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During the spring quarter 2025, the Anti-Eviction Lab, run by Dr. Erin McElroy, is excited to recruit 1-2 undergraduate interns supported by the Halmo Geography Scholars Program. Students are expected to work 100 hours over the course of the quarter, and… Read more
During the spring or summer quarter 2025, the Humanistic GIS Lab, run by Dr. Bo Zhao, is excited to recruit 1-2 undergraduate interns supported by the Halmo Geography Scholars Program. Students are expected to work 100 hours over the course of the quarter, and… Read more
Welcome to our newest graduate student cohort! Please find their biographies below.
Maro Denton
B.A., Politics, Oberlin College. Pronouns: they/them. My research interests: Revolutionary Ecology; Food Sovereignty; Agriculture; Decolonization; Queer Studies; Insurgent Infrastructure; Dual Power; Counterinsurgency; Revolutionary Marxisms; Insurrectionary Anarchism; Praxis. In my personal time, I enjoy community organizing, talking and reading practical theory, gardening, foraging,… Read more
Through public events and exhibitions, connect with the UW community every week. This week, attend gallery exhibitions, and more. As the UW community returns to campus, consider taking advantage of campus perks available to UW employees and students: Free admission to the Henry Art Gallery and Burke Museum Discounted tickets to performances by Meany Center,...… Read more
Mia Bennett, University of Washington assistant professor of geography, will spend a week this month in Norway as part of the orientation for the Fulbright Arctic IV Initiative. Bennett is one of 20 scholars selected to collaborate on multi-disciplinary research over the next 18 months.
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I first taught with Wikipedia in Winter 2024 as part of my Geographies of Energy and Sustainability class. Perhaps this was a teensy bit ambitious, given that it was both my first time teaching this course, and my first year teaching at University of Washington with four other new class preps. (Seriously, what was I thinking?)
I was… Read more
As part of its "Pride around Seattle 2024" collection, The Seattle Times Pacific NW Magazine featured research by two UW geography faculty in its long-form article "How Capitol Hill became Seattle’s gayborhood." Below are two passages from the article highlighting the work of Professors Michael Brown and Larry Knopp. Visit The Seattle Times for the full… Read more
On June 7, 2024, the Department of Geography celebrated over 165 B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. recipients at our annual Convocation Ceremony! Professor Bo Zhao, Undergraduate Program Coordinator, and Professor Suzanne Withers, Graduate Program Coordinator, announced the following honorees who received awards from the department and from other units at UW:
Graduate Awards & Recognitions
Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching
Alexandra Yanson… Read more
Since joining the University of Washington Ph.D. in Geography program in autumn 2020, Natalie Vaughan-Wynn has been deeply involved in research, writing, teaching and collaborations across campus. One of Natalie's doctoral supervisory committee co-chairs (along with Professor Sarah Elwood), Professor Vicky Lawson describes Natalie as "a remarkable, caring and creative scholar and a wonderful human. She is conducting deeply ethical research that foregrounds relations of respect and co-creation… Read more
Do dying patients have a “right to try” illegal drugs such as psilocybin and MDMA if they might alleviate end-of-life suffering from anxiety and depression? Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, clinical assistant professor in the UW School of Medicine, is quoted.Featured
on Los Angeles Times