Faculty and Staff

Jen Rose Smith, 2025 On the Brinck Award Winner
February 13, 2026
Portrait photo of Professor Sarah Elwood
AAG Presidential Achievement Award
February 10, 2026
Engaging Care: Domestic Workers in Washington State Research Internship Opportunity
October 1, 2025
Dream Palaces-Black Independent Cinemas Research Internship Opportunity
October 1, 2025
Anti-Eviction Lab Research Internship Opportunity
October 1, 2025
Student holding #HireHuskies sign at UW Career Fair
Creating Community Among Geography Alums: Introducing the Alum Ambassador Committee
June 13, 2025
Family’s West Seattle garden becomes a neighborhood project
May 15, 2025
Chrystel smiling into camera
New Faculty Join the Department
October 25, 2024
In the Field: Understanding the impact of Arctic militarization on Indigenous communities
In the Field: Understanding the impact of Arctic militarization on Indigenous communities
September 13, 2024
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Professor Gretchen Sneegas Featured on the Wiki Education Blog
September 3, 2024
Geography Faculty Michael Brown and Larry Knopp Featured in The Seattle Times
July 2, 2024
2024 Awards, Honors and Achievements
June 10, 2024
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
Department of Geography logo on purple square
Statement of Support from the Department of Geography Faculty
November 14, 2023
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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
Portrait Photograph of Yasmin Ahmed in Profile
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
Portrait Photograph of Bill Beyers
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
Mia Bennett outside with mountains and grass in background
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
Buttermilk Pie
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