Leaders of top U.S. graduate programs of global affairs, including Jackson School Director Reşat Kasaba, are joining together in a call to action for increased focus on diversity and inclusion in international affairs education. The initiative, led by the University Leadership Council on Diversity and Inclusion in International Affairs was announced on July 12, 2019, with the

Nearly a dozen Jackson School students at the end of this spring quarter will continue to hone their leadership skills and deep knowledge of a region as recipients of national awards that promote global engagement. Almost 40 percent of Fulbright Scholar Awards at the University of Washington this year went to Jackson School undergraduates. The six

Since Bitcoin’s founding in 2009, thousands of Bitcoins have entered circulation. A popular conception of the “virtual” nature of cryptocurrency dominates, but cryptocurrency is deeply embedded in policy and physical environments. And, while most analysis of the phenomenon focuses on the disruptive impact of cryptocurrency on financial markets, cryptocurrency also negatively impacts the communities and

Mary Andom, a graduate student in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program who also serves as a communications assistant at the Jackson School, writes about Jackson School doctoral student Francis Abugbilla’s journey from a village in Ghana to the UW in Seattle and back to shed light in his community and beyond.  In the

Historical environmental movements have often placed great emphasis on the actions individuals can take to create positive impacts. This strategy works well for pinpointed environmental issues. However, climate change is an incredibly global, and complex concern, and the individual responsibility approach does not produce the results necessary to address current and future risks. While individual

Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director of the Jackson School Canadian Studies Center, is quoted in “U.S. university teaches students Inuktitut through funding prompted by Sputnik launch” on how the Inuktitut language, which is spoken in Canada, came about as a Foreign Language and Area Studies fellowship opportunity for students at the University of Washington. In discussing

“There is no way to win a nuclear war,” Washington’s Rep. Adam Smith said in a video to a sold-out event on today’s nuclear weapons issues, held at Kane Hall on Dec. 3. “We have to get out of that Cold War mentality of ‘the more, the better.’” The Jackson School worked with Washington Physicians for

Two Jackson School graduate students have been awarded David L. Boren Fellowships for the academic year 2018-2019. Benjamin Kantner, who is pursuing a M.A. in International Studies with a focus on political ecology in the Brazilian Amazon, will head to Brazil to further his Portuguese language skills. He boosted his language learning by also being selected as

Indra Ekmanis (Ph.D., International Studies, 2017) has been named a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for a two-year full-time position as Associate Editor, Global Nation, Public Radio International. She is one of 24 selected from across the country and UK as a Fellow to serve in a top nonprofit organization or government agency. While a student at

Each year, the Center for Global Studies sponsors a film at the Seattle International Film Festival. The environment is a priority for the Center for Global Studies and this year we are proud to sponsor Inventing Tomorrow, an uplifting science documentary directed by Laura Nix. “Meet passionate teenage innovators from around the globe who are