Alumni spotlight: Meet Conor Cunningham
December 29, 2020
In autumn 2020, one of the Jackson School’s newest alumni, Conor Cunningham, gave us his reflections on how the Jackson School expanded his world. During his time at the UW,
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Sunila Kale is special issue editor of The Journal of Peasant Studies
December 29, 2020
Associate Professor and Chair of the South Asia Center Sunila S. Kale is the special issue editor of the November issue of The Journal of Peasant Studies on comparative land politics in
New book by Taso Lagos on spiritual innovation in 1920s Los Angeles
December 14, 2020
Taso Lagos, a lecturer and founding director of the Greece Study Abroad program at the University of Washington, writes about spiritual innovation in the booming city of Los Angeles in
UW receives $1.8 million from Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs in support of Taiwan Studies
December 8, 2020
As the Taiwan Studies Program of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington enters its fourth year, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA)
Saadia Pekkanen gives insights into Japanese space exploration // Japan on the Record Podcast
December 7, 2020
As a guest speaker on the podcast “Japan On The Record” Saadia Pekkanen, an expert on international relations in outer space, places the recent launch of JAXA astronaut Noguchi Sōichi aboard
Sara Curran talks on threats to the 2020 Census count with KUOW, UW Political Economy Forum podcast
December 7, 2020
Sara Curran, a Jackson School professor and director of the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology, shares insights into the dangers that threaten the 2020 Census as a guest
Jackson School Alumna Amy Sommers co-authors piece and another alum quoted on US-China policy // Seattle Times
December 7, 2020
As co-author of the opinion piece “The Path to a New China Policy” Amy Sommers, who received her undergraduate degree with a focus on China Studies from the Jackson and
Faculty Nathalie Williams named as co-editor International Migration Review
December 7, 2020
The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) announced on Dec. 4 the appointment of Nathalie Williams, a Jackson School and Sociology associate professor and head of the doctoral
Angelina Godoy interview on Northwest Detention Center solitary confinement report // KUOW
December 2, 2020
Angelina Godoy, Director of the Center for Human Rights, discusses the Center’s research on solitary confinement at the Northwest Detention Center with KUOW’s “The Conversation” Bill Radke. Listen to the interview
Angelina Godoy, Center for Human Rights report feature in article about ‘secret prison’ in Northwest Detention Center // Seattle Times
December 1, 2020
In ” ‘Secret prison within a prison’: Report details solitary confinement practices at Northwest detention center in Tacoma” the Center for Human Rights and Angelina Godoy, director of the Center