MSCR 6340 — Race and Technology
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: WBostonTraditional
Investigates how individual and collective beliefs about what it means to be a human of a particular race, ethnicity, or caste is reflected in contemporary and emergent technologies. From biometric scanners at the airport to social media interfaces, the tech tools people use every day are shaped by the sociocultural constructs of race and racial hierarchies, with an array of consequences. Grounded in the theories of communication and media studies, it is an expansive interdisciplinary investigation of how our understanding of who we are shapes what we create and how what we create, re-creates us.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 30% | 7.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 0% · F 0%
Common patterns: W (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Seth Mulliken (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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