Faculty & Staff

Professor Carolyn West says the quiet part out loud — speaking publicly and raising awareness on the often stigmatized topics of domestic violence and sexual assault.

The UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies honored Zack Pattin, a 2015 graduate of UWT’s Ethnic, Gender & Labor Studies program with their Distinguished Labor Studies Alumni Award and Distinguished Supporter Award.

Professor Ka Yee Yeung’s research is about making life easier for researchers working with big data. Now, she has become the first UW Tacoma faculty member honored as the Virginia & Prentice Bloedel Professor. She is using the endowment to give more students experience in research.

The Institute for Innovation and Global Engagement (IIGE) orientation on October 9, 2024, celebrated 20 years of Global Honors and featured an Ideathon to brainstorm themes for the 2025 Global Engagement Conference.

Rafael Saucedo (’17, ’19), initially struggled in college until he found his community at UW Tacoma. Now he has made a career of helping others build community and financial health.