Kelsey Gilman, a Jackson School doctoral candidate, examines the history of U.S. aid in Venezuela in an article titled “Why US-backed aid to Venezuela harkens back to dark history of

Jackson School Associate Professor María Elena García, also the Joff Hanauer Honors Professor in Western Civilization (2018-2020), Department of Comparative History of Ideas, has been awarded a prestigious National Endowment for

In her opinion piece about the migrant caravan from Central America trekking north to the United States, Angelina Godoy, director of the UW Center for Human Rights and a Jackson

King5 TV aired “Central American migrant caravan the focus of UW panel discussion,” a story about our Nov. 5 “The Caravan” public event that featured four of our Jackson School

Jackson School Doctoral student Emily Willard‘s article “Maya Community Celebrates 20th Anniversary of their Return to Guatemala” has been published by International Cry Magazine. In the article Willard explores the Nuevo

When Hurricane María struck Puerto Rico in late 2017, an island-wide multi-faceted crisis ensued. Homes were decimated, tropical forests were shaven clean, and the failure of Puerto Rico’s electrical grid

The July 1 election represented one of the most violent election seasons in Mexico: 130 campaigners and staffers were assassinated. In spite of the violence, there was an impressive turnout,

The head of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, Professor Angelina Godoy, is mentioned in an article discussing a lawsuit against the CIA filed by the Center over data on a

Director of the University of Washington Center for Human Rights, Professor Angelina Godoy, analyzes the settlement of a lawsuit against the CIA following the center’s request for information under the Freedom of Information

The Latina Symposium, an organization that empowers Latin American women through community and leadership development, and the Jackson School’s Latin American and Caribbean Studies (LACS) program, celebrated their accomplishments in a