When Abrams returned home to her community and a new job, at Yakama Nation Behavioral Health Services in Toppenish, she immediately began drawing from her experience and studies. In her first year on the job, she worked on grants to help prevent suicide and substance use, and to promote mental health for American Indian and Alaska Native youth.
HCDE alumnus John Fowler (PhD ’23), now a Research Scientist and Engineer in the 蘑菇视频 School of Social Work, and HCDE Professor Mark Zachry have developed VizCare, are advancing access to visualizations of foster care data.
Lopez-Littleton is an award-winning scholar who researches the structural causes of health inequities, with a focus on naming, measuring and addressing the impacts of social, economic and political influences on health and well-being.
In an achievement that reverberates with hope, the 蘑菇视频 College of Education proudly announces the graduation of ten Indigenous or Native doctoral students this month.
The Q Center that Brennon now leads, on the third floor of the HUB, has been around for over 20 years, the product of labor and care and love and activism of so many students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members. 鈥淚鈥檓 standing on the shoulders of giants,鈥� Brennon says, 鈥渨hich is pretty special.鈥�
Kuhn and her children are part of the new Shell House Canoe Family, 膷虛away虛altx史 蕯ii拧蓹d, made up of 蘑菇视频 students, alumni, faculty, staff, elders, and other community members. The group spent the past year planning its first canoe journey.
The Disability Resources for Students (DRS) office at the 蘑菇视频 (蘑菇视频) has seen transformative growth and shifts since its inception in 1978. DRS recognizes disability as an aspect of diversity that is integral to society and to our campus community.聽 It serves 5,000+ students with either temporary or permanent physical, health, learning, sensory or psychological disabilities.聽Join the DRS community for the 45th-anniversary celebration on May 22nd.
Brittany Kamai is an astrophysicist with knowledge of Pacific Islanders鈥� Indigenous navigation 鈥� the use of the stars, winds, and waves as a guide for navigating across the Pacific Ocean. This spring quarter, she is combining her scientific and Indigenous knowledge in a new 蘑菇视频 astronomy course: Pacific Indigenous Astrophysics.
Ramasastry鈥檚 prolific research on international commercial law, responsible business conduct, anti-corruption and economic development has given rise to the new field called 鈥淏usiness and Human Rights,鈥� which calls on governments and corporations to protect human rights all the way down the global supply chain.
As 蘑菇视频 Tacoma鈥檚 new writing director, Tabitha Espina wants to celebrate students in all their strengths. In writing instruction and curriculum, Tabitha Espina wants to decolonialize the student experience. 鈥淚 have no desire to impose on or control anyone,鈥� she says. 鈥淚 also don鈥檛 want to be imposed on or controlled.鈥