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How We Communicate Our Values: On Transfer Students and Writing's Function Beyond Integration into UW
As former English instructors in overseas contexts ranging from Indonesia to Kazakhstan, both of us have cultivated experiences working with multilingual students who want to leverage their... Read more
Announcing the Spring Funding Award Recipients
The Simpson Center for the Humanities is pleased to announce our funding awards for 2021-2022 after receiving many strong proposals from University of Washington faculty and graduate... Read more
Perspectives from Two International Students at Shoreline Community College: An Interview with Maral Atayeva and Yara Musad (Class of 2021)
As 2020-21 Collaborative Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics, we are invested in learning how higher education institutions can better meet the evolving needs of a diverse student body... Read more
Full Mellon Sawyer Seminar Series Now Available
At the end of this extraordinary academic year, we are delighted to announce that the full webinar series of the Mellon Sawyer Seminar Humanitarianisms: Migrations and Care through the... Read more
Announcing the 2021/2022 Katz Distinguished Lecturers: Catherine Cole, Ato Quayson, and Abderrahmane Sissako
The 2021/2022 Katz Distinguished Lectures will feature three speakers whose lectures will focus on thinking Africa beyond the confines of the continent. Lectures topics will include... Read more
Announcing the Recipients of First Book Fellowships & Faculty Reading Groups
Given the challenges faculty face in the pandemic, the Simpson Center is pleased to pilot support in two categories in Summer 2021: First Book Fellowships and Faculty Summer Reading Groups... Read more

Perspectives from Two International Students at Shoreline Community College: An Interview with Maral Atayeva and Yara Musad (Class of 2021) By Katia Chaterji and Jessica Bachman June 16, 2021 In 2019, Shoreline Community College in Washington State became the first 2-year college in the United States to award international students a #...

Talking About It: Recognizing Community College Teaching as Valuable Professional Development by Anna Bates June 1, 2021 As one of the Mellon Fellows for Reaching New Publics, I’ve been researching the experience of UW graduate students in the humanities who chose to teach at two-year...

James Gregory’s Research on Redlining Prompts New Washington Bill on Racist Property Covenants May 25, 2021 In 2005, James Gregory (History) began research into racial discrimination in housing covenants with support from the Simpson Center. Within a year, the project findings led to a law,...