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Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning Probes Perceptions of Adulthood During Pandemic
September 16, 2020 She notes that the shift toward college students studying at home due to COVID-19 challenges traditional definitions of adulthood. "The criteria might change. There might be less emphasis on geographic independence to be an adult."
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold '06 Discusses Mail-In Voting
September 14, 2020 She appeared on the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell to talk about mail in voting in her state and refute claims that it leads to fraud.
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Whitman Ranked Among U.S News & World Report Best Colleges of 2021
September 14, 2020 U.S. News evaluated more than 1,400 colleges and universities on 17 indicators of academic quality. The data used for the rankings was gathered in spring and early summer 2020.
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Professor of Sociology Michelle Janning Offers Tips for College Students Studying at Home
September 9, 2020 Due to the pandemic, college students across the country are adjusting to living and studying at home again rather than on campus. Janning provides context and advice for families navigating this new normal.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke on Explaining White Privilege to Kids
August 5, 2020 Pahlke provides examples of what to read and how to talk to children about white privilege at every developmental stage. "From early on, it is important to give children the tools to understand white privilege and motivate them to fight unjust systems."
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Professor of History Elyse Semerdjian Examines Ties Between Police Tactics Against BLM Protesters, Middle East Violence
July 31, 2020 Semerdjian argues that police tactics and technologies recently deployed in U.S. cities were developed in the Middle East to suppress dissent, and calls for both ending police violence at home and ending America’s wars abroad.
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Vice President for Enrollment and Communications Josh Jensen Reflects on Higher Ed Response to COVID-19
July 29, 2020 Jensen, who is also chair of the college's coronavirus task force, explained how Whitman and other schools around the country reached their decisions about remote learning after seeing virus cases continue to rise this summer. “How fortunate we feel that we had the ability to say to our students we’re going to go remote and we’re going to manage and weather the financial challenges that come with that and Whitman will be financially strong,” he said. “I don’t know that every college is able to say that quite as confidently.”
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Physician Tanny Davenport '98 on Preventing COVID-19: "Masking Works"
July 28, 2020 Davenport, an internal medicine doctor at Virginia Mason Memorial Hospital in Yakima, Washington, a national hotspot for coronavirus cases, tells Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep how encouraging everyone in the community to wear masks helped cut transmission of the virus in half.
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Assistant Professor of Politics Jack Jackson Discusses Constitutional Principles, Protests
July 27, 2020 Jackson is the author of “Law Without Future: Anti-Constitutional Politics and the American Right."
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Seattle Mariners CEO John Stanton '77 on Bringing Major League Baseball Back Safely
July 20, 2020 As teams are set to kick off a shortened, 60-game season, the Mariners are following strict guidelines for testing, tracing, cleaning and more. Even though fans won’t be in T-Mobile Park, the safety of players, coaches and ballpark personnel is paramount.
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Campaign Manager Katharine Gillen '20 Finds Creative Solutions During COVID-19
July 19, 2020 The politics graduate is serving as campaign manager for April Berg, a Democrat and Everett, Washington, school board member vying for a 44th District open seat in the House. After attempting to work remotely together on the campaign, they recently combined households.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke on Role of Diverse Literature in Raising Anti-Racist Kids
July 6, 2020 “Having a diverse media landscape in your house gives kids examples of lots of different, positive people who are from different racial and ethnic groups,” Pahlke says. “It also gives families an opening to have important conversations.”
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Paul Garrett Professor of Political Science Shampa Biswas Reflects on Value of Liberal Arts During Pandemic
July 1, 2020 She describes the new lecture series Whitman faculty developed for incoming students about COVID-19 through various academic lenses.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Alvaro Santana-Acuña on How Márquez Resonates With Readers Today
June 24, 2020 Gabriel García Márquez's literary classic One Hundred Years of Solitude refers to a plauge of insomnia that descends on the fictional town of Macondo. Santana-Acuña compares the struggles characters in the novel face with the global fight against COVID-19.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke Weighs in on Caregiver Conversations About Race
June 16, 2020 For Black caregivers who work with white families, the topic of race and racism may come up with children and sometimes their parents. One of the biggest hurdles when talking to white parents about race, especially for a Black nanny or babysitter, is addressing the myth that race isn’t something they need to acknowledge with their children. “A lot of white parents are steeped in colorblind ideology, and they really think their kid doesn’t notice race,” Pahlke explains.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Pavel Blagov Finds Personality Traits Predict Social Distancing Behavior
June 7, 2020 In a new peer-reviewed study, Blagov found that psychopathic traits were linked to non-compliance with social distancing guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke Offers Tips for Teaching Anti-Racism at Every Age
June 5, 2020 Drawing on her research on the subject, Pahlke cautions white parents that even very young children often display racial bias, and provides a framework for teaching anti-racist at every developmental stage, from toddlers to teens.
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Associate Professor of Psychology Erin Pahlke on How White Parents Can Raise Anti-Racist Kids
June 1, 2020 Pahlke points out the dangers of colorblind socialization and argues that white parents who want to raise anti-racist kids should not remain silent on the subject of race.
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Whitman College Faculty Create COVID-19 Lecture Series
June 1, 2020 Admitted students had the opportunity to take a one-credit course called "A Liberal Arts Approach to the Study of a Global Pandemic," a collaboration between 21 Whitman professors. Many of the talks are now available to the public.
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Assistant Professor of Sociology Alvaro Santana-Acuña Reflects on One Hundred Years of Solitude Anniversary
May 30, 2020 Santana-Acuña discusses the continuing resonance of Gabriel García Márquez's classic to readers around the world with Emilio San Pedro of the BBC World Service.
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