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Online Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences

Faculty

The Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Social Sciences features leading faculty from a variety of academic departments at the University of Washington. Our faculty members are experienced teachers and scholars at the forefront of their fields, dedicated to student growth and learning.

The ISS program also offers helpful support from a team of academic advisers, specialists who help you plan your schedule, choose the courses that best meet your needs and make sure you’re ready to succeed academically.

Mel Wensel

Mel WenselMel Wensel is the program co-director and director of academic services for the online Integrated Social Sciences degree. She has worked in academic advising for more than 25 years, serving the majority of that time as director of academic services for the UW Department of English. A former Fulbright fellow, Wensel came to the UW in 1985 as a Ph.D. student in English before transitioning to a career as an adviser a few years later. She joined the ISS program in 2013. Wensel has received a number of awards for her advising work, including UW Adviser of the Year.

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ISS Faculty

Michael Blake, Professor, Philosophy and Public Affairs

Kam Wing Chan, Professor, Geography

Rachel Chapman, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Global Health

Rachel Cichowski, Associate Professor, Political Science and Law, Societies & Justice

Madeleine Yue Dong, Professor, History and Jackson School of International Studies

Afsaneh Jafari Haddadian, Lecturer, Near Eastern Languages and Civilization

Alexes Harris, Professor, Sociology

Ralina Joseph, Professor, Communication

Sunila Kale, Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Karen Litfin, Associate Professor, Political Science

Celia Lowe, Professor, Anthropology and Jackson School of International Studies

José Antonio Lucero, Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Matt McGarrity, Principal Lecturer, Communication

Rebakah Daro Minarchek, Assistant Teaching Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Lynn Hankinson Nelson, Professor Emerita, Philosophy

LeiLani Nishime, Professor, Communication

Christian Novetzke, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Dennis O'Dea, Lecturer, Economics

Robert Pekkanen, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

James Pfeiffer, Professor, Global Health

Deborah Porter, Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Scott Radnitz, Associate Professor, Jackson School of International Studies

Vicente Rafael, Professor, History

Nancy Rivenburgh, Professor, Communication

Janine Slaker, Assistant Teaching Professor, Communication

Meg Spratt, Lecturer, Integrated Social Sciences and Communications

Jack Turner, Associate Professor, Political Science

James Wellman, Professor, Jackson School of International Studies