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Tibet to Trinidad: Ethnomusicology's Global Reach
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‘But my tail light isn’t broken, officer’: A conversation on policing an
Posted 12/17/2015
Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political science at the UW, says there's a long history of distrust between minority populations and
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UW center aims to create conversations on differences
Posted 10/12/2015
Ralina Joseph, associate professor of communication, discusses UW's Center for Communication, Differences and Equity.
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Gender, corporate culture at Boeing explored in new book ‘Capitalist Fam
Posted 09/08/2015
Author Polly Myers is a lecturer in the University of Washington Department of History and the Integrated Social Sciences.
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UW political scientist Megan Francis looks at philanthropy and racial in
Posted 08/19/2015
Protecting African-Americans from state-sanctioned violence remains “an unmet challenge for civil rights groups committed to racial equality.”
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Jason and Walter's Excellent Arctic Adventure
Posted 10/28/2014
During a visit to the Canadian Arctic to study Inuktitut, the Inuit language, students experienced firsthand the language's connection to the land.
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Exploring Sephardic—and Seattle—History
Posted 09/09/2013
A set of letters dating back to the 1940s led Devin Naar to study the history of Sephardic Jews. Now he heads the UW's Sephardic Studies Initiative
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What is your class telling you?
Posted 01/26/2016
UW Biology's Ben Wiggins details how implicit bias negatively impacts classroom setting and what faculty can do to change that.
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Here’s how to make government care about black lives
Posted 12/01/2015
"The past two years of racial unrest have made clear these protests are not going away," writes Megan Ming Francis, assistant professor of political
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Why black Americans are worried about John Boehner's resignation
Posted 10/05/2015
Christopher Parker, an associate professor at the University of Washington, talks about how the political conversation may shift if change averse
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Infusing ancient Ladino songs with rap to keep a culture alive
Posted 09/02/2015
Rabbi Simon Benzaquen and Alex Hernandez call themselves Los Seranos, the watchmen, and they're safeguarding messages locked in Ladino song lyrics
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Getting Personal with Roma Communities
Posted 04/28/2014
For students on a CHID program in Europe, visits with the Roma community (commonly known as Gypsies) challenged persistent stereotypes.
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African American History, on the Web
Posted 03/01/2013
It began as a modest resource to address students' frequently asked questions, but Professor Quintard Taylor's BlackPast.org website now attracts 2.8
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Workplace diversity policies ‘don’t help’ — and ‘make white men feel thr
Posted 01/06/2016
Cheryl R. Kaiser, an associate professor in Psychology, discusses how the current structure of workplace diversity initiatives may not yield success.
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Historian Michael Honey’s film about Rev.
Posted 10/22/2015
UW historian Michael Honey has teamed with cinematographer and filmmaker Errol Webber to produce a documentary about the life of Methodist minister
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