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Professor Audrey Hudgins, with students Hallie Evans and Craig Verniest, collaborated with Fundación Esperanza de Mexico (FEM) on a Community-based Participatory Action Research (CBPR) project in the 2020-2021 academic year.
Find out more here.
The project was funded by a College of Arts & Sciences Student Assistantship.
Plan your Study Abroad! Come to an info session prepared for INST students. Learn about the types of study abroad, financing, and the application process.
When: Monday, October 18th from 3:40-4:10pm
Where: See INST Weekly Memo for Zoom link
Colleen Cronnelly '20, INSTR Major and BUAD & Arabic Minors
My research offers an analysis of educational accessibility in King County for refugees from the African nation of Somalia, which is the provenance of the largest refugee population in the area.
At Home in King County: Educational Access in King County for Adult Somali Refugees
Monica McKeown '20, SPAN/INSTR Majors and EVST & LAST Minors.
My article outlines an entry point for assessing the sustainability of ecotourism by reviewing case studies in Costa Rica and proposing a new set of criteria for assessment.
Entry Point for Assessing Sustainability in Ecotourism: Insights From Costa Rica
July 7, 2012
Interested in learning more about the type of work that INST Honors students do? You can download their honors theses from the library website.
June 21, 2021
Isabelle had this to say, "I am very grateful to be a recipient of the Naef Scholarship! I am looking forward to collaborating with other students in the cohort to find ways that our various passions for social justice intersect."
The Naef Scholarship recognizes outstanding junior and senior students from diverse backgrounds in the undergraduate schools and programs of the University. The scholars hold endorsements from faculty and staff across the university and have been recognized for their work on and off campus and their leadership.
June 7, 2021
Audrey graduates with an International Studies major and Economics and Women and Gender Studies minors. She is both a University Honors graduate and a Clapp Humanitarian Scholarship awardee, as well as an International Studies Student Council member. Audrey will be spending next year doing service with AmeriCorps' FEMA Corps (June 2021-July 2022).
The International Studies Department’s Noel Brown Award is named in honor of Noel J. Brown, graduate of Seattle University and Yale University and retired director of the United Nations Environment Program. This award is presented to the graduating student with the highest GPA in the major.
Join us on Wednesday, May 26 at 9:00 a.m. PT for a conversation with Nicolette Waldman, a human rights investigator with Amnesty International.
Please contact novarobinson@seattleu.edu with any questions.
Join authors Serena Cosgrove, Jose Idiaquez, Leonard Joseph Bent, and Andrew Gorvetzian as they shed light on what it means to be Garifuna today, particularly in Nicaragua. They will read from the book and talk about the process of researching and writing a book as an international research team based in different countries.
Thursday, May 20 from 12:30 to 1:45pm Webinar
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May 10, 2021
The INST program has been such a strong inspiration for me and has encouraged me to foster global understanding and connection mindfully and holistically. My professors and peers have really helped me identify my passion for international policy and education. They have been such a priceless source of support for me during every stage of the Fulbright process: the brainstorming, drafting, and the long wait for results. I can't wait to represent SU abroad and to continue my journey to becoming a global citizen!
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Miriam Miranda, a human rights advocate and leader of the Honduran Black Fraternal Organization (OFRANEH), speaks about the challenges facing the Garifuna communities. In mid-2020, five Garifuna land defenders from the community of Triunfo de la Cruz were disappeared and haven’t been heard from since.
May 13 from 1:30-2:45pm Webinar
Panelists will include:
- Kraig Cook ‘11: Vice Consul, Krakow, Poland.
- Danielle Winslow ‘12: Program Manager, Mother Nation
- Cilia Jurdy ‘16: Development Director, Food Empowerment Education & Sustainability Team
- Emi Montenegro ‘19: Immigration Paralegal, The Door
- Hillary Sturgeon ‘19: Operations Coordinator, Casa Marianella
When: May 13 at 1:30pm. Zoom meeting ID: 924 6602 3382
April 26, 2021
With the Boren Award, Kyle plans to pursue an intensive Chinese language program in Taipei, Taiwan from August 2021 to June 2022. During his time abroad he hopes to immerse himself in the Taiwanese culture to gain a deeper understanding of the countries political and economic systems.
Boren Scholarships provide unique funding opportunities for US students to study less commonly taught languages in world regions critical to US interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Dr. Jain will talk about his new book and introduce an innovative theoretical construct of geopsychology to navigate the complex dynamics of international politics in the 21st century. It argues that peace and stability in the troubled parts of the world warrants an imperative need for understanding psychological dispositions of non-state actors and authoritarian regimes.
March 29, 2021
Robert Andolina, PhD, recently released
a book chapter: “Argentina’s Enigmatic Wall on the Paraguayan Border,” in Andréanne Bissonnette and Élisabeth Vallet, Eds., Borders and Border Walls: In-Security, Symbolism, Vulnerabilities. This book addresses the recent evolution of borderlines around the world as an attempt to control transnational movements with a view to securitization of borders rooted in the need to control mobility and preserve national identities. It explores two main issues: how international borders have become enforced lines of demarcation and division, reinforcing national identity and impacting national and regional dynamics; and the material and immaterial, discursive and concrete expressions of borders and the impacts of the transformation of bodies into threat to be monitored, as daily lives become sites of border enforcement.
Dr. Andolina is an Associate Professor
in the International Studies program. He teaches several classes in the INST program, including Introduction to International Studies, International Studies Honors Seminar, US-Latin American Relations and Latin American Politics.
