Diversity

Is there a Northwest accent? The Pacific Northwest English Study is about to begin a new, three-year research project listening to voices from throughout the region.

KUOW interviews Anu Taranath, faculty member in English and Comparative History of Ideas departments, about her new book called Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World.

Yolanda Barton (BA, Laws, Societies, and Justice, 2004 | MC, Digital Media, 2018) wants to use virtual reality to preserve the music history of Seattle.         

The Black Embodiments Studio examines how definitions of blackness are produced and expressed through the arts.

Dani Tirrell (Dance lecturer) is a self-described "movement guide," and mines both his personal life and the culture around him to create dance performances with something to say.

Allen Otte and John Lane will lead a lecture-performance, with UW Percussion Ensemble, and discussion.

An artist’s inspiration can come from anywhere. For UW Painting + Drawing Professor Lin Zhi, it happened in August 2001, on a road trip from Missouri to Seattle.

Meet the American Ethnic Studies alum whose new gallery in White Center celebrates Latinx art and a home for the 'in-between.'

Valerie Curtis-Newton, head of directing program in the School of Drama, is the director of "Nina Simone: Four Women" at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, on stage April 26. 

Artist Sara Siestreem speaks at the Henry Art Gallery about what it means to be a tribe member, artist, educator

Naar and others trace their hidden Sephardic Jewish roots in a new documentary showing at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival.

The Southern Lushootseed language, once spoken where the UW now sits, is finding new speakers through a UW course.

UW political science professor, Megan Ming Francis, explores how the NAACP and its funders have lessons for philanthropy and activism.

"Everything I do is influenced by my Chinese background," said Luly Yang (BFA, Graphic Design, 1990), about the cultural elements in her project with Alaska Airlines.

Alaniz, a professor in the department of Slavic languages and literatures, spoke about Mexican-American representation in comics from the 1950s to the 1980s.