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- U.S. Fulbright Scholar, Venezuela, January-September 2008
- The New School, NYC, Graduate International Affairs, June-December 2007
- The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, January 2000 - June 2007
   || Residential College (RC)  ||  Science, Technology & Society Program (STS)  
   ||  Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics (MCTP)  ||  Center for Middle East & North African Studies (CMENAS)

Teaching & Syllabi, 2001-2007:

Global Oil; Energy & Environment

  1. Global Energy in Crisis: The Global Oil System, the U.S., E.U. and Middle East

    2. The New School, New York City
    Summer 2006 & Summer 2007
    Graduate International Affairs Program
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  2. Oil, Nukes and Democracy: U.S.-Iran Relations

    3. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Fall 2006
    MENAS334 || RCSocSci360 || AAPTIS 364 || HISTORY 334
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  3. Energy and the Environment

    4. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Fall 2004, 2005, 2006
    RCNatSci263 || PitE263 || UrbPlan263 || STS-minor credit
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  4. Directed Research Course: Economic Basis for Democracy in MENA States

    5. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Winter 2006
    Middle East and No. African Studies MENAS398, 498, & 598 (grad & undergrad)
    Class homepage & Research Plan

  5. The Global Oil System & the Middle East

    6. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Fall 2005
    Middle East and No. African Studies MENAS491
    Residential College RCSocSci461 || Geology GeoSci496
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  6. The Global Oil System: Resources, Technology and US Policy

    7. The New School for Social Research, New York City
    Summer 2005
    Graduate Economics Department
    Class homepage & Syllabus and GECO 5130

  7. Topics in Globalisation & U.S. Policy

    8. The Universite d'Alger (Algeria)
    Faculty of Economic Science and Management (Graduate)
    May 2005 || Lectures on: Oil, the Information Revolution
    Sponsored by U. Michigan International Institute
    Universite d'Alger homepage

  8. Political-Economy of Energy and Oil

    9. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
    Winter 2004
    Research mini-course. RCIDiv350
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  9. Iraq, One Year Later

    10. Winter 2004
    Residential College mini-course. RCIDiv350, co-taught
    Class homepage & Syllabus

Revolutions in Production & Attendant Social/Class Change

  1. Steam Engines and Computers: From Industrial Proletarians to Information Workers

    2. Fall 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, Winter 2006
    Senior Seminar, RCSocSci461, Sociology495, History498 & STS Minor.
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  2. Social Dimensions of Science, Technology and Medicine

    3. 2003, Winter 2006
    Lectures on history of technology. RC SocSci275, co-taught.
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  3. The Intellectual History of Information, 1680-2001

    4. Winter 2001
    RC FYSeminar
    Class homepage & Syllabus

  4. Universal Computation and the Information Age
    Senior or Graduate Seminar (not yet taught)

    5. Description Course proposal