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Pandemic Election: The 2020 Presidential CampaignThis panel discussion covered the challenges involved with conducting the 2020 election during the COVID pandemic and provided an analysis of the reporting on the election.
Panelists Rudy Alamillo and Todd Donovan each discussed fraud, expanded voting by mail, and voter suppression. Panelist Carolyn Nielsen addressed challenges associated with fact-checking and how election night results can be reported when millions of ballots are still to be counted. Marc Geisler, who specializes in critical cultural theory, moderated the panel.
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News from the College
- Johann Neem: Restoring the Promise of Public Education
- In Memoriam: Shaw Gynan
- Global Humanities & Religions' Ethan Bushelle publishes new essay
- History's Ricardo López-Pedreros awarded a Leverhulme Trust Visiting Professorship at University College London
- Modern & Classical Language's Shannon Dubenion-Smith awarded Goethe Institut/AATG Certificate of Merit
- What to expect on election night in Washington state
- Ryan Wasserman's Book on Time-Travel Paradoxes Released by Oxford University Press
- WWU’s Kristen Chmielewski Wins 2020 Eggertsen Dissertation Prize
CHSS at a Glance
We are proud to be the largest college at WWU with fourteen departments and three interdisciplinary programs, offering over 50 bachelor's degrees and 12 graduate degrees. Our faculty have a record of excellence in their scholarly activities, teaching, and service to the community, college, and university.
College Showcase
2019-2020 Outstanding Graduates
Graduates from the Humanities
Shapei Baker, Chinese
Nancy Brill, Spanish
Ray Garcia, Journalism
Presidential Scholar
Sofia Marcheal Jensen, French
Holly Lund, German
Elizabeth Moorhead, Global Humanities and Religions
Hokulani Rivera, English – Creative Writing and Anthropology
Samia Saliba, History
Moira (Marielle) J. Stockton, English Literature
Megan Zahn, Communication Studies
Please read the full article in Western Today to learn more about our Outstanding Graduates.
Graduates from the Social Sciences
Erin Dhalman-Oeth, Sociology
Emily Hillman, Linguistics
Emmalene Madsen, East Asian Studies
Jessica Mendiola, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Iva Reckling, Recreation
Hokulani Rivera, Anthropology and English – Creative Writing
Rowan Salton, Psychology
Piper Tolbert, Political Science
Presidential Scholar
Emma Toth, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Please read the full article in Western Today to learn more about our Outstanding Graduates.
History Department's Mart Stewart receives teaching award from Agricultural History Society
WWU Professor of History Mart Stewart has been awarded the Inaugural James C. Giesen Teaching Excellence Award in Agricultural and Rural History by the Agricultural History Society, awarded to a nominee who has achieved distinction in the teaching of agricultural and rural history. The colleagues and students who nominated Stewart and the Giesen Award Committee cited several features of his teaching record as distinctive.
According to the Award Committee, “(Stewart's) teaching career has highlighted the social, environmental, political, and economic facets of making a living from the land. He has thought deeply about the significance of rural people and their experiences, not only bringing his own research to bear in the classroom but also in the field experiences he has developed for students.”