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ILA Office Hours for Faculty & Staff

Spring Course Schedule (AMST/IDS Courses)

FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions

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ILA Office Hours

Faculty

Most faculty will not be on campus this semester but they are all available to meet virtually on Zoom. Faculty are also available to answer your questions via e-mail.

Schedule a meeting with:

• Dr. Cynthia Blakeley
• Dr. Arri Eisen
• Dr. Robyn Fivush
• Dr. Kim Loudermik
• Dr. Joel Zivot
• Dr. Mark Risjord
• Dr. Katie Schank
• Dr. Peter Wakefield

Staff

To minimize density on campus, staff will continue to work remotely for the majority of spring semester. We will not be on campus in the ILA office full-time this semester. To contact or meet with staff, please review the options below:

Available During Business Hours: We are available on Zoom and e-mail during regular business hours ( Monday - Thursday, 9am - 5pm and Friday 9am - 3:30p).

Open Office Hours (Zoom): We are available in a Zoom meeting room for drop-in hours four days a week. See the meeting room details below and the schedule in the table below. If these times do not work with your schedule, you can contact Emma or Keisha directly to schedule an appointment.  

• Meeting ID: 983 7198 5180
• Passcode: Callaway

Socially-Distanced Appointments on Campus: Emma Ellingson will be on-campus and available to meet by appointment only on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning February 10, 2021.

 

	Business Hours	Zoom Meeting Room Drop-In	Schedule Zoom Appointment Outside of Drop In Hours	Schedule Socially-Distanced Appointment on Campus
Monday	9:00am - 5:00pm	3:00 - 4:00pm	Emma Ellingson Keisha Kuma	Emma Ellingson
Tuesday	9:00am - 5:00pm	10:00 - 11:00am
Wednesday	9:00am - 5:00pm	1:00 - 2:00pm
Thursday	9:00am - 5:00pm	3:00 - 4:00pm
Friday	9:00am - 3:30pm	appointment only

Spring 2021 AMST/IDS Course Schedule

*Course is permission only. Please contact the Instructor for permission.

Instructor(s)	Course	Class Number	Course Title & Syllabus	Meeting Time
Kim Loudermilk	AMST 385W-1 / IDS 385W-1	3810 / 3809	Advertising in American Culture	Th  11:20 am - 12:35 pm
Mark Risjord	IDS 190	3806	Freshman Seminar: History & Philosophy of Nursing	M W 9:40 - 10:55 am
Peter Wakefield	IDS 200W	3811	Interdisciplinary Foundations	M W  8:00 am - 9:15 am
Arri Eisen	IDS 205W	3110	Science and the Nature of Evidence	T TH  11:20 am - 12:35 pm
Katie Schank	IDS 216W-1	3100	Visual Culture	T 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Robyn Fivush, Kim Loudermilk	IDS 220R	3128	ORDER Seminar: What Does It Mean to Be Human?	T TH 4:20 - 5:35 pm
Joel Zivot	IDS 385-2	3813	Law, Medicine & Bioethics	T TH 6:00 - 7:15 pm
Katie Schank	IDS 385-3	3122	Urban/Cultural History of Atlanta	T TH 9:40 - 10:55 am
Mark Risjord	IDS 385W-2	3106	Cooperation and the Roots of Social Theory	M W 1:00 - 2:15 pm
Cynthia Blakeley	IDS 390	3807	Interdisciplinary Research Design*	T TH 2:40 - 3:55 pm
Robyn Fivush	IDS 490R-1	3808	Proseminar* (IDS/AMST honors seniors only)	W 4:20 - 5:35 pm
Sidecar Courses (All Permission Only)
Arri Eisen, Robyn Fivush	IDS 290-1	5920	COVID Stories/how we tell them	F 2:00 - 2:50 pm
Louis Fagnan, Katie Schank	IDS 290-2	5923	Art as Activism? Visual Culture of America Social Movements	TBD
Louise Pratt, Peter Wakefield	IDS 290-3	5924	BIPOC and LGBT Adaptations of Ancient Greek Texts	F 2:40 - 3:55pm
Cynthia Blakeley, Kim Loudermilk	IDS 290-4	5925	Reading for Pleasure	F 1:00 - 2:15pm

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Frequently Asked Questions

ILA Specific FAQs

• Will ILA faculty be on-campus and in their office during business hours? What if I have a questions for them or need to talk with them about something?
• Will ILA staff be on-campus and in the ILA office during business hours? What if I have a question for them or need to talk with them about something?
• I am an IDS/AMST junior and I need to take IDS 390 this semester. What should I do?
• The IDS Pro-Seminar is required for graduation in the Spring but I do not see that course in the new schedule of courses. What should I do?
• The class that I want to take is full. Who do I need to contact to get in?

General/College FAQs

These links will open the Emory College Forward's Spring 2021 FAQs page in a new window.

General

• What are the calendar dates for the spring semester?
• Will there be a spring break?
• Why are you not bringing more students back to campus?
• I live in Atlanta, can I come to campus anyway?
• What is available to me on campus?
• What format can I expect classes to take place in?
• I need access to a specific lab for my coursework/research. How do I get permission to return?
• If I currently live on campus can I return in the spring semester?

Registration

• When will registration take place?
• When will Add/Drop/Swap begin?
• How can I connect with my advisor?
• Can I meet with an OUE advisor?

Seniors

• Why didn’t we give seniors priority for their last semester?
• If I want to defer graduation/completing my degree, what can I do?

Commencement

• I’m in the class of 2021, what is the plan for my Commencement, my family needs to make travel arrangements?
• I’m in the class of 2020, why has there not been an in-person celebration as indicated last May?

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ILA Specific FAQs

Will ILA faculty be on campus and in their office during business hours? What if I have a questions for them or need to talk with them about something?

Most faculty will not be on campus this semester but they are all available to meetin virtually on Zoom. Faculty are also available to answer your questions via e-mail.

Schedule a meeting with:

• Dr. Cynthia Blakeley
• Dr. Arri Eisen
• Dr. Robyn Fivush
• Dr. Kim Loudermik
• Dr. Catherine Rice
• Dr. Mark Risjord
• Dr. Katie Schank
• Dr. Peter Wakefield

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Will ILA staff be on-campus and in the ILA office during business hours? What if I have a question for them or need to talk with them about something?

To minimize density on campus, staff will continue to work remotely for the majority of spring semester. We will not be on campus in the ILA office full-time this semester. To contact or meet with staff, please review the options above.

 

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I am an IDS/AMST junior and I need to take IDS 390 this semester. What should I do?

If you are an IDS/AMST major who has completed the entire declaration process, you will receive an e-mail from Keisha Kuma a few days before November 16 with a permission number for this course. If you do not receive a permission number, please e-mail Emma Ellingson (Academic Department Administrator) to check on the status of your declaration.

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I am an IDS/AMST honors senior and I am not able to get into a graduate course. What should I do?

Register for our Proseminar (IDS 490R-1) which will meet this requirement line for the IDS/AMST major with honors. To receive a permission number for this course, please e-mail Keisha Kuma.

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This page was last updated by Emma Ellingson on November 3, 2020, at 11:03AM.