Microsoft, Redfin, KOMO professionals offer internship advice
By Erica Thompson – At this month’s Career Kickstart event, communication students absorbed advice about how to land an internship from professionals who know how hard it can be to enter into the working world. Students looking to go into…
Joseph’s ‘Transcending Blackness’ explores depictions of multiracial Americans
Associate Professor Ralina Joseph’s new book, “Transcending Blackness: From the New Millennium Mulatta to the Exceptional Multiracial,” is now available from Duke University Press. Representations of multiracial Americans, especially those with one black and one white parent, appear everywhere in…
‘The Table of Truth’ records meaningful conversation among MCDM program
The Master of Communication in Digital Media (MCDM) program is using a large table suspended from the ceiling with built in cameras and voice-activated microphones to empower individuals to gather for intimate conversations, the most recent topic being mortality, end…
Join CityClub for “The Making of a Neighborhood”: A non-political Election Day forum!
We all want to live in a great neighborhood. A large part of who we are is defined by where we live. And it is also a fundamental element of our overall well-being. Whether or not we are fortunate enough…
Remembering Merrill Samuelson: Quiet pioneer of the Mass Communication program
By Kirsten Johnson – Those who knew Merrill Samuelson, Director of the former School of Communications from 1963-1968 , recall him as someone unlikely to draw attention, or start conflict. They remember their colleague as a thoughtful, hardworking individual with…
Stuteville begins new column for Times
The Department’s own Sarah Stuteville, lecturer and co-founder of the Common Language Project and the SeattleGlobalist.com blog, has begun writing a weekly column for The Seattle Times which will appear every Friday. Her column explores Seattle’s international connections. In her…
Grant allows Joseph to partner with Northwest African American Museum
Associate Professor Ralina Joseph received a Certificate in Public Scholarship (CPS) course development grant from the Simpson Center for the Humanities this year, to explore the possibilities for further project-based collaboration between her Black Cultural Studies classes and the Northwest…
