Research

Unlearning Poverty
May 19, 2021
A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
May 11, 2021
Why ‘deepfake geography’ presents significant risks — and how researchers are detecting it
April 27, 2021
Deepfake tech takes on satellite maps
April 25, 2021
Simulated image of Tacoma, WA
A growing problem of ‘deepfake geography’: How AI falsifies satellite images
April 21, 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 8, 2021
A year with COVID-19: A chronology of how the UW adapted — and responded — to the pandemic
March 4, 2021
Seattle Channel Video "Essential Stories of Frontline Workers"
February 5, 2021
GIS Day 2020 Poster
First Annual GIS Day at UW Is a Resounding, Remote Success!
December 1, 2020
Dr. Lawson (Honors Director and Geography Faculty) Interview with Talia Kertsmann
November 12, 2020
2020-2021 Labor Studies Scholarships and Prizes: Including Two New Geography Graduate Students!
November 5, 2020
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UW awarded NIH grant for training in advanced data analytics for behavioral and social sciences
October 20, 2020
Sunrise at Mount Rainier National Park
UW Department of Geography and the Washington State Input-Output Model
October 9, 2020
Applied Research Fellows develop tool to explore population changes in King County
September 21, 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
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
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
Front cover of report "The Union Effect: Raising Standards for Workers Across Washington," featuring three people packing boxes in a warehouse.
Report Co-Written by Presidential Dissertation Fellow Lee Fiorio Featured in "The Stand"
October 16, 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 Emma Gause, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, and others sitting around a conference table.
First-Year Graduate Student Emma Gause Meets with U.S. Surgeon General
August 13, 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
Nathaniel Aune, Matt Seungju, Gordon DeLap and Hayden Hong.
Undergraduates Present Compelling Research in the 2019 Research Symposium
June 18, 2019
Yolanda Valencia.
Inside the Immigrant Experience
June 17, 2019
View of the Puget Sound and Discovery Park Lighthouse in Seattle
M.A. Student Amelia Schwartz Receives Award from UW Center for Human Rights for Work on Indigenous Water Rights
May 16, 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
Lee Fiorio and Connor Gilroy
Social Media Data as Research Tool
March 18, 2019
Geography Graduate Student Lee Fiorio Featured in Perspectives!
March 18, 2019
DAPL in geographical and historical context - Author: Isaac Rivera
First Year Ph.D. Student Isaac Rivera Receives Simpson Center's Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship!
March 12, 2019
Map of Evictions in Pierce County from 2017
Geography Graduate Student Alex Ramiller Collaborates with an Interdisciplinary Team Researching Evictions in Washington State
March 5, 2019
Melissa Espinoza
Alum Profile: From Yakima to Edinburgh, UW Geography Alum Melissa Espinoza Pursues a Career Researching Housing and Homelessness
February 7, 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
Maggie Wilson
Ph.D. student Maggie Wilson receives European Union research grant
April 16, 2018
Yurika Harada.
Yurika Harada Receives Mary Gates Research Scholarship
January 22, 2018
David Abernathy
Geography alum publishes new book on geodata, geolocation, and mapping
November 21, 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
Suburb
Lee Fiorio's research featured in UW Today
June 29, 2017
Honor Students
Honor Students Presenting at UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 10, 2017
Register to present at the Geography Undergraduate Research Symposium!
May 3, 2017
Ghosts of Seattle Past
Geography Alum Anisa Jackson Published in Ghosts of Seattle Past
April 13, 2017
Ybarra_Biermann
Two Geography faculty receive Royalty Research Fund Grants
April 5, 2017
Andre Ortega
Ph.D. alum Andre Ortega receives award for excellence in research
March 28, 2017
Close up view of the tree ring
Fallen sequoia tree provides research opportunities for students
November 15, 2016
Sean Wang
Geography alum helps unearth wealth of ORCA card data
August 23, 2016
Geography Honors Students Kristen Hiatt, Stella Jones, and David Urbina
Geography Honors Students Stella Jones, David Urbina, and Kristen Hiatt received Mary Gates Research Scholarships!
January 20, 2016
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Katharyne Mitchell and Matt Sparke Receive Residency Fellowships to Study Biological Citizenship and Evolving Biosecurity Technologies
January 19, 2016
Bill Beyers
Bill Beyers retires from teaching but continues his research and service
June 29, 2015