Associate Professor Sunila S. Kale has received a prestigious Fulbright-Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship for her project, “The Political Economy of Artisanal Labor in India’s Informal Sector.” Hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and supported by the U.S. State Department, the Fulbright-Hays faculty fellowship program is designed to contribute to the development and improvement

Jonathan Warren, professor, pens an opinion piece titled, “Free-market development, not lack of density, is behind housing crisis” on the global housing crisis. It was published Oct. 18, 2022, in the Seattle Times.

Applications now open for September 2023. Deadline is January 15, 2023. The Jackson School of International Studies (JSIS) Ph.D. in International Studies provides a unique opportunity for candidates who seek a highly individualized graduate program grounded in applied area and global studies. The program reflects the Jackson’s School’s scholarly commitment to the centrality of history,

Sasha Senderovich is interviewed about his new book “How the Soviet Jew Was Made” in an episode of The Yiddish Book Center’s podcast “The Schmooze.” The piece aired on Aug. 17, 2022. His book was also reviewed in an article by the Jewish Book Council that was published on Aug. 15, 2022.

Elise Rainer (Ph.D. International Studies 2016) is Affiliate Assistant Professor at the University of Washington and Associate Professor of International Relations at American Public University, after having worked over a decade in foreign affairs. She is a former diplomat with the U.S. State Department, U.S. Mission to the United Nations, and USAID. Rainer is the

Jackson School Acting Assistant Professor Sarah Lohmann, penned a new article titled “Russian Gas, Green Technology, and the Great Sacrifice” in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. The article argues that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the long-term energy dependencies on Moscow that Europe’s fledgling green technology will not be able to fix

In winter quarter 2022, the Jackson School launched the Calderwood Seminars in Public Writing, a national innovative curriculum developed at Wellesley College which has been adopted by more than a dozen higher education institutions and equips students to translate their academic knowledge to a broad audience. Students learn professional, colloquial writing through assigned readings which they

In “Surprises, guises, and gifts: International Strategic Crisis Negotiation Exercise caps off a year in the MAAIS program,” the UW Daily spotlights the Jackson School’s annual capstone course, which this year was on the North Korean nuclear crisis, for students in the M.A. in Applied International Studies program.

Assistant Professor Sasha Senderovich’s new book, “How the Soviet Jew Was Made,” published by Harvard University Press in May, delves into post-revolutionary Russian and Yiddish literary, cinematic, and journalistic sources and recasts the Soviet Jew as a novel cultural figure, not just a minority but an ambivalent character navigating between the Jewish past and Bolshevik modernity.

Four undergraduate students at the Jackson School have been named to the University of Washington’s Husky 100 list for their research and coursework, volunteer and leadership pursuits, and making a difference on campus and in their communities. Learn more about each of the Jackson School students selected to the 2022 Husky 100 list.