Race and Equity

The Seattle Times names Valerie Curtis-Newton, Head of Directing in the School of Drama, as one of 13 people who shaped the Seattle area in the past decade.

Students and professors show the diverse research, opportunities, and learning at the UW through this photoset.

Sociology Professor Christine Leibbrand discusses the effects that moving away from segregated hometowns have on African Americans.

The University of Washington's graduate school will be getting a new Indigenous studies program, housed within the College of Arts and Sciences.

UW sociologist Christine Leibbrand and her co-authors examined residency among children whose fathers were in prison, or recently released, at the time of data collection.

Law, Societies, and Justice major Auston Jimmicum is profiled on his journey towards the UW and his time here.

English Professor Shawn Wong has long worked to protect the rights of the family of the author of "No-No Boy," a classic piece of Asian-American literature.

Part of the Henry Art Gallery's "In Plain Sight," Sanford Bigger's sculpture "And?" is a "connective, enduring thread" of African-American history.

The School of Art + Art History + Design's Jacob Lawrence Gallery is delighted to announce that Marisa Williamson will be its 2020 Jacob Lawrence Legacy Resident.

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.

This week in the arts, attend a Chamber Dance Company concert, view photographs from the Henry’s collections, reflect on the race of contemporary ballet, and more.

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.

Noam Pianko, a UW professor of Jewish studies, weighs in on the root causes of anti-Semitism and how to address it.

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.

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.