Faculty and Staff

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Prof. Aseem Prakash in Vox article, "The extraordinary heat wave in India and Pakistan, explained"
May 11, 2022
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Professor Assem Prakash on Forbes: "2022 Earth Day Brings Grim News On Climate Policy: What Is The Way Forward?"
April 26, 2022
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Prof. Anthony Gill on Youtube for Gwartney Institute Discussion, "Civil Society is Market Group Action?"
April 19, 2022
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Prof. Megan Ming Francis was featured in South Seattle Emerald, "OPINION: THE 2 SEATTLE FREEDOM SCHOLARS YOU NEED TO KNOW"
April 5, 2022
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Professor Aseem Prakash on The Regulatory Interview with Prof. Nives Dolšak and Prof. Jennifer Griffin, "Is ESG Simply the Old CSR Wine in a New Bottle?"
March 28, 2022
John Wilkerson, Department Chair
Letter from the Chair, Spring 2022
March 25, 2022
Margaret Levi speaking at TEDxSeattle
Reviving the Labor Movement
March 25, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Here’s Why Biden Switched From Opposing Russian Oil Ban To Supporting It"
March 9, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Q13 News, "The politics of gas prices"
March 8, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash, Prof Laura E. Evans, and Prof Nives Dolšak on Plos One, "Do windy areas have more wind turbines: An empirical analysis of wind installed capacity in Native tribal nations"
March 7, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "Ukraine Crisis Is Terrible News For Climate Policy"
February 24, 2022
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Three Polisci Grads on nowpublishers, "Populist Support, Institutional Trust, and Gender: The Impact of Foreign-Imposed Austerity During the European Debt Crisis"
February 23, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "Climate Activists Should Worry That Seattle Housing Market Is Going Through The Roof"
February 22, 2022
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Prof. Margaret Teresa Brower in The Washington Post, "Democrats are rewriting Build Back Better. Here’s what Black and Latina women activists say they need"
February 11, 2022
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Prof. Scott Lemieux writes in Balls and Strikes: "A Right-Wing Supreme Court Keeps Pretending Laws Say Things They Do Not"
February 10, 2022
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Prof. Aseem Prakash and Grad Student Sandra Ahmadi on FP Insider Access: "Autocrats Are Exploiting COVID-19 to Weaken Central Bank Independence"
January 19, 2022
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Prof. Victor Menaldo, Prof. James D. Long, and Grad Student Morgan Wack on The Conversation: "Prosecuting Trump would inevitably be political – and other countries have had mixed success in holding ex-presidents accountable"
January 11, 2022
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Prof. Christopher Parker on KUOW, "'Washington and Seattle are not what you think.' How the Capitol insurrection changed politics across the US"
January 7, 2022
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Prof. Jake Grumbach on Boston Review, "The Deep Structure of Democratic Crisis"
January 6, 2022
Afghan Refugees Running by Planes
Winter 2022 Faculty Panel: The Future of Afghanistan
January 4, 2022
Scott Lemieux: The Future of Reproductive Rights in the U.S.
January 3, 2022
We the People Broken
Review of Autumn 2021 Faculty Panel, "Is Democracy Dead?"
January 3, 2022
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Prof. Asli Cansunar Interviewed on BBC site, "Income calculator: 90% of Brazilians earn less than R$ 3.5 thousand; check your position on the list"
December 17, 2021
Ellen Gregoire
Ellen Gregoire: Our New Graduate Program Assistant
December 17, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash interviewed in The Seattle Times, "Climate experts raise concerns about Kraken’s NFT partnership; team says it did due diligence"
December 17, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Foreign Policy: "When Promoting Democracy, Less Is More"
December 9, 2021
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Prof. Scott Lemieux on The American Prospect, "Abortion Will Not Be Sent Back to the States"
December 7, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: "The Message From Glasgow: Climate Politics Is Local"
December 2, 2021
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Tony Gill joins the Authors Corner in "Why American Businesses Are Richer Than Ever"
November 15, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash interviewed for Washington Post, "How 4 environmentalists travel with the climate in mind"
November 12, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash was quoted in The Washington Post's: "In mayoral elections nationwide, voters opt for pragmatism over ideology"
November 4, 2021
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Prof. Anthony Gill on the American Institute for Economic Research, "The Surprising Social Signals of Halloween"
November 2, 2021
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Prof. Michael McCann and Grad. Student Riddhi Mehta-Neugebauer on Yes! Magazine, "The Hidden Side of Fossil Fuel Investments: Private Equity"
November 2, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes: Storms And Power Outages: Decarbonization Depends On Reliable Electricity Supply
November 1, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Carbon Capture At COP26: Is The Glasgow Summit Ready For This Conversation?"
October 26, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash Discussing Local Environmental Politics on KNKX and KUOW
October 21, 2021
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Prof. Susan Whiting on the Wash. Post Monkey Cage Blog: China’s Evergrande is in trouble. But so is China’s top-down political economy
October 21, 2021
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Grad Jonathan Beck on Law & Social Inquiry: Inequality and the Human Right to Tuition-Free Higher Education: Mobilizing Human Rights Law in the German Movement against Tuition Fees
October 20, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Larry Fink Wants $100 Billion For Decarbonization Aid: We Are Not Persuaded"
October 14, 2021
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Prof. Christopher Adolph in UW News, "Republican-led states lifted pandemic restrictions earlier, study finds"
October 1, 2021
Event Flyer for A Climate Conversation with Seattle Mayoral Candidates
CEP Talk October 22: A Climate Conversation with Seattle Mayoral Candidates
September 24, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash and Grad Sandra Ahmadi on The Regulatory Review, "Climate Change and Price Stability Mandates at Central Banks"
September 15, 2021
Gowen Hall
Recent Retirees: Karen Litfin and Susanne Recordon
September 8, 2021
Asli Cansunar
New Faculty: Asli Cansunar
September 8, 2021
John Wilkerson
Letter from the Chair, Autumn 2021 
September 8, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes,, "U.S. Climate Agenda In The Aftermath Of The Afghanistan Withdrawal"
August 26, 2021
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Prof. Anthony Gill in the Wall Street Journal, "Economics Explains the Taliban’s Rapid Advances"
August 19, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Wildfires, Heatwaves, And The IPCC Report: Yet Climate Policy Is Losing Steam"
August 16, 2021
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Prof. James Long on Voice of America's Straight Talk Africa Discussing Investigating Former Leaders
August 5, 2021
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Prof. Aseem Prakash on Forbes, "Why Are New York And Seattle Mayoral Candidates Not Talking About Climate Change?"
July 30, 2021