Faculty and Staff

Letter From the Chair, Jamie Mayerfeld

(October 2, 2024)

Welcome our new faculty: Morgan P. Vickers and Sebastián Rubiano-Galvis

(September 11, 2024)

LSJ's Juvenile Parole Project Encourages Students to Create Change

(March 26, 2024)

Letter From the Chair, Katherine Beckett

(March 13, 2024)

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Disability, Aging, and Development in Jamaica

(October 30, 2023)

Interview with Professor Arar, Co-Author of “The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach”

(February 9, 2023)

"When Classroom Meets Reality": LSJ Geneva Study Abroad

(December 8, 2022)

European Court of Human Rights Visualization Tool showing judgments from 1961-2014, grouped by organization type and viewed by organization participation.

Update to UW Database of European Court Of Human Rights Claims Strives to Promote Reform

(April 13, 2022)

State Body Votes To Strengthen Anti-Police Brutality Bill

(April 13, 2022)

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“The Sanctioned State:” Osanloo’s research digs into sanctions against Iran

(November 3, 2021)

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UW human rights report questions compliance with state law restricting cooperation with immigration officials

(August 12, 2021)

Report: WA law enforcement agencies still cooperate with ICE, despite state law banning practice

(August 11, 2021)

Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences

(July 15, 2021)

Opinion: The Trinity Bellwoods crackdown was not surprising — but there is a better way to respond to encampments

(July 10, 2021)

Clark County Jail’s communications with ICE raise legal questions

(July 2, 2021)

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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

(May 14, 2021)

Separated at the U.S.-Canada border: For a father and son, 90 miles is a distance too far

(May 7, 2021)

Hotel-Based Intervention: Professor Katherine Beckett and LSJ Alum Ramon Hernandez Work with JustCARE to Address Unsheltered Homelessness in Seattle

(May 5, 2021)

Northwest detention center in Tacoma slated to close under bill passed by Legislature

(March 31, 2021)

In Tacoma, an ICE detainee’s hunger strike tops 100 days

(March 24, 2021)

Learning by Doing: LSJ 491 Students Get Involved in Local Immigrant Rights Causes

(February 25, 2021)

Podcast explores atonement and accountability inside the Oregon State Penitentiary

(February 9, 2021)

‘Making Amends’ podcast explores remorse, intention among men at Oregon prison

(February 2, 2021)

Making Amends: Herbert Releases Podcast Exploring Atonement

(January 28, 2021)

ArtSci Roundup: Meany On Screen: Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Maria Gaspar: Disappearance Landscape, and More

(January 27, 2021)

Making Amends’ explores atonement, genuine accountability within prisons

(January 19, 2021)

Meyers’ “Bookless” Book Club Connects the LSJ Community

(January 4, 2021)

Making Amends

(December 21, 2020)

In a time of isolation, finding communion

(December 15, 2020)

Union by Law - Professors Michael McCann and George Lovell’s New Book Explores the Role of Litigation in Pushing for Social Change

(November 30, 2020)

Transformation vs. change around the edges: A conversation with Megan Ming Francis

(November 17, 2020)

ArtSci Roundup: Global Challenges Discussion, Katz Lecture: Abderrahmane Sissako, and more

(November 3, 2020)

A criminal defense for poverty, behavioral health? Seattle officials to weigh controversial proposal

(November 3, 2020)

Assistant Professor, Rawan Arar, Featured for Innovative Online Course Design

(October 20, 2020)

With online learning, a new approach yields global connections

(October 12, 2020)

Trump Doesn’t Know Why Crime Rises or Falls. Neither Does Biden. Or Any Other Politician.

(October 8, 2020)

Megan Ming Francis Named One of 12 Grant-Supported Freedom Scholars

(September 21, 2020)

From Goldwater to Trump, the long history of ‘Law and Order’ politics

(September 2, 2020)

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Arzoo Osanloo’s New Book Unpacks Forgiveness in the Iranian Justice System

(July 2, 2020)

Five myths about policing

(June 26, 2020)

KUOW Interview With Michael McCann, Political Science and LSJ Professor

(June 17, 2020)

Megan Ming Francis, Associate Professor For Political Science and LSJ, Is In The News

(June 15, 2020)

LSJ's Professor Godoy Recognized for Scholarly Achievement

(June 4, 2020)

Kat Eli Joins the LSJ Community as Academic Services Manager

(April 7, 2020)

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With coronavirus, prison and jail sentences could become death sentences

(April 1, 2020)

Meyers' New Book Urges Reevaluation of Disability Rights Advocacy

(January 29, 2020)

Sasha Lee Joins LSJ Advising Team

(December 18, 2019)

LSJ Welcomes New Faculty Member, Rawan Arar

(November 1, 2019)

Congratulations, You Failed

(August 1, 2019)

Katherine Beckett Named New LSJ Chair

(June 10, 2019)