Recent News
Displacing Kinship, by Professor Linh Thủy Nguyễn, was reviewed in the April 2025 issue of Southeast Asian Studies. The review read, "Nguyễn makes a very compelling argument based on her reading of documents, sociological research, and refugee cultural productions to redirect how we… Read more
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In a recent article in Civil Eats, Professor Devon Peña shares his work with The Acequia Institute, which he founded to build environmental sustainability in the Southwest. The… Read more
The University of Washington annually recognizes 100 students among all undergraduates and graduates enrolled at Bothell, Seattle, and Tacoma campuses. The Husky 100 actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities and for the future. Through their passion, leadership and commitment, these students inspire all of us to shape our own Husky… Read more
Professor LaShawnDa Pittman recently received news that her collaborative project with the Catholic Community Services of Western Washington, Stress Reduction Intervention for African American Kinship Caregivers in Skipped-Generation Households, has been awarded a grant from the Cambia Health Foundation! This grant is awarded through the Foundation's Healthy and Connected Aging funding track.
The purpose of this grant is through the input of established kinship community members and data-… Read more
The Department of Ethnic Studies at Western Washington University is expanding its class offerings this Spring. Launched in fall 2024, this department has roots in the former College of Ethnic Studies. The college was established in 1969 but closed in 1978 due to budget concerns, enrollment decline and high faculty turnover, among other factors cited by the Program Study Committee at the time. The new department is a result of student activism, not unlike the college was.
Rick Bonus, Chair of… Read more
New York University's English Department is hosting a book launch for Professor Pacharee Sudhinaraset's new book, Worlds at the End: Los Angeles, Infrastructure, and the Apocalyptic Imagination. Pacharee was a teaching assistant with the American Ethnic Studies Department. Read more about her book on Temple University's website Temple University Press and feel free to check out details of the book… Read more
The 5th Annual Chinese Expulsion Remembrance March welcomed attendees in the morning with presentations at Hing Hay Park, followed by a circular march to the waterfront and back. The event commemorated the 1886 expulsion of 350 of Seattle's Chinese residents, who were forced to board a ship for San Francsico, where they were then deported to China.
“Past, present, and future merge,” University of Washington professor Dr. Connie So said, “and we continue helping others.” Prof. So was direct in… Read more
Wednesday, February 19, marked a grim anniversary in American history: 83 years ago, an executive order led to the mass incarceration of thousands of Japanese Americans. The trauma from the forced removals still remains today, as Seattle held its Day of Remembrance rally.
Prof. Vince Schleitwiler's great-grandfather was incarcerated in Salinas. "To look at the images of him, and to understand what he went through but then to be able to stand here and feel his presence and think about what it… Read more
In a recent TIE Talks interview, Linh Thủy Nguyễn discusses her book Displacing Kinship, which explores how second-generation Vietnamese Americans contend with intergenerational trauma rooted in the legacies of the Vietnam War alongside the racism they experience as part of immigrant families attempting to assimilate into American life. Through the course of the conversation, Linh also touches on the importance of making academic research intelligible to non-academic… Read more