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Politics & Society

Sharing American political and judicial expertise overseas

Recipient of a Fulbright Senior Specialist award for a three-week visit to Slovakia, WSU’s Cornell Clayton held a series of lectures for graduate and undergraduate students focusing on contemporary American politics.

Committee works to eliminate hazing at WSU

The committee creates regular opportunities for representatives across the WSU system who work with student groups, departments, and organizations to share hazing prevention strategies and learn from one another.

Aggregating data on AAPI groups can be ‘a form of erasure’

Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Micronesian, and Pacific Islander groups — alongside a growing number of data scientists — are concerned about the practice of collecting their many identities under one demographic category.

Globalization Conference returns this fall

Opportunities to present are now open for the College of Education’s 17th annual Globalization, Diversity, and Education Conference, to be held Sept. 14–16 at Northern Quest Casino and Resort.

Historian joins Humanities Washington Board

Ryan Booth, a faculty member in the Department of History, has been appointed to the Humanities Washington Board of Trustees by Gov. Jay Inslee. This is the second time Booth has been tapped to serve on the group’s board.

Gossip influences who gets ahead in different cultures

Gossip influences if people receive advantages whether they work in an office in the United States or in India — or even in a remote village in Africa, a WSU study found.