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The Jackson School
The Jackson Foundation provides ongoing financial support to the Jackson School with the goals of:
Stanley Golub was the founder and first president of the Jackson Foundation. Senator Jackson and Golub were close friends, shared an interest in international affairs and recognized its important role in national security. Golub shared Senator Jackson's commitment to developing the University of Washington as a leading institution of international affairs education.
- Enhancing the school's ability to retain top faculty
- Attracting the most qualified students
- Strengthening academic resources
- Providing hands-on experience for students
- Informing the next generation of leaders
The Stanley D. Golub Chair
Stanley Golub was the founder and first president of the Jackson Foundation. Senator Jackson and Golub were close friends, shared an interest in international affairs and recognized its important role in national security. Golub shared Senator Jackson's commitment to developing the University of Washington as a leading institution of international affairs education.
The Stanley D. Golub Chair is held by the director of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The current director, Dr. Resat Kasaba, is a distinguished scholar of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey. He is the author and editor of seven books and 41 articles dealing with the Ottoman Empire, Turkey, and the Middle East. Kasaba teaches courses that study the interaction between states and markets from a world-historical perspective, the impact of Islam in Italian cities, and the US war in Iraq. Kasaba has received grants from Andrew Mellon Foundation, Social Science Research Council, and the National Science Foundation. In 1999, he was the recipient of the University of Washington's Distinguished Teaching Award.
The Anne H.H. and Kenneth B. Pyle Professorship in American Foreign Policy
Dr. Kenneth B. Pyle and Senator Jackson shared a remarkable professional and personal rapport founded on their joint commitment to a strong and deeply knowledgeable American foreign policy community, including both its practitioners and its current and future generations of scholars. Besides being a recognized leader in international affairs education, Dr. Pyle is a former director of the Jackson School and the founding president of The National Bureau of Asian Research. Dr. Pyle wanted the professorship to include his wife's name in recognition of her lifelong dedication to the study and collection of Japanese Christian folk art, as well as her support of his work.
The professorship was established in 2005 with a gift from the Jackson Foundation and matching funds from the University of Washington. With this professorship, the Foundation and the University seek to attract and retain at the Jackson School of International Studies an exceptional scholar whose teaching and research on American foreign policy will have lasting impacts on future generations. This professorship is intended to contribute to the essential role that the study of American foreign policy plays within the Jackson School's curriculum.
The professorship was established in 2005 with a gift from the Jackson Foundation and matching funds from the University of Washington. With this professorship, the Foundation and the University seek to attract and retain at the Jackson School of International Studies an exceptional scholar whose teaching and research on American foreign policy will have lasting impacts on future generations. This professorship is intended to contribute to the essential role that the study of American foreign policy plays within the Jackson School's curriculum.
Henry M. Jackson Professorship in International Studies
This professorship enhances the Jackson School's ability to retain and attract distinguished faculty in international studies. Professor Gary Hamilton was selected as the Henry M. Jackson Professor in International Studies for a three year term starting on July 1, 2011. From 1974 until 1993, Hamilton taught in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. At UC Davis, he received numerous awards, including a Fulbright Fellowship to teach and research at Tunghai University in Taiwan, served as Chair of the Department of Sociology, and was the Program Director of the International Program for East Asian Business and Development.
In 1993, he returned to the University of Washington where he received his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1975, this time as a full professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Sociology and in the Jackson School of International Studies. Hamilton's research and publications are broadly centered on economic sociology and comparative, historical sociology with a focus on East Asian economies and on the sociology of Chinese societies. Over his long career and through his many publications, Hamilton has emerged as one of the leading sociologists working on Asian economies and is one of a handful of social scientists who works comparatively across Asian economies.
The Helen H. Jackson Chair in Human Rights is held by Professor Angelina Godoy. Godoy is an associate professor of Law, Societies and Justice and International Studies at the Jackson School as well as an adjunct associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington. She has published widely on the subject of human rights and injustice in Latin America, with particular interest in Guatemala. Dr. Godoy holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. A sociologist by training who strongly believes in bringing the policy world into her classrooms, Dr. Godoy has demonstrated a deep commitment to her students and to the excellence of her scholarship. Since her installation, Godoy established the Center for Human Rights at the Jackson School and has hosted a variety of events highlighting the University's human rights work at the local, national, and international level.
In 1993, he returned to the University of Washington where he received his Ph.D. in Sociology in 1975, this time as a full professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Sociology and in the Jackson School of International Studies. Hamilton's research and publications are broadly centered on economic sociology and comparative, historical sociology with a focus on East Asian economies and on the sociology of Chinese societies. Over his long career and through his many publications, Hamilton has emerged as one of the leading sociologists working on Asian economies and is one of a handful of social scientists who works comparatively across Asian economies.
Helen H. Jackson Chair in Human Rights
In 2008, the Jackson Foundation's Board honored Senator Jackson's widow, Helen Jackson by endowing the Helen H. Jackson Chair in Human Rights at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies with a $1 million gift.The Helen H. Jackson Chair in Human Rights is held by Professor Angelina Godoy. Godoy is an associate professor of Law, Societies and Justice and International Studies at the Jackson School as well as an adjunct associate professor of sociology at the University of Washington. She has published widely on the subject of human rights and injustice in Latin America, with particular interest in Guatemala. Dr. Godoy holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard University and received her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California at Berkeley. A sociologist by training who strongly believes in bringing the policy world into her classrooms, Dr. Godoy has demonstrated a deep commitment to her students and to the excellence of her scholarship. Since her installation, Godoy established the Center for Human Rights at the Jackson School and has hosted a variety of events highlighting the University's human rights work at the local, national, and international level.