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Why So Many Police Are Handling the Protests Wrong

But just because there’s no data about protests that can be easily compared in a chart doesn’t mean we’re bereft of information, said Pat Gillham, a professor of sociology at Western Washington University. There’s 50 years of research on violence at protests, dating back to the …

2020-06-02
De-escalation Keeps Protesters And Police Safer. Departments Respond With Force Anyway

But just because there’s no data about protests that can be easily compared in a chart doesn’t mean we’re bereft of information, said Pat Gillham, a professor of sociology at Western Washington University. There’s 50 years of research on violence at protests, dating back to the …

2020-06-02
Quintin Oliver and Fiona MacMillan to Screen Films, Host Discussion on Peace in Northern Ireland March 4 at Western 2020-02-11
Yale’s Anna Duensing to Speak at WWU about Holocaust Memory and the Afterlife of Fascism Jan. 23 2020-01-08
UNC's Fitzhugh Brundage to Present 'Cruelty, Torture, and the Making of a Human Rights Crisis on the Southern Border' Oct. 23 2019-10-21
Opening Convocation and Awards Ceremony officially kicks off the school year 2019-09-19
Meet the 2018-19 Outstanding Graduates from CHSS/Social and Behavioral Sciences 2019-07-25
Sociology’s Lucky Tedrow finishes new study on the career spans of MLB pitchers 2018-08-14
Ten WWU student-athletes earn GNAC Academic Award

Ten Western Washington University student-athletes have been named recipients of Great Northwest Athletic Conference Faculty Athletics Representative’s Scholar-Athlete awards for 2017-18.

Presented annually to the most outstanding student-athletes at each GNAC institution, the award…

2018-07-20
Retirement celebration for Lucky Tedrow and Jay Teachman set for June 1 2018-05-18
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