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

“…they agreed to work with me because it was the first time a researcher came to their community to ask them what their priorities are and to listen without prejudgements.” Hugo Puerto, a University of Washington PhD student in Medical Anthropology and Global Studies FLAS fellow in Portuguese, is working to create a new research model that

Performing arts and music as a bridge for cultural understanding Article by Aleenah Ansari, Feb 27, 2017 On Saturday night, the stage of Meany Hall was full of Bollywood performers from UW Kahaani who shifted between Bharatanatyam, a classical dance form from South India, to a hip hop section featuring the Kanye West track “Mercy.” The audience

Article by Michael Kim Last Thursday, the Simpson Center for the Humanities hosted a talk given by Iruka Okeke, a professor of pharmaceutical microbiology at the University of Ibadan in Nigeria. Johanna Crane, an adjunct assistant professor who studies global health sciences, introduced Okeke. Crane described the emphasis of Okeke’s last book on adequate diagnostics

“It seems that bi-cultural identities are just as common here as they are in the U.S.” Posted by Robyn Davis Center for Global Studies FLAS Fellow Henry Milander, an undergraduate student in Business, International Studies, and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations, used his FLAS fellowships to study Arabic in Amman, Jordan and Fez, Morocco in

The importance of understanding the U.S. in the world “Immersing ourselves in foreign affairs is even more important today than it was a few months ago,” said Mr. John Hempelmann, president of the board at the Henry M. Jackson Foundation to over 100 UW students, faculty and members of the public gathered in Kane Hall