Social Justice

Analysis from Professor Laurie Marhoefer of the UW Department of History. 

Emily Zimmerman, director of the Jacob Lawrence Gallery, explains how the gallery is taking action for a more equitable future for artists. 

Twenty-five years ago, the University of Washington inaugurated a gallery to honor a giant of our time.

If ever a show deserved a rave review, it's the Crocker Art Museum's "History, Labor, Life: The Prints of Jacob Lawrence." Lawrence was a professor of painting at the UW.

Professor James Gregory on the power of public history and the centenary of the 1919 Seattle General Strike

The UW Center for Human Rights is teaching a new generation to use the Freedom of Information Act.

Miha Sarani (BFA, 2015), an art history graduate, began the project after seeing news of the white nationalist march in Virgina and the lack of condemnation of white supremacy that followed.

Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse, Assistant Professor of Art History, explains that there's no history of towering monumental poles being made by the Salish and other Puget Sound region tribes.

Learn how sociologist Katherine Beckett's research on racial bias contributed to the abolishment of the death penalty in WA State. 

Associate Professor of Psychology Kristina Olson has been named one of this year's MacArthur Fellows.

Widely dismissed after publication, John Okada's (BA, English, '47) 1957 book was nearly forgotten until it gained attention by word of mouth throughout the Asian-American community.

Students expose layers hidden beneath the city's staggering wealth, using "dark tourism" to find reasons for protest and celebration--sometimes both at once.

From El Salvador to Spokane, the UW Center for Human Rights seeks justice.

Op-ed by American Ethnic Studies Assistant Professor, Vincent Schleitwiler 

John Gottman, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Washington, weighs in.