presentations

Scott Pearce, a professor in the Liberal Studies Department at Western Washington University, is scheduled to deliver a talk in the Silk Roads Lecture Series at Stanford University on May 5, 2016.

His talk is titled "The Story of Mulan:  Women and War in Early Medieval China.…

Mart Stewart, a professor of history at Western Washington University, presented the keynote lecture at a symposium titled "Coastal Nature, Coastal Culture: Environmental Histories of the Georgia Coast" in Savannah, Georgia, on Feb. 18.

Holly Folk, an associate professor of liberal studies at Western Washington University, traveled to the Shaker Village at South Union, Kentucky, in September to present at the annual meeting of the Communal Studies Association. She ran into Liberal Studies grad John Sheridan (2013…

Andy Bach, an associate professor of environmental geography at Western Washington University, will discuss his research exploring the relationship between historical vegetation changes in the Ozette Prairies, Olympic National Park, and human use of this region Feb. 10.

The lecture…

Five Western Washington University students joined Michael Medler, a WWU associate professor of environmental studies, at the Sixth International Fire Ecology and Management Congress in San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 16 to 19. The students were all founding members of the new WWU Student…

Kimberly Lynn, associate professor and chair of the Liberal Studies Department, was invited to speak about the value of a liberal arts education on two panel discussions at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sept. 25 and 26.

Andrea Gogröf, professor in the Liberal Studies Department, gave a talk titled "Flair du Temps: The Dandy in Michel Houellebecq’s novel Submission" at the annual PAMLA (Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association) conference Nov. 5 to 8 in Portland. This year, …

Brian Bowe, an assistant professor of journalism at Western Washington University, received the Top Faculty Paper award in the Religion and Media Interest Group of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication. He presented the paper at the annual conference in San…

Brittany Schade, an assistant professor of interactive design at Western Washington University, will present at the HOW Interactive Design Conference in San Francisco Sept. 20 to 22. Schade serves on the Board of Directors of IXDA Seattle and consults as a product designer for tech start-…