College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Despite winning election to Congress eight times, U.S. Rep. Adam Smith is treading new ground in his defense of Washington’s 9th Congressional District seat this year.

The incumbent Democrat faces radically altered home terrain – both physically and politically. Redrawn boundaries now…

Gina Cole, a 2007 graduate of Lake Washington High School, was recently honored as the 2012 Outstanding Graduate in Journalism at Western Washington University. One student from each academic major is so honored each year.

American Government and French teacher Anna Barker is the Mount Vernon High School Rotary Teacher of the Year. She was selected by this year’s Rotary Students of the Month.
Barker grew up in Seattle before studying political science and French at Western Washington University in Bellingham…

Recent events at the University of Virginia following the decision of the institution's governing board to remove its president after only two years in office have brought to light some questionable claims that have been animating educational reformers lately.
In a statement…

A Western Washington University alumnus whose honeymoon began at gunpoint has published a story on it in the latest book in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

Caleb Jennings Breakey, who graduated WWU in 2007, and his new bride were pulled over by Bellingham police and handcuffed…

For decades, voters in Skagit County have been represented by one congressional district.
But that all changed this year when redistricting efforts spawned two districts — and a second congressional seat.
After the 2010 census, the state’s redistricting commission was tasked with…