December 4, 2020
Join us in conversation with emerging scholars tracing Horn of Africa connections to today’s global trends in popular politics, racial formation, and new forms of belonging. Each lecture will be
October 28, 2020
Pew Research Center surveys indicate that European opinions of the United States have dropped to the lowest levels in modern times. There is widespread incredulity in Europe at how Trump
October 23, 2020
Jackson School Director Leela Fernandes featured as a guest speaker on KUOW’s The Record “Presidential Debate Preview” along with former Attorney General Rob McKenna and KUOW’s Ross Reynolds for a
October 2, 2020
I have begun my term as Director of the Jackson School in a unique way. We have started the academic year largely online as we continue to face the risks
April 7, 2020
Sharing our knowledge in times of global crisis is part of our mission. Take a virtual journey around the world in a series of global conversations between our faculty in
March 31, 2020
By Nadine Fabbi, Managing Director, Canadian Studies Center, and Michelle Koutnik, Research Associate Professor and glaciologist, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington This year’s Arctic Task Force was on sea ice and
February 24, 2020
The Disability Inclusive Development Initiative was awarded two important grants to expand their work during the 2019-2020 academic year. The Carnegie Opportunities Fund has allowed DIDI to recruit an additional
February 24, 2020
This past August 28 – September 21, 2019 DIDI co-leaders Stephen Meyers and Megan McCloskey taught a month long study abroad program in Jamaica. Disability, Aging, and Development in Jamaica
February 24, 2020
On June 7, 2019 the Disability-Inclusive Development Initiative (DIDI) Fellows at the University of Washington to traveled downtown Seattle to hold a workshop on disability inclusive policies and practices for
February 24, 2020
Undergraduate DIDI Fellows Jessica Niewohner and Shannon Pierson and DIDI faculty co-leader Stephen Meyers published “‘Leave no one behind’? The exclusion of persons with disabilities by development NGOs” in Disability