Colin Glaze ’22 investigates the effects of aluminum sulfate treatments on local lakes

Carroll’s current research explores the central role that science fiction fan culture has played in the resurgence of white nationalism. Another of his projects examines what it means to be a geek and how those qualities are seen in modern society. As a visiting professor in Puget Sound’s English department, he asks students to approach his classes with the same openness and creativity found in his research.

Five questions with Ameera Nimjee, assistant professor of ethnomusicology

Now, as a clinical assistant professor in Puget Sound’s Master of Education in counseling program and a marathon runner, she coaches future counselors by building personal connections and encouraging self-reflection.

For hundreds of thousands of people, it is a source of industry, sustenance, livelihood, and recreation. For painter and Professor of Art and Art History Elise Richman, it is also a source of inspiration.

When she’s not cultivating squash and cabbage in her garden, Megan Gessel is tending to the next generation of scientists. As associate professor of chemistry, she recognizes the immense role that student researchers play at a small school like Puget Sound. Gessel not only aims to help students understand this important role they play, but also encourages them to pursue research by making chemistry more than a series of lectures and truly a journey of discovery.

Puget Sound's first Taiwan Culture Night brings Chinese community together

For some of Jeff Tepper’s geology students, the lakes around Puget Sound offer fertile ground for summer research.

With his legs pumping and lungs screaming, Doug Sackman was inspired. He was 19 years old and biking home to Sacramento, Calif., from Reed College in Portland, Ore., where he had just completed his sophomore year as a political science major. He followed the rainy and hilly Pacific Coast for more than 600 miles that trip and wrote a poem about the experience. Now, decades later, his research and teaching interests can be traced back to the main themes of that poem—how people live on the land and with each other in the West.

Gareth Barkin has dedicated his life to travel. But he doesn’t celebrate just checking the countries he’s visited off on a map. His joy comes from finding new ways to make travel more meaningful, especially to college students. For the past decade, Barkin has torn apart and rebuilt some of Puget Sound’s study abroad programs to focus on cultural exchange—ensuring students connect with those from different backgrounds than their own.