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American Ethnic Studies had the pleasure of hosting visits from Highline Public School's 8th graders. Students from several schools in the district visited the campus as part of an introduction to student life at the University of Washington. Chris Carr, and Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky, AES staff and faculty, respectively, presented information about the origins of AES. They helped students envision the pathway towards a career and lifestyle that would support ideas for a potential career.
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The Autumn Quarter 2024 APPI Thrive Newsletter was recently posted. In this newsletter, AES alumnus Nestor Enguerra, Jr. shares his Director's Message. There are also additional newsworthy sections to read through, like AAPI Thrive Project's impact, their new location, welcoming the 2024-2025 cohort, and much more! … Read more
During this Winter 2025 quarter, this course is structured around the campus visits of two respected scholars of transnational feminist responses to violence and war: Rana Jaleel and Margo Okazawa-Rey. Jaleel is Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis and author of … Read more
Join us for a conversation with San Francisco State University (emerita) activist and educator, Margo Okazawa- Rey for a conversation that will explore how generations of feminist and other radical and visionary movements, activists, artists, musicians, journalists, academics are facing “monsters” - the state and civil society leaders of the globalized culture of killing are threatening the very survival of the planet.
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Join author Victor Luckerson in exploring the century-long battle over the “terrain of the mind” in Tulsa. His talk will explore why the story of Tulsa’s Greenwood has been wiped from the American consciousness for so long, and the ongoing efforts by black Tulsans to make that legacy more widely known.
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Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman and some UW students recently had an article published on MDPI's website. In the article, they examine how Black mothers devised strategies of resistance to prepare and protect their children during the Jim Crow era. Grounded in Black feminist standpoint theory, they rely on Black women's own perspectives to understand how interlocking systems of oppression shaped their mothering experiences and practices. They use Dedoose cloud-based software to conduct a content analysis… Read more
The University of Washington Population Health Initiative's Tier 1 Pilot Research Grant encourages new interdisciplinary collaborations among investigators for projects that address critical components of grand challenges the UW seeks to address in population health. Dr. LaShawnDa Pittman's research team was selected to receive $24,268 for the project, "Stress Reduction Intervention for African American Kinship Caregivers in Skipped-Generation Households." This is an interdisciplinary… Read more
Dr. Devon Peña was recently interviewed on the Marketplace to discuss Colorado's oldest business reopening as a community food co-op. Colorado’s oldest continuously run business is a small general store near the border of New Mexico in the town of San Luis. The R&R Market opened in 1857. Ownership has been passed down through the same family, generation after generation, until just a couple of years ago. That’s when a local nonprofit purchased the old adobe structure.… Read more
Professor Connie So and several of her students were recently selected to receive a Special Recognition Award in the Best Labor Studies Paper/Project competition held by the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies for their class project, Gum Saan to Golden Spike. Andrew Hedden, Associate Director at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, stated their committee was "impressed by the creativity of the project and wanted to make sure it received recognition. We will honor the… Read more