Hi,
I’d be grateful if you’d share the announcement below with other advisors, students and others, about two summer courses I’ll teach, GLBL 446, Development and Social Change in Latin America & the Caribbean and GLBL 101, plus our study abroad in the Bolivian Amazon and volunteer opportunities with our organization, the Coalition for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia.
Students can opt to do alternative readings and written assignments in Spanish.
Many thanks in advance!
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Global Studies
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invitation to take summer courses GLBL 446 Development & Social Change in Latin America & the Caribbean and GLBL 101 (Intro to Global Issues & Solutions) online! PLUS Indigenous Rights & Environmental Justice in the Bolivian Amazon study abroad & volunteering (CIREJ)
Hi everyone,
I hope you are well! I’m writing to invite you to take or share info about 2 asynchronous online courses I’ll teach this summer during the 1st and 2nd summer sessions (1st: 6/23-7/18; 2nd: 7/21-8/15): GLBL 446 (Development and Social Change in Latin America and the Caribbean, CRN 41611 and GLBL 101 (Introduction to Global & International Issues and Solutions, CRN 40752).
Please see and share the attached flyers.
In GLBL 446, you’ll learn about pressing issues in the region, including root causes and solutions related to development, Latinos in the U.S., migration, capitalism, socialism, social movements, gender, environmental justice, political-economy/ecology, US-Latin American relations, ecotourism, and drug conflicts! Students can opt to do alternative readings and written assignments in Spanish.
Open to all majors. Elective that fulfils these Professional Concentration Areas in Global Studies: • Environmental Justice and Resilience • Gender, Race, and Equality • Development Studies • Law and Human Rights • Diplomacy, Peace, and Conflict Studies • Food Studies • Global Health • Business, Trade, and Tourism Arts and Identity • Arts & Identities Fulfils these Geographic Focus Areas: • Latin America & Caribbean • North America.
In GLBL 101 you’ll learn about political, economic, and environmental issues facing humanity today, including hunger, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, conflict, global health crises, human rights violations, political instability, education, and immigration. But don’t despair! In both courses, we’ll look at various solutions for all the issues we cover!
No textbooks will be used. Course materials are free and will be posted on Canvas.
Please also see the attached flyers about our Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia study abroad program and volunteer & internship opportunities with the Coalition for Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia.
Course Flyers:
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Derrick Hindery, Ph.D. (Geography), (he/him)
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies, University of Oregon
Study Abroad Programs Committee Member
Advisory board member, Latin American Studies
Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Physical Address: 227 Friendly Hall, University of Oregon
Mailing Address: 1161 E. 13th, Eugene, OR 97403-1248
Cell and WhatsApp: +1-541-505-0432
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Website: https://cas.uoregon.edu/directory/profiles/all/dhindery
What is lost when the forest is lost? the struggle for Indigenous rights and environmental justice in Bolivia, Latin American Studies Association Forum, Winter 2022, by Derrick Hindery, José Antonio Martínez Montaño, and Zulma Villegas Gomez
BOOK: “From Enron to Evo: Pipeline Politics, Global Environmentalism, and Indigenous Rights in Bolivia”, University of Arizona Press, foreword by Susanna B. Hecht (part of the “First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies” publishing initiative)
Blog: link
ANNUAL STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM IN BOLIVIA AND ONLINE (Co-taught with Bolivian Professor Jose Martinez, Bolivian Environmental Scientist Zulma Villegas and University of Oregon Ethnomusicology Professor Juan Eduardo Wolf):
In-person program (offered in summer 2026, June 20-July 10) Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice in Bolivia
Program video
Online program (not offered in 2025) Indigenous Rights and Environmental Justice of Bolivia
STUDENTS FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN BOLIVIA-SIREJ (Faculty Advisor, along with Jose Martinez, Zulma Villegas and Juan Eduardo Wolf):