College of Humanities and Social Sciences
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| ChatGPT Advice Academics Can Use Now | Remind Students to Think.Johann N. Neem, professor of history, Western Washington University With ChatGPT, a student can turn in a passable assignment without reading a book, writing a word or having a thought. But … |
2023-01-12 | |
| Upcoming Internal Grant Application Deadlines for Faculty | 2023-01-09 | ||
| Upcoming Grant Application Deadlines for Students | 2023-01-09 | ||
| Boston takes rare step of apologizing for its role in slavery and its lasting harm | About a quarter of all white Bostonians who had estate inventory taken between 1700 and 1775 owned enslaved people, according to Western Washington University history professor Jared Ross Hardesty, who is quoted in the resolution. At the peak of slavery in… |
2023-01-04 | |
| Why Washington lost its early presidential primary bid | Last week, the rule-making arm of the Democratic National Committee approved a new draft plan for which states will vote first in 2024. Washington didn't make the cut. That's likely because the Evergreen State is too politically left and too geographically west, Todd Donovan, a political… |
2022-12-09 | |
| Cross-border news sources impact Skagit headwaters mining threat | New research published by Western Washington University’s Border Policy Research Institute (BPRI) shows cross-border news sources and advocacy groups’ impact on efforts to prevent mining in the Skagit River headwaters. Derek Moscato, BPRI faculty fellow and associated professor of… |
2022-12-01 | |
| Old North Church, a beacon of freedom, grapples with its own ties to slavery | Nearly a decade ago, Boston’s Old North Church opened a Colonial-themed chocolate shop named for Captain Newark Jackson, a prominent early member of the historic church and a pillar of Boston’s lucrative chocolate trade with the British in the 1700s. For years, Colonial… |
2022-12-01 | |
| These Schools Can Help You Break into the Outdoor Industry | WashingtonWant to work with the public in the outdoors? Bellingham’s Western Washington University offers a Recreation Management and Leadership Program—a bachelor of… |
2022-11-10 | |
| Ranked-choice voting is on the ballot in some state elections | There is growing agreement that the argument ranked-choice voting is “too complicated” is outdated, said Todd Donovan, a political science professor at Western Washington University. Instead, new research focuses on how to make ballots more accessible for voters. While there are… |
2022-11-01 | |
| Call for 2023-2024 Honors Seminar Proposals | 2022-10-28 |