Composition of Trade, Comparative Advantage, and Political Autonomy (Experimenting with the Atlas of Economic Complexity)

Author: Tyler Crown Objective of the activity Learning goals: (1) Students will experiment with freely available data and reinforce theoretical knowledge by observing correlations. (2) Students will familiarize themselves with key economic indicators, and apply theoretical knowledge to the interpretation of data. Pre-class activities The main reading for this class Read more…

US Reactions to China (Media Analysis + American Interest Groups’ Views on Rivalry)

Author: Tyler Crown Objective of the activity Learning goals: Students will acquaint themselves with US discourses on China and evaluate claims and tropes common to this discourse. Students will further relate prevailing perspectives on China to defined interest groups (e.g., labor, manufacturers, farmers, Wall Street, the foreign policy elite, etc.). Read more…

Lesson Plan: Visual Culture, Selfies, and Smartphone Photography in China

Author: Sumeja Tulic Objective of the activity The lesson integrates theoretical and ethnographic perspectives on visual culture, self-representation, and the socio-economic impact of smartphone photography in China. Learning Objectives: – Explain how smartphone photography and selfies are shaping social life in China. – Analyze the selfie as a visual genre Read more…

Qi Chen

Campus Hunter College Department Social work Research and Teaching Interests Psychosocial OncologyFamily CaregivingHealth Communication TechnologyInterprofessional Education and Practice Weblink https://sssw.hunter.cuny.edu/staff-members/chen-qi-msw-phd/