The Police, Body Cameras, and Privacy in Washington State
August 27, 2018
In 2015, police officers in the United States killed 94 unarmed people— dropping to 51 persons in 2016 and rising to 68 persons in 2017, according to data gathered by
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“Tu veux un Queues de Castor?” A Sweet Lesson in Québécois
August 13, 2018
“« Tu veux un Queues de Castor? » asked my newfound Québécoise friend. I looked at her strangely. « Pardon? » I replied. She repeated: « un Queues de Castor?
Jackson School doctoral candidates among Fulbright awardees | UW Graduate School
August 3, 2018
The UW Graduate School has featured Jackson School doctoral candidates Allison Anderson and Rachel Rothenberg for receiving Fulbright Fellowships for 2018-2019. Allison will be spending nine months in Jordan conducting fieldwork for her
FLAS Fellow Saddiqullah Faizi: A Life of Public Service
July 16, 2018
“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth” —Muhammad Ali Saddiqullah Faizi’s favorite quote embodies the guiding principle of his life’s vocation: to help
Alumna wins 2-year Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship
June 5, 2018
Indra Ekmanis (Ph.D., International Studies, 2017) has been named a Mellon/American Council of Learned Societies Fellow for a two-year full-time position as Associate Editor, Global Nation, Public Radio International. She
Car Accidents, Kippahs and Camaraderie: What Witnessing Medical Emergencies in Israel Taught Me
June 1, 2018
Maybe it is the smell of burning flesh, or the close look at a torn supraspinatus tendon, or the sound of the surgical staff conversing in Hebrew, but I snap
Doctoral Candidate Berkay Gülen on the current Israel-Turkey crisis | Institute for National Security Studies
May 24, 2018
Doctoral Candidate Berkay Gülen analyzes the current crisis between Israel and Turkey following the move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, and the killing of Palestinian demonstrators during
Doctoral Candidate Oded Oron quoted on his asylum-seeker research | Jewish Independent
May 17, 2018
Jackson School Doctoral Candidate Oded Oron is featured for his research on African asylum-seekers in Israel in “An asylum-seeker’s journeys,” which focuses on the story of Yikealo Beyene, an asylum-seeker from
Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen questions what it means to be a “real” Samoan | Coconet TV
May 14, 2018
Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen writes about the struggle to define Samoan identity and who has the authority to judge what is Samoan, and what is not in his article “One
Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen on intersections and the multiple forms of social exclusion | Coconet TV
May 14, 2018
Doctoral Candidate Patrick Thomsen publishes an op-ed on intersections and the multiple forms of social exclusion as well as the importance of having space for intersectional scholars in Reflections from