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Evans MPA Info Session
Discover the Building Blocks of Your MPA Journey!
Curious about what it takes to apply to the Evans School MPA program and what makes our program unique? Join us for an interactive info session where we’ll walk through the key components of a strong application and introduce the foundational areas of our core curriculum.
This is your opportunity to: Learn how to build a competitive application , Get a preview of the skills and knowledge at the heart of the MPA , Envision yourself as part of a community of changemakers,
Whether you’re early in your graduate school search or ready to apply, this session will help you take the next step toward renovating our democracy.
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Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/meeting/register/WZydEruEQmSLAiSZuD7SbA. Accessibility Contact: evansadm@uw.edu. Event Types: Information Sessions. Target Audience: Prospective MPA Students.
Thursday, March 12, 2026, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
Zoom.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. CSDE Seminar - Infrastructures of Resettlement: How Bureaucratic Legacies Shaped Racial Disparities in Post-Cold War Refugee Selection - Jake Watson
Speaker: Michael Shultz, Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
Speaker: Kristin Perkins, Sociology, Georgetown University
Speaker: Gabriella Levy, Political Science, University of Washington
Speaker: Robert Crosnoe, Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin
Speaker: Jake Watson, Sociology, University of California San Diego
Abstract: This paper draws on migration infrastructure perspectives to theorize how states select refugees. After the Cold War, the United States shifted its refugee admissions program from a focus on anticommunism toward more humanitarian criteria, marked by greater need-based selection and distributional equity – including explicit efforts to increase African admissions. Yet the 1990s saw the US resettle roughly 300,000 Europeans and just 40,000 Africans despite comparably large displacement crises in Yugoslavia and the Horn of Africa. Why? While scholars explain such disparities through explicit racial preferences or geopolitical interests, I show t…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Parrington Hall (PAR). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_mqjs5IEXRDCKhsKTyOYkMw#/registration. Campus room: 360. Accessibility Contact: csde-prgm-coord@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Friday, March 13, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit washington.zoom.us. MPA and EMPA | Admissions Regular Deadline
The regular and final admissions deadline is here! Be sure to submit your application for admission. If you have any questions, please stop by our drop-ins, send us an email at evansadm@uw.edu, or schedule a 1:1 meeting with our Admissions Team. We wish you best of luck on your application!
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: evanshelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Target Audience: Prospective MPA and prospective EMPA Students.
Friday, May 15, 2026.