Angélica Amezcua, Spanish and Portuguese Studies  Theresa Rocha Beardall, Department of Sociology  Diana Flores Ruiz, Cinema & Media Studies Bianca Dang, Department of History  Carlos Martinez-Cano, College of Education  E. Roberto Orellana, School of Social Work  Jennifer Baez, School of Art + Art History + Design  Caitlin Earley, School of Art + Art History +

In 2001, Cowlitz County Commissioners contracted with the US Department of Justice, now US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to house youth detained subject to immigration proceedings. Read more…

New York, NY – 14 December 2020 – The Modern Language Association of America today announced it is awarding its twenty-eighth annual Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for French and Francophone Studies to Maya Angela Smith, associate professor of French at the University of Washington, for Senegal Abroad: Linguistic Borders. Racial Formations, and Diasporic Imaginaries, published by the University

LACS Chair Tony Lucero, LACS Assistant Director Monica Rojas-Stewart, graduate student Adriana Velasco, Seattle Latino Film Festival Executive Development Director Nari Weaver converse with Argentinian film director Martin Weber about his film “Mapa de sueños latinoamericanos” (Map of Latin American Dreams) Video of conversation here Map of Latin American Dreams Trailer Between 1992 and 2013

The Northern Pacific Global Health (NPGH) Fellowship Program, in coordination with our sister Global Health Fellows & Scholars Consortia, will be organizing weekly Zoom discussions related to the COVID-19 pandemic. Calls will be moderated by Dr. Joe Zunt (University of Washington). We hope these calls will provide the Fogarty Global Health Fellows & Scholars community

“Art and the Politics of Blackness and Indigeneity in Peru’s Past and Present” By visiting three different regions of Peru (Lima, Chincha and Cusco), this program offered students the opportunity to think critically about identity and diversity in a setting outside the United States. In particular, the program focused on the study of Blackness and

The Latino Center for Health at UW has selected Dr. Maria Elena Garcia and Dr. Tony Lucero to be recognized at the Latinx Faculty Recognition Event, May 2 2019. This annual event honors the scholarly achievements of Latina and Latino faculty across the three-campuses of the University of Washington for the academic year 2018-2019. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ María Elena García is