Recent years have witnessed criticism of ‘parachute’ or ‘parasitic’ research in global health, anthropology, and cross-cultural psychology. Too often, foreign researchers make use of local infrastructure, personnel, and research subjects, with little regard to impacts on local people and research capacity. This seminar will address attempts to establish more equitable models of international collaboration. Taking a case study of anthropological research in Tanzania, students will participate in meta-research about these issues and produce materials supporting the establishment of new international research guidelines. The course is ideal for students interested in research ethics or any field that involves cross-cultural data collection.
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UnitsLetter
Grading1, 2, 3
PasstimeNot open to seniors
Level LimitLetters and science
CollegeProfessor Lawson has clear, engaging, and comprehensive lectures that pair extremely well with his readings. He is willing to chat with me after class whenever I have questions. He helped me understand concepts I did not understand until I took his class. Highly recommend for anyone interested in HBE.
Best professor I've had at UCSB, really funny and chill. Amazing lectures w great studies, videos, and sometimes memes lol. Group presentations were straightforward. Do the readings or you won't know what's going on. This is my 2nd class I've taken w him and I'm taking a 3rd in Fall. Take any of his courses, he'll most likely bring his dog in too
Emailing him outside of class he told me "dont email me on Saturdays I don't work on weekends," we had a paper due on Sunday. No ruberic for assignments, and Killgalen marks off points for no reason, even when following instructions to a T. Ended with 93.7% and didn't round to an A or allow for EC, even tho syllabus mentions EC available. Just bad.
Professor Lawson is one of the most charismatic professors I have had at UCSB. His lectures are concise and very entertaining. The class is about 8 assignments and he drops the lowest score. The midterm was easy and the final is worth 30% of your grade which is a group project comprised of a presentation and policy brief.
Professor Lawson is good at giving lectures, fairly funny but for people who struggle to understand the material, or try to ask for help in any way, good luck because you're better off figuring things out for yourself. He'll most likely tell you to talk to the TA or vaguely suggest to just try harder if you're not doing well on quiz's and tests.
Professor Lawson was so awesome! His lectures are super interesting, and class discussions were open ended and fun. Homework assignments were pretty straight forward and he drops one. 2 group projects, but graded fairly. The final was fair amount of work but a super interesting topic and format for a group project. Not an easy A but worth taking.
Elisabeth Weber
4.3
Maryam Majedi
2.2
Roberto Strongman
3.0
Deborah Fygenson
2.0