Honors and Awards

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Gum Saan to Golden Spike wins a Special Recognition Award
(October 15, 2024)
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NWSA's Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize Honorable Mention
(October 7, 2024)
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Building Communities: A Tribute to Our Manongs and Manangs
(August 21, 2024)
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Prof. La TaSha Levy is Awarded Faculty of the Year
(June 6, 2024)
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Wen Eckelberg selected as scholar for China’s Yenching Academy
(May 30, 2024)
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Prof. LaShawnDa L. Pittman Awarded a 2024 ACLS Digitial Justice Seed Grant
(May 22, 2024)
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AES and Diversity Minor Program Graduation Celebration
(May 21, 2024)
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AES Receives Mellon Foundation's Affirming Multivocal Humanities Grant
(May 20, 2024)
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UW Announces 2024 Awards of Excellence Recipients
(May 13, 2024)
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Bitaniya Giday selected as Truman Scholar
(April 23, 2024)
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Distinguished Staff Award
(April 10, 2024)
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Annual Distinguished Staff Award Reception
(February 28, 2024)
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OCA Greater Seattle - Asian Pacific American Advocates Golden Circle Awards & Lunar New Year Celebration
(February 6, 2024)
Rick Bonus
A Message from the Chair
(September 29, 2023)
Prof. Connie So
Connie So Earns 2023 Outstanding Public Service Award
(September 18, 2023)
Jang Wook Huh Photo
Jang Wook Huh Awarded 2023 ACLS Fellowship
(April 4, 2023)
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New Faculty Spotlight for Race and Social Justice
(March 9, 2023)
Jang Wook Huh Photo
Jang Wook Huh Wins the 2022 Constance M. Rourke Prize
(March 8, 2023)
Juan Felipe Herrera Photo
Juan Felipe Herrera, Former AES Professor, Receives Frost Medal For Lifetime Achievement 
(February 22, 2023)
Lashawnda Pittman headshot
LaShawnDa Pittman Appointed The Joff Hanauer Honors Professorship In Western Civilization
(January 24, 2023)
Institute for Citizens and Scholars
2022 Career Enhancement Fellowship: Alina Méndez
(May 25, 2022)
Humanities Washington
Monica Cortés Viharo receives Public Humanities Fellowship
(May 5, 2022)
Jasmine Smith
AES major Jasmine Smith Wins Castro-Naoe Family Scholarship
(February 9, 2022)
New NEH Grant Recipients
Jang Wook Huh Awarded NEH Fellowship, 2021-2022
(February 10, 2021)