dorothy Rubel Room
1508 E Helen
Tucson, AZ 85721
United States
Located on the SE corner of Helen Street and Vine Avenue, one block north of Speedway and three blocks west of Campbell Ave.

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