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 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.
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