Honors and Awards

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JP Anderson Honored as the Educator of the Game
January 15, 2026
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Dr. Stephen Hiro Sumida's Commendation from the Japanese Government
September 24, 2025
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Angela King Receives Charles E. Odegaard Award
August 11, 2025
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UW Sophomore Awarded Selective Udall Scholarship
June 26, 2025
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Professor Pittman wins Faculty Member of the Year Award
May 8, 2025
Cambia Health Foundation Grant Awarded to Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
April 3, 2025
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Population Health Initiative Tier 1 Pilot Research Grant Awarded to Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman
October 31, 2024
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Gum Saan to Golden Spike wins a Special Recognition Award
October 15, 2024
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NWSA's Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize Honorable Mention
October 7, 2024
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Building Communities: A Tribute to Our Manongs and Manangs
August 21, 2024
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Prof. La TaSha Levy is Awarded Faculty of the Year
June 6, 2024
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Wen Eckelberg selected as scholar for China’s Yenching Academy
May 30, 2024
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Prof. LaShawnDa L. Pittman Awarded a 2024 ACLS Digitial Justice Seed Grant
May 22, 2024
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AES and Diversity Minor Program Graduation Celebration
May 21, 2024
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AES Receives Mellon Foundation's Affirming Multivocal Humanities Grant
May 20, 2024
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UW Announces 2024 Awards of Excellence Recipients
May 13, 2024
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Bitaniya Giday selected as Truman Scholar
April 23, 2024
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Distinguished Staff Award
April 10, 2024
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Annual Distinguished Staff Award Reception
February 28, 2024
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OCA Greater Seattle - Asian Pacific American Advocates Golden Circle Awards & Lunar New Year Celebration
February 6, 2024
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A Message from the Chair
September 29, 2023
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Connie So Earns 2023 Outstanding Public Service Award
September 18, 2023
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Jang Wook Huh Awarded 2023 ACLS Fellowship
April 4, 2023
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New Faculty Spotlight for Race and Social Justice
March 9, 2023
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Jang Wook Huh Wins the 2022 Constance M. Rourke Prize
March 8, 2023
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Juan Felipe Herrera, Former AES Professor, Receives Frost Medal For Lifetime Achievement 
February 22, 2023
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LaShawnDa Pittman Appointed The Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship In Western Civilization
January 24, 2023
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
2022 Career Enhancement Fellowship: Alina Méndez
May 25, 2022
Humanities Washington
Monica Cortés Viharo receives Public Humanities Fellowship
May 5, 2022
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AES major Jasmine Smith Wins Castro-Naoe Family Scholarship
February 9, 2022
New NEH Grant Recipients
Jang Wook Huh Awarded NEH Fellowship, 2021-2022
February 10, 2021