Faculty and Staff

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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
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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
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
Reimagining Social Care and Racial Justice
November 19, 2020
Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
November 12, 2020
‘2020: The Course’ ponders the meaning of this unusual year
November 2, 2020
‘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
Five myths about policing
June 26, 2020
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
COVID-19 mental health crunch puts impetus on psychedelic drug innovation, doctor says
April 30, 2020
Amid a Pandemic, Geography Returns With a Vengeance
April 14, 2020
Interactive coronavirus map lets users track infection
February 19, 2020
WHO Names New Coronavirus Disease as COVID-19; Death Toll Spikes to 1,115
February 12, 2020
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
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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
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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
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
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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
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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
Dr. Kam Wing Chan Featured in the People's Daily and Bloomberg
November 14, 2013