Recent FLAS Fellow, Elizabeth Wycoff (MPH, Epidemiology) is now working with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Elizabeth has recently accepted a position as a Training Grant Recipient with the NIOSH-affiliated Occupational Health at the Human-Animal Interface training program. The program is in collaboration with the UW Center for One Health research,

Chase Puentes, Ph.D. candidate in Geography and a FLAS fellow in Inuktut, has been awarded the Alfonso Carlos Peña Fellowship. The Alfonso Carlos Peña Fellowship supports graduate students engaged in work related to wǝɫǝbʔaltxʷ (Intellectual House) and who hold a commitment to addressing social and environmental issues impacting American Indian, Alaska Native, and Inuit communities

In October 2024, the Canadian Studies Center community gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Corbett Exchange Program, kick off a new school year, and honor our newest group of student fellow and scholarship recipients. Nearly 50 people, including students, alumni, UW staff, local community members, and Canadian partners came together and shared stories,

Chiwa Lee, M.A. student in China Studies, studied French this summer with Alliance Française to support his study of the Canada, China, U.S. relationship. “Most of the time, language study is not solely about the language itself. It always helps us to discover different thinking, logic, and cultures behind different languages. This summer, with the

Laurie Frederik, Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow in French, starts a new position with the Honorable Judge Stephen J. Dwyer, Washington State Court of Appeals this month. Frederik graduated with her JD from UW Law in 2023. She is now finishing her LLM in Sustainable International Development at the UW Law School and

This summer three Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellows traveled to Vancouver Island for intensive study of the First Nations language, Nuu-chah-nulth. A total of four UW graduate students were awarded summer FLAS fellowships for the study of an Indigenous language spoken in Canada. One fellow, Ric Berkholtz, School of Law, studied Haida with

Originally from Toronto, Canada, I completed my undergraduate degree at Occidental College in Los Angeles, CA. My past experience was focused on projects in marine ecology and conservation as I worked in Southern California Fisheries management and kelp forest/ intertidal restoration. Currently, I am about to finish a Master’s degree at the UW School of

Samantha Farquhar was awarded a U.S. Department of Education’s Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad to research fisheries and food insecurity in Nunavik, Canada. Samantha Farquhar was awarded two Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships to study French by the Canadian Studies Center for the Summer of 2018 and the 2018-19 academic year. She graduated

Earlier this month the Title VI Centers in the Jackson School hosted a reception to celebrate the current FLAS fellows including a presentation partially delivered in Nuu-chah-nulth. The 1st Annual Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Reception was held on January 6th at the University of Washington to celebrate the Summer 2022 and 2022-23 academic

Learning Nuu-chah-nulth (NCN) and visiting Port Alberni was some of the most fun I’ve had over the summer. Some highlights included: watching Dr. Charlotte Coté (now my new auntie) poke around at starfish when we visited the Broken Islands, to nature walks where we learned the names of plants and creatures in NCN, to relaxing