New Harvard Course Studies Beyoncé, Cowboy Carter To Educate Students On Public Policy

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The course is titled “American Requiem: Beyoncé, Benefits and the Gap Between Promise and Delivery”

by Sidnee Michelle Douyon

A new course at Harvard Kennedy School is using Beyoncé and Cowboy Carter as a lens to examine gaps in America’s public policy system, highlighting how pop culture continues to shape academic conversations around race, inequality, and government services.

The course, titled “American Requiem: Beyoncé, Benefits and the Gap Between Promise and Delivery,” was developed by adjunct lecturer Ayushi Roy and focuses on how federal aid programs often fail the communities they are intended to support. According to the university, the class draws connections between themes explored in Beyoncé’s 2024 album and shortcomings in social safety-net programs such as Medicaid and SNAP.  
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