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Dr. Serin Houston and Anastasia Tucker Co-Present at AAG 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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