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Articles

Maral Atayeva (top left), Jessica Bachman (top right), Katia Chaterji (bottom left), and Yara Musad (bottom right)

Perspectives from Two International Students at Shoreline Community College

Community Colleges, Race, COVID-19, Immigration

To Rethink Community College-Research University Partnerships, Legitimize the Work of Graduate Students Already Taking on the Labor of Relationship-Building

Community Colleges, Graduate Education

Annie Dwyer Publishes Article on Graduate Education in Western Humanities Review

Graduate Education, Community Colleges

UW faculty Ralina Joseph and Sonnet Retman sitting at a meeting of Women Investigating Race, Ethnicity, and Difference

People

Rachel Arteaga smiling at the camera in a grey sweater, arms folded.

Rachel Arteaga (she/her/hers)

Rachel Arteaga is Associate Director of the Simpson Center.

Community Colleges, Doctoral Education, Graduate Education, Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Public Scholarship, Race, Religion, Undergraduate Education

Close-up image of Joe Wilson wearing a sweatshirt while standing in front of a red rock formation.

Joe Wilson (he/him/his)

Joe Wilson is a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of English, as well as a 2020-2021 Collaborative Mellon Fellow for Reaching New Publics with Rebecca Taylor, who is a Doctoral Student in

Community Colleges, Composition Studies, Language and Literature, Linguistics, Public Scholarship, Queer Studies, Two-year Colleges

Denise Grollmus (she/ella)

Denise Grollmus is a writer, scholar, teacher, web designer, and translator who was the Simpson Center's Communications Manager from 2018-2020.

Affect Studies, Community Colleges, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Language and Literature, Literary Studies, Pedagogy, Public Scholarship, Race, Religion, Translation Studies, Visual Culture

Rebecca Taylor (she/her/hers)

Rebecca Taylor is a Doctoral Student in the Department of English, as well as a 2020-2021 Collaborative Mellon Fellow for Reaching New Publics with

Community Colleges, Composition Studies, Digital Humanities, Higher Education, Language and Literature, Linguistics, Two-year Colleges, Undergraduate Education

Jacqui Pratt has blue hair and looks to the left and laughs while standing in front of a shiplapped exterior wall.

Jacqui Pratt earned a doctoral degree from the English Department in Rhetoric & Composition in 2019. She is currently an adjunct professor at Northampton Community College as well as a writer for the websites Women Love Wrestling and Bell to Belles.

Communication, Community Colleges, Composition Studies

Kate Krieg stands in front of a shiplapped wall while wearing a light-colored shirt.

Kate Krieg (she/her/hers)

Kate Krieg serves as the Executive Director of Guided Pathways at Seattle Central College. Guided Pathways is the student success framework for Washington State's 34 community and technical colleges.

Community Colleges, Doctoral Education, Pedagogy

A portrait of Lawrence Cushnie in front of a grey wall.

Lawrence J. Cushnie (he/him/his)

Larry Cushnie is a tenured faculty member at South Seattle College teaching political science and a faculty coordinator for the social science and cannabis programs.

Community Colleges, Doctoral Education, Pedagogy

A portrait of Steph Hankinson in front of a painting.

Steph Hankinson (she/her/hers)

Steph Hankinson is tenured faculty in Humanities, Drama, and English at South Seattle College. She teaches a wide range of courses on global/US film, intercultural communication, performance studies, interdisciplinary Humanities, as well as the full suite of English composition courses.

Community Colleges, Doctoral Education, Pedagogy