New School of Global Studies Creates Powerful Synergies

This past summer, the School of Global Studies was created in the College of SBS. The school brings together the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, Global Studies major, Human Rights Practice Program, Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Latin American Studies, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, School of Middle Eastern and North African Studies, and Southwest Center. Offering seven majors, nine minors, and five graduate programs, the school provides students with the knowledge and interdisciplinary skills to become critically engaged agents of change in an interconnected world. 

The school includes two federally funded Title VI National Resource Centers in Latin America and the Middle East, as well as an Arabic Flagship Program, one of only three in the country. The school also provides many events for the community and professional development for K-12 and community college instructors. The units in the School of Global Studies share a commitment to interdisciplinary approaches to the pressing challenges of our time, with a focus on international, global, regional, gender, and ethnic issues. We are excited to expand collaborations and student opportunities!

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This content was included in the fall 2024 Developments newsletter.