March 11, 2021
The “woman question,” whether women deserved rights, and, if yes, which ones, led to animated debates at the League among delegations and between the elite feminist activists from many countries who gathered in Geneva.
The ensuing debate often pitted US and Western European feminists against women’s rights activists from the colonized world. Another axis of debate was among secular and religious women’s organizations. With ICTC support, I will study St. Joan’s International Alliance’s imprint on the construction of international women’s rights norms. Unlike some of the major secular women’s organizations, St. Joan’s, a Catholic feminist organization, appears to have been a tireless advocate for representation from the colonized world. The research will be integrated into a larger book project The Woman Question: The League of Nations and the Shaping of the International Women’s Rights System.
ICTC (Institute for Catholic Thought and Culture) Summer Faculty Research Fellowships support projects that advance the University’s Jesuit Catholic Mission.
Not sure where to study abroad? Have questions about the experience? Come join International Studies graduating seniors while they share and reflect on their study abroad and intercultural experiences in Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The event is part of Dr. Zhang's INST Senior Capstone and Honors Senior Capstone course.
When: January 28, 1:30-3:30pm (feel free to drop in and leave early)
RSVP: Please contact Reine Mages (magesr@seattleu.edu)
November 20, 2020
Dr. Serena Cosgrove, International Studies, “Centering Marginalized Women’s Voices in the Democratic Republic of Congo”
Dr. Nova Robinson, History/International Studies/Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, “Indexing the Routledge Global History of Feminism”
October 28, 2020
Please welcome the 2020-21 International Studies Student Council. The goal of the Student Council is to facilitate a fluent communication between the International Studies program and its students. The Student Council will meet with Faculty to talk about the INST curriculum, how to promote the program, and events to build INST community among other important topics for the program.
Audrey Akots, Senior
Erick Lake, Junior
Federico Gutierrez, Sophomore
Josiane Djondo, Sophomore
October 27, 2020
Hallie had this to say about receiving this award:
Being a Naef Scholar is an incredible honor! The program is a valuable experience in community building as it connects me with a wonderful and sincere group of students. I am privileged to be able to come to know such passionate people and merge our skills and initiatives to help one another in our various endeavors for social justice.
Naef Scholars are among the university’s very finest students. Made possible by an endowment from the estate of Sue M. Naef, the Naef Scholars Program recognizes outstanding junior and senior students from diverse backgrounds in the undergraduate schools and programs of the University.
October 7, 2020
Ariana had this to say about her experience:
As an Afghan American Muslim, studying abroad in Jordan was one of the closest opportunities I could have to visiting and living in a country with a culture similar to my own. The conflict Afghanistan has faced has produced innumerable problems for Afghans around the world, only one of which includes a sense of distance and disconnect for the diaspora communities. Being able to live in a Muslim majority country immersed in Arab culture that so closely parallels Afghan culture, allowed me to reconnect and learn more about my own identities. I formed a close community of people that I look forward to visiting again and again.
Boren Scholarships fund study abroad for undergraduate students in world regions critical to US interests.
September 23, 2020
Hope Tucker is now a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV) after serving in the West Java Province of Indonesia from September 2018-February 2020. Hope had this to say about her experience: My favorite thing about my Peace Corps experience were my students. I taught English at an Islamic high school (grade 10-12) and the excitement to learn during each class is what motivated me to keep thinking of hands on and engaging activities to practice English. My main goal was to portray a more accurate vision of America to my students who mostly understood the United States through the lens of movies and social media platforms.
August 24, 2020
Rachel Adamek spent the summer studying Korean in Busan, South Korea as an awardee of the 2019 U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Program. In 2019, Rachel was one of only 550 competitively selected American students representing 233 colleges and universities across the United States to receive a CLS award. The CLS Program is part of a U.S. government effort to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering critical foreign languages. CLS scholars gain critical language and cultural skills in languages that are less commonly taught in U.S. schools, but are essential for America’s engagement with the world, contributing to U.S. economic competitiveness and national security.
June 5, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Marc McLeod, the 2020 recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. McLeod personifies Seattle University’s commitment to educating students. He willingly takes on numerous independent studies and supports University initiatives such as the Tijuana project because he believes in the mission of Seattle University and cares about students. As one of his former students says, "Prof. McLeod was incredible. One of the best professors I have ever had. I will be highly recommending his courses even with the 8 am meeting time."
May 6, 2020
Dr. Serena Cosgrove has been awarded a Fulbright award to teach and conduct research in Guatemala in 2021.
Pictured here with her co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Marina Tzul Tzul, in Santa María Chiquimula, Guatemala, Cosgrove plans to teach at the Rafael Landívar University in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, and finish a research project with Dr. Tzul about Guatemalan women's leadership to end gender-based violence. The research project has involved multiple professors and students from Seattle University and the Rafael Landívar University over the past couple of years.
April 30, 2020
The International Studies Department’s Noel Brown Award is named in honor of Noel J. Brown, graduate of Seattle University and Yale University and retired director of the United Nations Environment Program. This award is presented to the graduating student with the highest GPA in the major. This year it is shared by Monica McKeown, Andrew Orita, and Natalie Ramos.
May 15, 2019
Michael Ninen was awarded the Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Mexico. He will be graduating with Majors in International Studies and Spanish, as well as a minor in Latin American Studies. Michael hopes to incorporate a culturally responsive pedagogy in the classroom to establish a common-ground learning environment that serves all types of learners. Upon returning to the United States, he would like to aim for a career with the foreign service as a public diplomacy officer.
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"I learned to respectfully relate with people from other cultures, while adapting to their social norms." Ruth Yohannes '19
