Our new Outreach & Events Manager, Gillian Cobb, has been hard at work getting to know the department, and finding ways to connect with you, our wonderful alumni community. Below you’ll find a few new ways to engage with the department, other alumni, and graduating students!  Whether you are a current student or an alum, … Read More

This year’s Association of Asian American Studies’ (AAAS) Excellence in Mentoring Award goes to, drum roll please, UW Communication Professor LeiLani Nishime! For Professor Nishime, this award means more than recognition—it’s the regard received from an organization that has been an intellectual home throughout her career. AAAS is the first academic conference Professor Nishime ever … Read More

Adrienne Russell, Mary Laird Wood Professor of Communication, returned to Seattle inspired after a globe-trotting research sabbatical in 2023-24. In Fall, Russell visited Waseda University in Tokyo as a fellow at the Society for the Promotion of Science, and she conducted research and gave talks in Chile before participating in a second fellowship at the … Read More

The CCDE has flourished over the past decade, as an innovative space where our community of students, faculty, staff, and alumni gather to promote greater equity through their scholarship, curriculum, and community events. The CCDE facilitates research collaborations for faculty and graduate students, including initiatives like the Health Equity Action Lab (HEAL), which supports and … Read More