Department of Geography

How has COVID-19 impacted workers? Faculty in Labor Studies offer their thoughts.

The College honors four exceptional graduates representing eight Arts & Sciences majors.

Steve Herbert, professor of law, societies, and justice and of geography, is referenced in this article discussing common myths about policing.

Dr. Sunil Aggarwal, affiliate professor of geography explains how doctors are striving to further research on the effects of certain psychedelics on mental health. 

Jonathan Mayer, professor emeritus of geography and epidemiology, explains how geography is an important discipline in stopping the spread of the coronavirus.

Students in the Interdisciplinary Honors class “Citizen Acts to Challenge Poverty” collaborated with Real Change to bring the exhibit Portraits for Change.

Bo Zhao, assistant professor of geography, has created an interactive map showing the spread of cornoavirus, as well as other factors such as regional death tolls and recovery rates.

Assistant professor of geography, Bo Zhao, has created an interactive map showing the spread of coronovirus.

Assistant professor of geography, Bo Zhao, has created an interactive map of the spread of cornavirus.

UW senior Racquel West has always loved museums. Now she spends nearly every day in one.  

Kim England, the Harry Bridges Chair of Labor Studies at the UW, weighs in on the activism behind the Domestic Worker's Bill of Rights.

Yolanda Valencia (PhD, 2019) explores how undocumented immigrants thrive despite US policies. 

The public may balk at the sharing of social media data, but social scientists use the information to understand our world.

Taber Hand (MA, 1983) has found a cost-effective solution for sewage treatment in challenging settings.

Lauren Drakopulos, PhD candidate in the UW Department of Geography, on how story maps can help people better understand complex global issues.