American Ethnic Studies

Projects

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Collective for the Study of Racial Capitalism

21st Century, American Ethnic Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Asian American, Black Studies
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African American Political Thought: Past and Present

American Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, History, Political Science, Race
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Sound Practices

21st Century, American Ethnic Studies, Art History, Cinema, Identity and Culture

Articles

Daphne Brooks

Daphne Brooks & The Sound Collaboratory

American Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, Performance Studies, Katz Lecture/Event

Katz Lectures

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How to Write a DEI Statement in Only 50 Years

American Ethnic Studies, Literary Studies, Higher Education, Asian American, Identity and Culture

People

Portrait of Dan Berger leaning against a brick wall

Dan Berger (he/him/his)

Dan Berger is associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at the University of Washington Bothell. His research and teaching focus on histories of the carceral state and US social movements.

American Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, Cultural Studies, Prison Studies, Race, Social Justice, Systemic Racism
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Naomi Macalalad Bragin (she/her/hers)

I teach performance as an analytic tool and practical method of research. Courses use multi-perspectival, trans-methodological approaches to critical inquiry that emphasize self-reflection, collaboration, intuition and imagination.

American Ethnic Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Performance Studies, Queer Studies
LaShawnDa Pittman

LaShawnDa Pittman (she/her/hers)

LaShawnDa Pittman is an Associate Professor in the American Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Washington. She received her PhD in Sociology at Northwestern University.

American Ethnic Studies, Health Humanities, Race, Sociology, Urbanism
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José I. Fusté (he/him/his)

José I. Fusté received his Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from UC San Diego in 2012.

American Ethnic Studies, Cultural Studies, Globalization, Immigration, Latin America, Latinx, Music
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Rick Bonus (he/him/his)

Rick Bonus is primarily a professor of American Ethnic Studies, but he also has strong interests in the conjunctions among ethnic studies, American studies, Pacific Islander Studies, and Southeast Asian studies, particularly as they deal with the historical and contemporary phenomena of migration

American Ethnic Studies, American Indian and Indigenous Studies, Colonialism, Cultural Studies, Ethnicity, Globalization