First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. ❗CORRECTIONS: HuskyADAPT Autumn kickoff meeting ❗
We had the wrong date, time and location for the HuskyADAPT Autumn Kickoff meeting. Sorry for any confusion. Monday October 5th, 2026 in Thompson 101, 5:30-6:30 is the correct info! We will be hosting our first info meeting of the year, so join us and learn more about how you can be involved with HuskyADAPT! We will go over our toy adaption, design teams, and GoBabyGo programs.
Event posted on HuskyADAPT's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/huskyadapt/.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Thomson Hall (THO). Campus room: 101. Accessibility Contact: adaptuw@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Information Sessions. Meetings. Student Activities. Target Audience: Students interested in HuskyADAPT's toy adaption, design teams, and GoBabyGo programs.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM.
For more info visit www.huskyadapt.me.uw.edu. After Hours | How Do You Know What to Believe?
Rumors are a common way for people to make sense of uncertainty. Emerging technologies from social media to AI have been a boon to misinformation, however, and have sown not just rumors but confusion and distrust. These days, how do we know what to believe?
At our S+T at UW After Hours, we'll host the Center for an Informed Public's Mert Can Bayar and Stephen Prochaska, who are on the Election Rumor Research team, in conversation with Monika Sengul-Jones to talk about rumors, conspiracy, technology, and democracy. CIP’s research on election rumors has shown that misleading stories rarely rely on entirely fabricated evidence. More often, real events are misinterpreted, exaggerated, stripped of context, or assigned false intent.
Learn more about their work on election rumors as we approach the midterms and discuss over a drink. Free and open to the public (21+).
Mert Can Bayar
Mert Can Bayar is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Data Visualization in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at UW…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified. Target Audience: Anyone interested in conspiracy theories and election rumors, tech and society.
Monday, October 5, 2026, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Lonely Siren
1501 Pike Pl Level 2 #200
Seattle, WA 98101.
HCDE Research Speaker Series: Yi-Chieh Lee, "When AI Shapes Us: Understanding Conversational AI’s Influence on Well-Being and Agency"
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Yi-Chieh Lee as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
When AI Shapes Us: Understanding Conversational AI’s Influence on Well-Being and Agency
What impact does interacting with conversational AI (CAI) have on people's well-being, sense of self, and ability to pursue their own goals? When can these interactions provide meaningful support, and when might they diminish the agency of the individuals they aim to assist?
This talk presents a research program that investigates the social and psychological consequences of CAI. It brings together studies examining prosocial behavior toward AI and its effects on human well-being, how AI's expressed confidence and personality affect human self-confidence and self-concept, and the tensions related to autonomy and ownership in AI-assisted writing. The talk also addresses harmful behaviors associated with AI companionship. Together, these projects encourage exploration…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 8, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Mark Haselkorn
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Mark Haselkorn as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 15, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Katz Colloquium: A Roundtable on Pedagogy with Eve Tuck
Registration required. To access the RSVP form login with your full uw email address. You may need to access your UW Google Workspace if you have not already done so.
This roundtable conversation will feature Indigenous scholars and educators sharing insights and practices for relational place-based pedagogies.
Presentation Titles: Anthony Craig and Chelsea Craig, “huyadadcəɫ: Our way of Life. An elder's guidance to align our work to our tribal lifeways inspires us to live and lead as educators in ways that will please our ancestors”
Emma Elliott, “Relational Sovereignty in a Warming World: Indigenous Land-Based Learning for Healing and Climate Education”
Eve Tuck “Land Education Dreambook”
Speaker Bios:
Chelsea Craig, Ed.D. is a citizen of the Tulalip Tribes and currently serves as principal of Quil Ceda Tulalip Elementary.
Anthony Craig, Ed.D. is a citizen of Yakama Nation and is a professor of practice at the University of Washington, College of Education.
Emma Kwulasulwut Elliott (Cowichan…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, humanities@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, October 16, 2026, 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
RSVP for location.
Data Are Made, Not Found | Town Hall | danah boyd with Ron S. Jarmin
danah boyd with Ron S. Jarmin
Data Are Made, Not Found
By any metric, a lot was going on in 2020, and looking back at it now, the census may have seemed like a fairly brief blip. Behind the scenes, however, the 2020 census was more than a decade in the making. Implementing phone and online responses for the first time and navigating countless real-time developments, this iteration required nearly a quarter of a million temporary workers to collect data about the American public. Data that would in turn be used to help determine years of federal funding and political power. In many ways, the US census is one of the government’s largest non-wartime operations and the world’s oldest, biggest data-making endeavors — and researcher and educator danah boyd has dug deep into how 2020’s census was like none that had come before it.
In her newest book, Data Are Made, Not Found: A Story of Politics, Power, and the Civil Servants Who Saved the US Census, boyd explores what it really took for the 2020 Census Bureau to…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, October 19, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
For more info visit ticketing.townhallseattle.org. Understanding Ableism Webinar: Civic Participation
Civic participation goes beyond casting a ballot. It can include advocacy, organizing, public meetings, and having a voice in decisions that affect our communities. This webinar will explore the barriers disabled people may encounter in civic life and the different ways people participate, advocate, and make their voices heard.
Register to get Zoom link, Sign language interpretation and CART will be provided.
Event interval: Single day event. Online Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pJGymTb-QPqOC6fdV8iDoQ. Accessibility Contact: kcdc@disabilityempowerment.org. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Everyone.
