The 2008 U.S. Presidential Election is unprecedented. The nomination process and ongoing campaigns have revealed the complexities of identity and its role in uniting and dividing the electorate. This course will explore how issues of race, class, faith and gender have shaped the candidates, campaigns, and our society. Our analysis spans the presidential race from the announcements of more than ten presidential hopefuls to the current competition between McCain and Obama. Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education (VPUE), African and African American Studies, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences (IRiSS) and the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality.