Collaborating Across Differences
Larry Estrada, American Cultural Studies

Larry Estrada is an associate professor and director of the American Cultural Studies program at Fairhaven College, and is the president of the National Association for Ethnic Studies. His scholarship focuses on the impacts of changing demographics on our country's social, cultural and economic climate.

Select the link to the Portfolio to read about his teaching strategies in his own words. To see how he infuses critical thinking into his course, select the link to Institutional Goals.

Learning for Life
Edward Vajda, East Asian Studies

Edward Vajda is a professor, director of East Asian Studies, Russian Language section coordinator for the Department of Modern and Classical Languages at WWU, and editor of Word, the journal of the International Linguistics Association. His scholarship focuses on native Siberian peoples and languages, including the Ket people, who inhabit the Yenisei Basin in central Siberia.

Select the link to the Portfolio to read about his teaching strategies in his own words. To see how he infuses critical thinking into his course, select the link to Institutional Goals.

Being Human
Kathleen Young, Anthropology

Kathleen Young is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at WWU. Her cultural anthropological research focuses on the global issues of genocide, war, death and dying, and rape, religion and Islamic Law.

Select the link to the Portfolio to read about her teaching strategies in her own words. To see how she infuses critical thinking into her course, select the link to Institutional Goals.