Tuesday, October 20, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM.
For more info visit www.disabilityempowerment.org. Graduate Student Coffee & Conversation: Making Connections Across Departments & Disciplines in the Humanities
Register to attend.
The Simpson Center for the Humanities invites current graduate students at the master's and doctoral levels to a morning meet-and-greet event to make connections across the many departments and disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and arts at the University of Washington. The Simpson Center offers UW scholars varied opportunities for intellectual community, professional development, and financial support that advance crossdisciplinary understanding, collaboration, and research.
Brief remarks and an introduction to Simpson Center programming will begin at 10:30am.
Stop by to learn more about our fellowships, events, and graduate research clusters, and to talk about shared interests over a cup of coffee or tea with colleagues beyond your program. All graduate students are welcome.
Questions? Contact Rachel Arteaga, Simpson Center Associate Director, at rarteaga@uw.edu. To stay updated on Simpson Center events and opportunities, subscribe to our email newsletter.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Communications Building (CMU). Campus room: 202. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206-543-3920, schadmin@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM.
HCDE Research Speaker Series
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 22, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. Digital & Data Humanities Showcase
RSVP Requested.
This event will highlight the innovative work of the Simpson Center’s 2026 Digital & Data Humanities Summer Fellowship recipients. The eight funded projects span a variety of disciplines and technological approaches – ranging from the use of tactile recording to capture the hand movements of artists, to an online community dictionary for the endangered Mixtec language of Mexico, to large-scale analysis of religious nationalist Facebook posts in the country of Georgia.
The principal researchers for each project will discuss how they’ve applied technology over the course of the summer to help answer their research questions and expand their public impact.
This showcase will be of interest to anyone involved in digital humanities at the university, offering a dynamic snapshot into the breadth and creativity of the work being done here. The event may be of particular value to faculty and graduate students who are considering applying for the Digital & Data Humanities Summer Fellowship in 202…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: 214. Accessibility Contact: Simpson Center for the Humanities, 206.543.3920, humanities@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Open to UW Faculty, Students, and Staff.
Friday, October 23, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM.
What Feeds Us: Science, Climate, and the Future of Food with Pamela Ronald
Climate change is threatening the crops that feed us all. UC Davis geneticist Pamela Ronald reveals how her discovery of flood-tolerant rice is helping millions of farmers adapt — and what plant science means for the future of food.
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: lectures@uw.edu. Event Types: Diversity Equity Inclusion. Lectures/Seminars.
Monday, October 26, 2026, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Seattle Town Hall - Forum.
For more info visit www.washington.edu. In/Humanizing Generative AI in Place and Space: A Roundtable Conversation
Register to attend. In/Humanizing Generative AI in Place and Space: A Roundtable Conversation brings together faculty, staff, and graduate students across the University of Washington to examine how generative AI reshapes questions of intelligence, authorship, equity, belonging, and humanness. Grounded in Liberatory Landscape Literacies, the roundtable connects humanities, urban studies, education, writing pedagogy, philosophy, and computational design. We ask how place-based learning can support ethical engagement with technologies operating across physical, linguistic, and digital environments. Rather than framing GenAI as either savior or threat, we consider how computational systems of reasoning compare with human cognition, reproduce or challenge inequities, and might support more democratic forms of AI literacy.
The conversation will engage an abridged recording by Davide Fucci, Assistant Professor of Software Engineering at the Blekinge Institute of Technology, whose research explores empirical…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Tabitha Espina, tespina@uw.edu. Event Types: Not Specified.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM.
Jane Russell Commons at UW Tacoma (1918 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402).
HCDE Research Speaker Series: David Ribes
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor David Ribes as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, October 29, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, November 2, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Sharon Heung
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Postdoctoral scholar Sharon Heung as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Cindy Atman
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Cindy Atman as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 12, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Jin Yu
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Jin Yu as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, November 19, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Sean Munson
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Sean Munson as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu. First Monday STSS Reading Group [Online]
What is First Monday?
First Monday is a participant-led, interdisciplinary, online STSS reading group.
When is the meeting?
The first Monday of each month. The meeting time changes quarterly, reach out to the organizers to get the most updated time.
Where is the meeting?
Via Zoom. Email mmjones@uw.edu to request an invitation.
What is the goal of the reading group?
We seek to foster and deepen an intellectual community amongst STS-curious faculty, students, and staff at the University of Washington’s three campuses and the School of Medicine. Anyone at the UW who is STS-curious is welcome to join.
Who hosts the meetings?
Anyone who participates in the group can volunteer to host. We have a rotating host model. Every month, someone new chooses an article, book chapter, or publication in the STS field. In the event no one volunteers, the facilitators may select an article and/or invite a host.
Who facilitates?
The First Monday facilitators are Monika Sengul-Jones, Director of Strategy and Operations for Society…
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: mmjones@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Target Audience: Tri-campus science, technology, and society studies faculty, students, researchers, and staff.
Monday, December 7, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
For more info visit depts.washington.edu. HCDE Research Speaker Series: Mark Zachry
Join the UW Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering for a research talk with Professor Mark Zachry as part of the HCDE Research Speaker Series.
Additional details about the talk will be added as they become available.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Sieg Building (SIG). Campus room: 134 Sieg Building. Accessibility Contact: hcdehelp@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, December 10, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:20 PM.
For more info visit www.hcde.washington.edu.