# SSSJ Audited Courses

**Source**: https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/staff-students-social-justice/sssj-audited-courses
**Parent**: https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/

## Topics

- [SSSJ Resource Page topic page](/topics/sssj-resource-page)
- 

## About

[The 'Staff as Students of Social Justice' (SSSJ) Program(link is external)](https://vcue.berkeley.edu/about/eid/sssj)  is an important expression of the campus’s commitment to staff’s intellectual and professional development, especially around issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and justice. This program is a keystone effort of the university’s work towards [Becoming an Anti-Racist Campus(link is external)](https://diversity.berkeley.edu/anti-racism-resources).

Previously, SSSJ allowed an opportunity for cohorts of up to 25 campus staff per semester (from the Division of Undergraduate Education and beyond) to audit an American Cultures course and participate in discussions about timely and important topics.

Please take a moment to navigate this page to explore the Staff as Students of Social Justice Program's past course offerings, and view the final group projects and presentations. Please email [americancultures@berkeley.edu](mailto:americancultures@berkeley.edu) if you have any questions.

## Fall 2022 Courses

**[Introduction to Ethnic Studies (Ethnic Studies 11AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2022-fall-ethstd-11ac-001-lec-001)\**Instructor: Juana María Rodríguez \
Two weekly lectures: one pre-recorded and one live lecture on Thurs 9:30 am - 10:59 am

**[Introduction to the History of the United States: The United States from Settlement to Civil War (History 7A)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2022-fall-history-7a-001-lec-001)**\
Instructor: David Henkin \
Online lectures: Mon & Wed 5:00 pm - 6:29 pm

[**Principles of Sociology: American Cultures (Sociology 3AC)**](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2022-fall-sociol-3ac-001-lec-001)\
Instructor: Mary Kelsey\
Online lectures: Tues & Thurs 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm\
\
[**Love, Study, and Struggle: An Interrogation of Material Antiracisms and Carcerality (SSSJ Lecture Course)**](https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/sssj/archive/fa-22#lovestudy)\
Instructor: David Maldonado\
Pre-recorded Lectures (Self-paced)

Please visit [this page](https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/sssj/archive/fa-22) for more information.

## Spring 2022 Courses

**Material Antiracisms and Carcerality**\
Instructor: David Maldonaldo\
Self-paced

**[Sociology and Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems (ESPM 155AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2022-spring-espm-155ac-001-lec-001)**\
Instructor: Kathryn Teigen De Master\
Tu/Th 11:00am-12:29pm

[**Introduction to Culture and Natural Resource Management (ESPM 50AC)**](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2022-spring-espm-50ac-001-lec-001)\
Instructor: Kurt Spreyer\
Mo/We/Fr 11:00am-11:59am

**[Intro to the History of the United States: The United States from Settlement to Civil War (HISTORY 7A)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-history-7a-001-lec-001)\**Instructor: Brian DeLay (recordings from Fall 2021 semester)\
Self-Paced

## Fall 2021 Courses

[**History of American Capitalism History (HIST 133A)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20240707140740/https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-history-133a-001-lec-001&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1628638827987000&usg=AFQjCNEcLakKUnTIGIJMuA2kFx287Hi3kw)\
Instructor: [Caitlin C. Rosenthal](https://history.berkeley.edu/caitlin-c-rosenthal)\
Tu/Th 12:30 pm - 1:59 pm

[**Defiant Women (HIST 136C)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20231210165909/https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-history-136c-001-lec-001&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1628638827988000&usg=AFQjCNE1txLcnMCEQP4jObk8IoPcGiO7EQ)\
Instructor: [Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers](https://history.berkeley.edu/stephanie-e-jones-rogers) \
Tu/Th 5:00 pm - 6:29 pm

[**Introduction to the History of the United States: The U.S. from Settlement to Civil War (HISTORY 7A)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20240713023604/https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-history-7a-001-lec-001&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1628638827988000&usg=AFQjCNFciltpJWkuId3TR128fydtx_A8hg)\
Instructor: [Brian DeLay](https://history.berkeley.edu/brian-delay)\
Tu/Th 3:30 pm - 4:59 pm

[**Fire: Past, Present and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California (ANTHRO C12AC /ESPM C22AC)**](https://web.archive.org/web/20240713033742/https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-espm-c22ac-001-lec-001&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1628638827988000&usg=AFQjCNEKmsIHSpsW8MsevncBZa3Vp0XElQ)\
Instructors: [Scott L. Stephens](https://web.archive.org/web/20250704100804/https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/scott-stephens) and [Kent G. Lightfoot](https://anthropology.berkeley.edu/kent-lightfoot)\
M/W/F 10:00 am - 10:59 am

**[The Urban Community (CYPLAN 118AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-cyplan-118ac-001-lec-001)**\
Instructors: [Ricardo Huerta](https://issi.berkeley.edu/people/ricardo-g-huerta-ni%C3%B1o) and [Renee Roy Elias](https://communityinnovation.berkeley.edu/about/team/renee-roy-elias)\
Tu/Th TH 9:30 am - 10:59 am

**[Environmental Justice: Race, Class, Equity, and the Environment (ESPM 163AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-fall-espm-163ac-001-lec-001)**\
Instructor: [Michael J. Mascarenhas](https://web.archive.org/web/20210731222246/https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/people/michael-mascarenhas)\
M/W 3:00 pm - 3:59 pm HYBRID. Lecture will be recorded.

## Spring 2021 Courses

- [Principles of Sociology (SOC 3)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-spring-sociol-3ac-001-lec-001), Instructor: Laleh Behbehanian
- [Civil Rights and Social Movements in U.S. History (HIST C139C)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-spring-history-c139c-001-lec-001), Instructor: Waldo Martin
- [The Urban Experience (GEOGRAPHY 70AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-spring-geog-70ac-001-lec-001), Instructor: Brandi Summers
- [Social Movements, Organizing, and Policy Change (PUBPOL 192AC)](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2021-spring-pubpol-192ac-001-lec-001), Instructor: Saru Jayaraman

## Fall 2020 Courses

- [“The 2020 Election,” (African American Studies C20AC / PUBPOL C20AC)](https://curricularconnections.berkeley.edu/big-ideas-courses/2020-election/), Instructors: Michael Cohen and Saru Jayaraman
- [“Fire: Past, Present, and Future Interactions with the People and Ecosystems of California," (ANTHRO C12AC and ESPM 22AC)](http://guide.berkeley.edu/search/?P=ANTHRO+C12AC), Instructors: Kent Lightfoot and Scott Stephens
- [“Introduction to Ethnic Studies,” (Ethnic Studies 11AC](https://classes.berkeley.edu/content/2020-fall-ethstd-11ac-001-lec-001)), Instructors: Juana Maria Rodriguez and Keith Feldman
- [“Defiant Women: Gender, Power, and Violence in U.S. History,” (HIST 136AC](https://as.ugis.berkeley.edu/course/4977/)), Instructor: Stephanie Jones-Rogers
- [“Transforming Tech: Issues and Interventions in STEM and Silicon Valley”, (New Media 151AC)](http://bcnm.berkeley.edu/news-research/3735/new-course-nwmedia-151ac), Instructor: Abigail De Kosnik

[## Fall 2020 Cohort](https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/sssj/20/fa)

[## Spring 2021 Cohort](https://americancultures.berkeley.edu/sssj/21/sp)