school of social science - Hampshire College

increases awareness, helps direct intellectual energies, and
promotes responsible and concerned citizenship among
Hampshire College students.
The program provides students with viable opportunities
and incentives at various points in their undergraduate careers
to increase social awareness and action, including paid and
volunteer internships, curriculum development, career
counseling, power structure analysis, and opportunities to join
with others in developing creative programs in low-income
neighborhoods. Students interested in the Public Service and
Social Change Program should call ext. 5395.
SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAM
The Science Education Program sponsors a variety of
initiatives that bring Hampshire faculty and students together
with middle and high school teachers and students, This
program is centered in the School of Natural Science and is
cross-disciplinary, often involving faculty and students in
other Schools. Students are invited to volunteer for the Girls
Day in the Lab and Day in the Lab Programs as well as the
Mentor Program, Key Pal (e-mail) Program, and After School
Science Clubs, Other programs of interest include the
Springfield Initiative, in which Hampshire faculty are
participating in the development of the new High School of
Science and Technology in Springfield; the Institute for
Science Education, a summer program at Hampshire for inservice
teachers; and Reach for the Future. a summer program
for Springfield middle school students run collaboratively
with Mount Holyoke College, The New England League for
Science Activities, coordinated by Hampshire College, is a
consortium of 12 museums, science centers, and nature
centers around Massachusetts and Vermont. The Science
League involves middle school students throughout New
England in hands-on, inquiry-based activities.
Students interested in learning more about any of these
projects and how they might participate may contact
Jacqueline Chase (413-582-5368; e-mail:
jcNS@hampshire.edu).
SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
PROGRAM
The Science, Technology and Society Program is a
collaboration between Hampshire College and the Institute
for Science and Interdisciplinary Studies (ISIS). ISIS is a
nonprofit science research/action organization whose offace is
at Prescott D-1. ISIS involves itself in democratizing science
and technology via community outreach. education, and
research and writing on social, ethico-political and conceptual
foundations of technologies and sciences. Ongoing projects
that would welcome student participation include: developing
practices and social networks for sustainable agriculture in the
Pioneer Valley; citizen-driven cleanup and monitoring of
military nuclear and toxic waste; quantum mechanics and the
creation of physical reality; science for survival; comparative
scientific traditions; the body in the regime of postmodern
biopower. ISIS also helps support and advise student work in
most areas of anthropology. philosophy, sociology, history,
feminist studies, and cultural studies.
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THE THIRD WORLD STUDIES PROGRAM
The Third World Studies Program at Hampshire College
engages students, faculty, and staff in two related areas of
inquiry. First. we focus on the peoples, cultures. and societies
of Africa, Asia, and Latin America, Second, we study the
history and cultures of Native Americans and North American
people of African. Asian, and Latin American descent. As we
examine this complex subject maner we raise questions about
the very terms that bring these two fields together: the "Third
World" and "people of color." We know that there is no such
thing as the Third World, but we argue that there are
legitimate historical reasons for linking the peoples of Africa,
Asia. and Latin America and their descendants in the United
States.
The faculty of this program come from the arts, humanities.
communications, and the social and natural sciences. The
questions pursued under the auspices of the program thus
reflect a wide range of faculty and student interests and
backgrounds. Despite this diversity, there are some important
common elements: we highly value studies that are informed
by historical, comparative, and theoretical perspectives,
The faculty and students of the Third World Studies
Program are engaged in a collaborative effort to explore:
• The local and global forces that require the majority of
the world's population to inhabit the Third World.
• The links between the configuration of power that
operate internationally- and domestically (i,e" within the
United States) to the detriment of "people of color,"
• The connections between environmental and agricultural
issues and the people of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
• The ways people represent themselves and imagine their
identities in art and writing.
• The global changes that are currently integrating some
parts of the "Third World" more tightly in the common
sphere of the industrialized nations and bypassing others.
Although we frequently employ such categories as state,
class, race, gender. and caste, we continually and critically
evaluate the implications of these concepts for extending our
analysis beyond Eurocentric ideas, We also share a commitment
to the aspirations of the people we scudy to achieve new
social order, greater freedom, material prosperity, and cultural
autonomy,
For more information contact Sue Darlington at ext.
5600. An additional resource for students in Third World
Studies is the offace of Multicultural Affairs at ext. 5485,
WOMEN AND SCIENCE
The Women and Science program involves faculty,
students, and staff in seminars, courses, and projects examining
issues important to women: scientific theories about
women and the impact of these theories on women's lives,
women's biology, nutrition, women's health, women's role in
human evolution, and biological issues concerning gender.
We are also concerned with the participation of women in the
sciences, and encourage women to study science at all levels of
their education. The Women and Science Program sponsors
cWo separate Days-In-The-Lab for middle school students
each year.