Alumni

Alum Jill Higson (BA, 1996, Communication) discusses the human touch handwriting can bring to communication.

A biology professor encouraged Jacob Ball to push beyond "comfortable" teaching. Now Ball is doing that halfway around the world.

Daren Byler (PhD, 2018, Anthropology), a scholar of Uighur culture explains the savior mentality behind the "manner education" in China's Uighur detention camps.

Alumni Melissa Arias (BA, 1997, Political Science) and Trina Cottingham (BS, 1996, Psychology) discuss how their education at UW impacts their careers on the Make-a-Wish leadership team.

UW alum and lecturer Graham Pruss lived in an RV for five months as part of the research for his anthropology PhD, and discusses the feelings of unwelcomeness it brought from his community.

In the late '60s, a couple of UC Berkeley students, including UW English Professor Shawn Wong, were in search of Asian-American writers, when they learned about the work of John Okada.

Kate Fernandez wants you to see all research happening at the Burke Museum. She’s made it easy to know where to look.

MacKenzie Andrews (BS, Neurobiology, 2018) and her team members from the UW presented their medical device startup Nanodropper at the 2019 GeekWire Summit.

Co-owners of Off the Rez, Cecilia Rikard (BA, Laws, Society and Justice, 2006)and Mark McConnell, open their cafe at the new Burke Museum,

Janet Kavandi (PhD, Chemistry, 1990), who recently retired from a senior NASA post, went to space three times and added fairness to the astronaut selection process.

Alum Melissa Miranda (BFA, 2008, Sociology) discusses her career as a chef and the cultural inspirations for the dishes she creates.

How the self-proclaimed lover of life, Jordan Nicholson (BA, Drawing & Painting, 2012), followed his passions to become an accomplished photographer, artist and man about town.

Alum Mignon Fogarty (BFA, 1990, English) discusses what it's like to be "Grammar Girl" and how she became famous for answering grammar questions online.

This film, four years in the making, was produced by Frances McCue, a senior lecturer in English, and directed by Ryan K. Adams, a filmmaker with Continuum College. 

Alumni Aaron Verzosa (BFA, 2009, Linguistics) and Amber Manuguid's (BFA, 2009, Digital Arts and Experimental Media) have opened a new Filipino restaurant, Archipelago.