Presidential Fellows Program

Cornell's One Course At A Time schedule enables professors to bring a range of visiting speakers and other distinguished vistors to class. The Presidential Fellows Program goes one step further, bringing distinguished scholars, researchers, writers, artists, musicians, actors, and others to campus to teach their own courses for an entire block.

2009-10 Presidential Fellows Courses

Block 5: LAS/HIS-349

Advanced Topic: Authoritarianism and Dictatorship in South American History

Dr. Juan Manuel Casal
Professor of History and Director of Research
School of Humanities
Universidad de Montevideo in Uruguay

This course will study the origins and development of civil and military traditions in South America. After setting this background, the course will examine in detail “national security” regimes from the 1970s. Read full course description and bio

Block 6: REL-369

Advanced Topic: Islam in Africa and the Americas

Dr. Michael A. Gomez
Professor of History and Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
New York University

This course investigates the history of Islam in Africa and the Americas, with an emphasis on the latter. Read full course description and bio

Block 8: WST-259

Topic: What is Sexual Orientation?

Dr. Alice Dreger
Guggenheim Fellow and Professor of Clinical Medical Humanities and Bioethics
Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University

This course will take an interdisciplinary approach to the question of what constitutes sexual orientation. Read full course description and bio

Block 9: ECB-266

Topic: International Marketing

Dr. Laurel Anderson
Associate Professor, W.P. Carey School of Business
Arizona State University

This course explores the marketing management decisions, techniques and strategies needed to apply the marketing concept to global and international markets. Read full course description and bio