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Houston Joins Soli*City Network
September 27, 2024
I am thrilled to share that I have joined the Soli*City Network as a collaborator! The sanctuary story map and archive that Anastasia and I ...
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Media Coverage of Sanctuary Story Map and Archive
September 23, 2024
I am so grateful to Emilee Klein from the Daily Hampshire Gazette who wrote an excellent article about our sanctuary story map and archive. You ...
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Announcing the “Mapping U.S. Sanctuary Policies” Story Map and Policy Archive
June 17, 2024
Drum roll please!! After many years of dreaming about this project and months of collaboration, I am thrilled to announce that Anastasia Tucker and I ...
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Social Justice Ordinance in Seattle
April 29, 2024
It is my great pleasure to share that Dan Trudeau and I recently published, “What cities can learn from Seattle’s racial and social justice law” ...
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Dr. Serin Houston and Anastasia Tucker Co-Present at AAG 2024
March 14, 2024
Anastasia Tucker and I are co-presenting our paper, titled “A Story Map of U.S. Sanctuary Policies: Collaboration, Digital Scholarship, and Processual Thinking,” on April 20, ...
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Upcoming Climate Migration Talk
March 14, 2024
Mark your calendars! I am giving a talk, entitled “Climate Change and Human Migration: Intersections, Outcomes, and Responses,” on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7pm ...
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“Rethinking Translation” published in ACME
March 24, 2023
I am excited to share that “Rethinking Translation: Emergent, Geographic, and Transformative,” written by Dan Trudeau and myself, was just published in ACME: An International ...
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Dr. Serin Houston Co-Presents with Dr. Dan Trudeau at AAG 2023
March 13, 2023
Dr. Dan Trudeau and I are co-presenting our paper, “Rethinking Translation: Emergent, Geographic, and Transformative,” on March 23rd, 2023 at the American Association of Geographers ...
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Student Reflection on ‘Global Movements’ Class
February 23, 2023
One part of my fall 2022 course, ‘Global Movements: Migrations, Refugees, and Diasporas,’ was a visit to the Mount Holyoke College art museum to develop ...
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Annual Geography Lecture at Mount Holyoke College
February 10, 2023
I am so happy to share the video recording for Dr. Dan Trudeau’s talk for the 2023 annual geography lecture at Mount Holyoke College. On ...
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Discount for Imagining Seattle Paperback Edition
June 17, 2021
The paperback edition of Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance is now out with a discounted price! As Paul Constant writes in the Seattle ...
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Video of Zube Lecture Available
March 29, 2021
I am delighted to share that the video of the Zube lecture I gave on March 25, 2021 is now available! The talk was titled, ‘Unsettling ...
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Houston to speak at UMass, Amherst for Zube Lecture Series
January 10, 2021
Serin Houston will give a virtual talk, entitled “Unsettling Whiteness in Neighborhood Planning: Social Justice Efforts in Seattle, WA,” as part of the Zube Lecture ...
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‘Imagining Seattle’ to be discussed at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) conference in Seattle
January 10, 2021
Serin Houston looks forward to discussing her book, Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance, with Patricia Lopez, Jasmine Mahmoud, and Richard Wright during an ...
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Imagining Seattle featured in Seattle University book series
November 8, 2020
Serin Houston is thrilled to share that Imagining Seattle is one of three featured texts in the 2020-2021 Seattle University Arts Leadership Book Club series. ...
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Imagining Seattle to be released in paperback
March 25, 2020
The University of Nebraska Press (UNP) has decided to release a paperback edition of Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance in the spring 2021 series! ...
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Houston’s AAG conference talks postponed
March 11, 2020
Serin Houston’s planned participation in the American Association of Geographers (AAG) conference in Denver, Colorado in April has been postponed. Houston had intended to join ...
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‘New Sanctuary Movement’ Profile
February 4, 2020
An invited profile of the ‘New Sanctuary Movement’, written by Serin D. Houston and Mount Holyoke College junior Colleen Molnar, was just published by the ...
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‘Imagining Seattle’ profiled in ‘Maxwell Perspective’
January 15, 2020
The Maxwell Perspective, a journal from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University, recently published a profile of Imagining Seattle by Serin D. Houston. The ...
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Houston interviewed by Sasha Nyary
December 20, 2019
Serin D. Houston’s interview with Sasha Nyary, senior editor in the Office of Communications and Marketing at Mount Holyoke College, just went live! In advance ...
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Houston to speak about social justice in Seattle on 1/5/20
December 13, 2019
On January 5th, 2020, Serin Houston will join Anu Taranath and Sarah Mayes for a conversation about social justice in Seattle and beyond hosted by ...
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New ‘Imagining Seattle’ Book Review by Wayne Feiden
December 2, 2019
A new book review of Imagining Seattle by Wayne Feiden was published online at the Journal of Planning Literature. Feiden notes that Seattle has long ...
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Houston interviewed for the “New Books Network” Podcast
November 6, 2019
Ryan Driskell Tate from the “American West” channel of the “New Books Network” podcast interviewed Serin D. Houston about Imagining Seattle. In this interview, Houston ...
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Houston to speak at “Borders” Symposium
November 5, 2019
Serin D. Houston will give a lightning talk, entitled “Conceptualizing Sanctuary as a Process in the United States,” at the American Geographical Society “Borders and ...
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“Social Values in Action: Building Equitable and Sustainable Cities” Video
September 27, 2019
This is the video of the “Social Values in Action: Building Equitable and Sustainable Cities” symposium that was held at Mount Holyoke College on September ...
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September 18th at 7:00 PM: Social Values in Action: Building Equitable and Sustainable Cities Discussion
September 18, 2019
Join us on Wednesday, September 18, at 7:00pm in the New York Room in Mary Woolley Hall at Mount Holyoke College to celebrate and engage ...
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Seattle is a story: Book review by Paul Constant
June 25, 2019
Like so many of the best ideas, Serin D. Houston’s book Imagining Seattle began with a single very long walk. Houston recounts the walk in the book’s ...
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American Association of University Women Features Imagining Seattle
June 14, 2019
Congratulations to @AAUW alumna and @mtholyoke professor Serin Houston on her new book from @UnivNebPress, Imagining Seattle: Social Values in Urban Governance. Get your copy ...
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Imagining Seattle Featured in National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity June Newsletter
June 12, 2019
Imagining Seattle dives into some of the most pressing and compelling aspects of contemporary urban governance in the United States. Serin D. Houston uses a ...
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Imagining Seattle Profiled by The Maxwell School of Syracuse University
June 11, 2019
A new book by Serin Houston ’11 PhD (Geog) uses Seattle as a case study, delving into some of the most pressing and compelling aspects ...
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From the Desk of Serin D. Houston: Exploring a Storied Landscape
June 4, 2019
I grew up in rural, northern Vermont, a place where the rolling hills descend into windy riverine valleys, where hillsides of maple trees burst forth ...
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