ECON 783 – Week 2 (Chapter 3)

Watch Video Chapter 3: Demand Analysis Summary Demand relationships Elasticity of demand Cross elasticity of demand Combined effect of demand elasticities Demand Relationships The demand schedule is the simplest form of the demand relationship. It is merely a list of prices and corresponding quantities of a product or service that would be demanded over a… Continue reading ECON 783 – Week 2 (Chapter 3)

ECON 783 – Week 1 (Chapter 1-2)

Note: Anyone who is suffering under the delusion that neoclassical economics or marginal analysis is in any way a valid reflection of reality should watch this great interview explaining why everything we learn in classes like this is basically superstitious ideological nonsense. And yet, here we are. Class Notes Watch Discussion: Introduce yourself Two powerpoints… Continue reading ECON 783 – Week 1 (Chapter 1-2)

DS 786 – Week 1

Watch Videos Welcome to Operations Analysis- the Syllabus basics (2:48) Exploring iLearn and the course structure (3:16) More about quizzes (3:05) Uploading work for partial credit on quizzes (2:35) How are grades determined? (4:36) What about Extra Credit? (4:01) VIEW: Intro to Operations Management slides WATCH: Intro to Operations Management, part 1 (7:54) WATCH: Intro… Continue reading DS 786 – Week 1

MGMT 788 – Week 1

Before synchronous session preparation Read Syllabus posted on ilearn Read Kotter, J. 2001. What leaders really do. Harvard Business Review. Purchase course pack (if you haven’t yet) here : https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/949315 Read instructions about Learning Circle Group Assignment Complete Course community glossary entry In Class Activity: Getting to know your colleagues Class Notes Manager: Organizes the… Continue reading MGMT 788 – Week 1

All of California’s agricultural land is fundamentally unsustainable and structurally self-destructive.

All of California’s agricultural land is fundamentally unsustainable and structurally self-destructive. The entire San Joaquin valley was a lake until very recently; Lake Corcoran was one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes. (Wong) It was fed with rainfall from the sea, and its evaporation created a cycle of precipitation which fed both sides of the… Continue reading All of California’s agricultural land is fundamentally unsustainable and structurally self-destructive.

Mutual Aid, Abolition, and Transformative Justice

CJ Trowbridge 2021-12-07 ETHS 100 Week 13 Notes Introductions Dean Spade Dean Spade’s book is about the importance of mutual aid for building social movements, and the specific models and approaches for avoiding the common pitfalls that mutual aid organizations run into. Dean has been involved in mutual aid for decades, but felt a strong… Continue reading Mutual Aid, Abolition, and Transformative Justice

On Indigenous Epistemology and Ethics

CJ Trowbridge 2021-10-18 AIS 440 Week 8 Literature Review: On Indigenous Epistemology and Ethics Choose 2 of the lectures from the first 7 weeks of class and write a minimum 2 page response by answering the following questions: 1. What was the main topic of the lectures? 2. What did you learn from the lectures?… Continue reading On Indigenous Epistemology and Ethics

Resisting Pressure to Conform To Capitalist Hegemony

CJ Trowbridge AIS 440 Week 6: Two-Spirit People 2021-09-28 Prompt: Describe an action, idea, or ideology that continues to impose colonial heteropatriarchal principles onto Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and what steps you believe are necessary to rewrite this area of colonial and settler analysis.  This response needs to be a minimum of… Continue reading Resisting Pressure to Conform To Capitalist Hegemony

AIS 440 Week 6: Two-Spirit People

Watch In the Life: The Murder of Fred Martinez Jr Two-Spirits Documentary  Read A Boy Remembered Man who murdered LGBTQ teen in Cortez is released from prison Write Describe an action, idea, or ideology that continues to impose colonial heteropatriarchal principles onto Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and what steps you believe are… Continue reading AIS 440 Week 6: Two-Spirit People