Faculty and Staff

Richard Morrill holding a map while speaking to a class

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus Richard L. Morrill

(April 2, 2024)

Mia Bennett outside with mountains and grass in background

UW Research New Faculty Spotlight: Mia Bennett

(February 23, 2024)

Erin McElroy’s Research Discusses Dis/possessory Data Politics in the Context of Tenant Screening

(February 5, 2024)

Kam Wing Chan and Xiaxia Yang’s Commentary on China’s Urban Youth is Published in Caixin Weekly

(January 31, 2024)

New Article by Professor Mia Bennett Discusses Critical Remote Sensing

(January 8, 2024)

The Guardian Reports on New Research into the Geography of Social Deprivation in England and Wales

(December 11, 2023)

Statement of Support from the Department of Geography Faculty

(November 14, 2023)

New Faculty in the Department of Geography

(October 26, 2023)

CSDE Welcomes Ayala as *New* Executive Director of the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC)

(June 19, 2023)

Thousands of Amazon staffers are pouring into its Seattle offices. Will it restore the downtown’s fortunes?

(May 22, 2023)

Humanistic GIS Lab Leverage GIS with Humanism

Humanistic GIS Lab Brings Together Students and Faculty for Innovative Research Opportunities

(April 3, 2023)

Ethnic segregation in England and Wales on the wane, research finds

(January 17, 2023)

Seattle Parks workers and Police sweep and dismantle a community of improvised shelters in Ballard Commons in December 2021. In the foreground are fuel canisters (for heating, cooking, and electricity) left behind by residents.

Understanding Unequal Access to Thermal Comfort and Safety to Address Urban Climate Justice Challenges

(December 6, 2022)

In 2020, consumers turned to Black-owned businesses. But where has that support gone?

(October 27, 2022)

From Student Activist to Intersectional Labor Organizer: Meet Yasmin Ahmed

(September 7, 2022)

The past, present and future of tipping and tipped workers in Seattle

(September 6, 2022)

This graph shows the weekly visitation patterns of restaurants with a Black-owned label (red line) versus those without the label (blue lines) in 20 major U.S. cities in 2020.

Black-owned restaurants disproportionately impacted during pandemic

(August 29, 2022)

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus Guenter Krumme

(August 24, 2022)

Remembering Geography Professor Emeritus George Hiroaki Kakiuchi

(August 24, 2022)

HSD Selects University of Washington to Conduct Comparable Worth Wage Analysis of Human Services Work in Seattle and King County

(August 2, 2022)

Geography Staff Members Parwati Martin, Nell Gross, Lindsay Cael and Drew Gamboa

Introducing Our New Undergraduate Advisor, Drew!

(June 28, 2022)

2022 Awards, Honors and Achievements

(June 15, 2022)

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is fracturing the delicate peace in the Arctic

(April 26, 2022)

Mia Bennett and Colleagues Evaluate National Leadership Towards a Low-Carbon Future in the Arctic in New Paper

(April 6, 2022)

Americans Rediscover Labor Unions

(March 22, 2022)

Congratulations to our 2022 AAG Award Winners!

(March 14, 2022)

Department of Geography marks the passing of our long-time faculty colleague and former chair, William "Bill" Beyers

(February 15, 2022)

Legislature considers constraints on Amazon’s ‘rank-and-yank’ worker ratings

(January 18, 2022)

Meet Our New Faculty!

(September 29, 2021)

Kim England, Director of the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies

Unions flex political muscle, secure wins under Democratic one-party rule in Olympia

(August 2, 2021)

Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences

(July 15, 2021)

Experts Are Worried About “Deepfake Geography”

(June 25, 2021)

Unlearning Poverty

(June 15, 2021)

2021 Awards, Honors and Achievements

(June 8, 2021)

Deepfake Maps Could Really Mess With Your Sense of the World

(May 28, 2021)

Treats from Faculty Bakers

(May 20, 2021)

Unlearning Poverty

(May 19, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: A new Measure: the Revolutionary Quantum Reform of the Metric System, Sacred Breath: Indigenous Writing and Storytelling Series, and more

(May 10, 2021)

A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images

(April 21, 2021)

How ‘Story Maps’ Redraw the World Using People’s Real-Life Experiences

(March 26, 2021)

New Publications from Geography Faculty and Graduate Students!

(March 15, 2021)

A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic

(March 4, 2021)

Help Us Create a New Sticker Design! Open to all members of the geography department, win a $50 gift card to the UW Bookstore!

What Does Geography Mean to You?

(February 24, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Katz Distinguished Lecture: Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Contemporary Environmental Issues In Taiwan, Global Perspectives on Restorative Justice & Race, and More

(February 17, 2021)

Podcast explores atonement and accountability inside the Oregon State Penitentiary

(February 9, 2021)

Map indicating rich countries will get access to the coronavirus vaccine earlier than others

GEOG 280 Among the "Cool Courses" Selected by the College of Arts & Sciences for Spring Quarter

(February 8, 2021)

Seattle Channel Video "Essential Stories of Frontline Workers"

(February 5, 2021)

Introducing New Faculty in the Department of Geography

(December 10, 2020)

First Annual GIS Day at UW Is a Resounding, Remote Success!

(December 1, 2020)

Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice

(November 19, 2020)