Director’s Message: Winter 2020
April 2, 2020
Dear Friends, Thank you Reşat Kasaba Director – Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies Stanley D. Golub Chair of International Studies
Topic: Ph.D. International Studies
In Memoriam: Peter Jackson (1966-2020)
March 24, 2020
It is with deep sadness that we are marking the passing of Peter Hardin Jackson, the son of Senator Henry M. (Scoop) Jackson. Peter was an enthusiastic supporter of the
Alumna Indra Ekmanis: How coronavirus could lead to lasting government overreach // PRI The World
March 19, 2020
How might leaders with authoritarian instincts take advantage of the coronavirus crisis? Read a recent analysis by Indra Ekmanis, a graduate of the Jackson School’s doctoral program in international studies, in “How ‘war’
Allison Anderson analyzes the effect of sharing economy platforms for women in Jordan // The Conversation
March 6, 2020
In “The sharing economy helps women find new economic opportunities in Jordan” Allison Anderson, a Jackson School of International Studies Ph.D. candidate and Cybersecurity Fellow at the School’s International Policy Institute, examines
Alumna Indra Ekmanis on why Trump’s hypocrisy on corruption is what Putin wants // PRI The World
March 2, 2020
In “Trump’s hypocrisy on corruption is just what Putin wants,” Jackson School Alumna Indra Ekmanis, who earned her doctoral degree at the Jackson School in 2017, examines the impact on the
Beginning with Kichwa
February 14, 2020
When Kelsey Gilman first heard she had received a national Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Fellowship 2020-2021 to support 10 months of field research in Ecuador she immediately thought: “Wow, someone
New book: Stephen Meyers calls for reevaluation of disability advocacy
January 31, 2020
In his new book, Civilizing Disability Society: The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Socializing Grassroots Disabled Persons Organizations in Nicaragua (Cambridge University Press, September 2019), Stephen Meyers, Assistant
Director of the Jackson School answers key questions on the U.S.-Iran crisis
January 6, 2020
Reşat Kasaba, a Middle East expert and the director of the Jackson School, gave his insights to media outlets on the day after the U.S. assassinated a top government official
Jackson Report 2018-2019
December 30, 2019
Read our activity highlights from the academic year 2018-2019. Teaching for the times: Policy in action: An undergrad course for skills and impact Mid-career students consult Seattle-style New UW Asia-Pacific
Jackson School doctoral candidate featured for solar panel project in Ghana // AllAfrica.com
December 2, 2019
Francis Mbawini Abugbilla, Jackson School doctoral candidate and the 2017-2018 Henry M. Jackson Doctoral Fellow, was recently featured in an AllAfrica.com article titled “Ghana: Student Donates Solar Panels to Kpantarigu Basic