Faculty and Staff

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CHID Community News - Autumn 2017
(November 20, 2017)
Maria Elena Garcia, Director
Letter from the Director
(November 20, 2017)
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Dr. Anu Taranath's LGBTQ PROGRAM CROSSES BORDERS
(September 11, 2017)
Mary Childs
Mary Childs featured in Perspectives newsletter for Georgian literature translation/digitization!
(July 19, 2017)
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Humanities Washington Presents "A Beginner's Guide to Populism"  
(May 17, 2017)
Critical Community Organizing Course Students & Guest Speakers
THE STRUGGLE IS REAL: Community Organizing in Seattle
(May 8, 2017)
CHID Personnel & Guests from Mexico City
Solidarity and Understanding Across Borders
(May 8, 2017)
Van Gogh's "The Yellow Books" Painting
Going Public
(May 8, 2017)
Maria Elena Garcia, Director
Letter from the Director
(May 8, 2017)
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CHID Alum Sarah Maria Medina in the news!
(March 1, 2017)
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Affiliate Faculty in the News!
(December 9, 2016)
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CHID Community News and Achievements
(November 30, 2016)
Professor Phillip Thurtle
Letter from the Acting Director
(November 29, 2016)
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"To become a hero, you have to radically open yourself up to the environment around you. With great power comes great vulnerability." ~ Phillip Thurtle
(September 26, 2016)
Maria Elena Garcia, Director
Letter from the Director
(April 29, 2016)
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A Brief History of John Toews
(April 12, 2016)
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CHID Receives Three Global Innovation Fund Grants for CHID Study Abroad
(March 4, 2016)
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John Toews is retiring. Come help CHID celebrate him! 
(January 14, 2016)
Intersectional Animal Studies: Katrina dog and human
CHID Faculty Receive Collaboration Grant for Intersectional Animal Studies Research
(November 22, 2015)
Maria Elena Garcia, Director
Letter from the Director
(November 22, 2015)
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New Tools for New Stories: Summer Digital Humanities Fellowship
(November 21, 2015)
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Student Study-Abroad Photos on Display 
(November 9, 2015)
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See CHID Affiliate Faculty Member Christian Lee Novetzke's new published work
(November 4, 2015)
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CHID Professor, Dr. Anu Taranath: College Confidence in the High School Classroom
(October 7, 2015)
CHID Lecturer Mary Childs to Be Honored at Freshman Convocation 
(August 24, 2015)
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Embracing the Big Questions with Phillip Thurtle
(August 19, 2015)
CHID Director Maria Elena Garcia reflects on The Postcolonial Animal: Nature/Culture/Empire   
(July 9, 2015)
Anu Taranath
CHID's Anu Taranath: Read her article on the power of stories and the inspiration behind her TIPS book! 
(June 11, 2015)
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CHID's Inaugural CLIP Fellows Program
(April 14, 2015)
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anu Taranath
(March 18, 2015)
Toews' Lecture on "Cultural Death and Radical Hope" Now Online
(January 7, 2015)
A.J. Nocek Co-Edits New Book on Whitehead
(November 24, 2014)
Prof. María Elena García Helps Students Dive into Summer Research
(September 18, 2014)
Seattle Times Reports on CHID's Innovative Work on Game Studies
(September 2, 2014)
CHID Class on Evening Magazine
(August 14, 2014)
Global Issues at Play in Book of Study-Abroad Student Letters
(June 24, 2014)
CHID Director, Dr. Maria Elena Garcia receives multiple prestigious awards
(May 12, 2014)
Thurtle and Nocek Co-Edit New Volume
(April 30, 2014)
Working with Roma communities in Rome
Erin Clowes and CHID Study Abroad featured in Perspectives
(April 29, 2014)
Outstanding Lecture by Dr. Christina Wygant,  Empire of Masquerade: Crazy for “Mad” King Ludwig
(December 19, 2013)
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Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Anu Taranath
(November 22, 2013)
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Dr. Amy Peloff talks GeekGirlCon on KUOW!
(September 27, 2013)
CHID's Bangalore, India study abroad group in The Hindu newspaper 
(August 7, 2013)
Professor Phillip Thurtle Awarded 2013 UW Distinguished Teaching Award
(April 10, 2013)
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Maria Elena Garcia Receives Humane Society Course Award!
(January 10, 2013)
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UW Article Profiling CHID Director Phillip Thurtle
(October 30, 2012)
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CHID's Own Nara Hohensee to Give Talk on Berlin at the Frye Museum on November 1st!
(October 23, 2012)
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Phillip Thurtle to Give TED Talk
(October 12, 2012)
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CHID Cuba Program in the News!
(September 11, 2012)
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CHID instructor Rodrigo Valenzuela in the news!
(September 3, 2012)