Faculty and Staff

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)
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Seattle Channel Video "Essential Stories of Frontline Workers"
(February 5, 2021)
Professor Kessie Alexandre
Introducing New Faculty in the Department of Geography
(December 10, 2020)
GIS Day 2020 Poster
First Annual GIS Day at UW Is a Resounding, Remote Success!
(December 1, 2020)
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Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
(November 19, 2020)
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Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
(November 12, 2020)
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‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
(November 2, 2020)
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‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
(October 30, 2020)
Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park
UW Department of Geography and the Washington State Input-Output Model
(October 9, 2020)
Hammering Man
Labor Day 2020: A life-and-death fight for worker rights
(September 27, 2020)
Forest Coverage Change in Bach Ma National Park
GIS Workshop Students Prepare for "Real Life" in Collaboration with Employers like MEDRIX
(August 10, 2020)
The Labor of COVID
(July 9, 2020)
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Five myths about policing
(June 26, 2020)
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2020 Awards, Honors and Achievements
(June 16, 2020)
Tyson meat processing plant in Wallula
UW experts on challenges to worker safety in meat processing industry
(May 28, 2020)
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COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
(April 30, 2020)
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Amid a Pandemic, Geography Returns With a Vengeance
(April 14, 2020)
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Interactive coronavirus map lets users track infection
(February 19, 2020)
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WHO Names New Coronavirus Disease as COVID-19; Death Toll Spikes to 1,115
(February 12, 2020)
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Interactive map shows worldwide spread of coronavirus
(February 7, 2020)
Assistant Professor Carrie Freshour.
Introducing New Faculty in the Department of Geography
(October 24, 2019)
Tree with big branches and substantial root system.
With New Course About Genealogical Geographies, Faculty and Students Find "Joy" in Collaboration
(September 12, 2019)
Geography Graduate Student Soohyung Hur presenting a PowerPoint presentation.
"Taking Care" Conference Features Interdisciplinary Scholarship Touched by Care Theory and Ethics
(July 26, 2019)
Professor Megan Ybarra Holding Her Book, Green Wars.
Professor Megan Ybarra's Green Wars Wins Award at the 2019 American Association of Geographers Conference
(April 8, 2019)
Man hunched over with rope around his body indicating lower back pain.
Reflecting on Personal Experience of Pain, Professor Jonathan Mayer Finds Academic and Professional Opportunities to Affect Change
(January 11, 2019)
Professor Kim England.
Congratulations to Professor Kim England, Named As the New Harry Bridges Endowed Chair in Labor Studies
(November 1, 2018)
Geographers in the News.
Geographers in the News
(February 26, 2018)
People standing around a banner on the ground.
Professor Megan Ybarra Creates Documentary Short 
(September 29, 2017)
Judie with her partner and three dogs in Los Angeles.
What the bond between homeless people and their pets demonstrates about compassion 
(July 16, 2017)
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Yolanda Valencia receives GO-MAP Dissertation Fellowship 
(July 9, 2017)
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Two Geography faculty receive Royalty Research Fund Grants
(April 5, 2017)
Beyond the Incarceration State Panelists
Geography hosts "Beyond the Incarceration State" panel
(March 30, 2017)
Simpson Center
Fellowship awarded to Geography Department Grads
(February 27, 2017)
Portrait of Prof. Katharyne Mitchell
Katharyne Mitchell receives Guggenheim Fellowship
(April 12, 2016)
Image of Brocher Foundation Building
Katharyne Mitchell and Matt Sparke Receive Residency Fellowships to Study Biological Citizenship and Evolving Biosecurity Technologies
(January 19, 2016)
Prof. Michael Brown and his art featured on Faculty Friday!
(November 24, 2015)
Jim Thatcher speaks at December 4th Colloquium
(November 18, 2015)
Relational Poverty Network and Profs. Sarah Elwood & Vicky Lawson featured in UW Today!
(May 21, 2015)
Globalization and You MOOC
(June 25, 2014)
Craig ZumBrunnen Retiring
(June 11, 2014)
Professor Emeritus Dick Morrill Honored at Upcoming UW Awards of Excellence Ceremony
(May 22, 2014)
Dr. Ben Gardner Wins 2014 UW Distinguished Teaching Award
(April 22, 2014)
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Dr. Kam Wing Chan Featured in the People's Daily and Bloomberg
(November 14, 2013)
Michael Brown Interviewed by KPLU on Same-Sex Households
(October 1, 2013)
Online Innovation: UW's new degree in integrated social sciences
(September 5, 2013)
Congratulations to Drs. Elwood and Lawson for their Recent NSF Research Coordination Network Grant!
(February 26, 2013)
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Treasure trove of restricted social science data now available to Pacific Northwest researchers
(September 28, 2012)
US Cities Becoming More Diverse AND More Segregated
(July 20, 2012)
Seattle's Biopolitical Geographies
(July 20, 2012)
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Cities near Seattle may lose tax revenue if arena gets built
(July 13, 2012)