Arts, Humanities, Culture, and Design
Washington State University’s “Mission to New York” is designed to help talented, innovative faculty bridge the geographical and communication gap between their resident positions at our research-intensive university in rural Pullman, Washington, and significant private New York foundations with mutual interests.

April 2006 Mission

Museum of Art
Chris Bruce
Advancing Art in the Inland Northwest

Department of Fine Arts
Michelle M. Forsyth
Reframing Disaster in Terms of Painting

School of Architecture and Construction Management
Phil Gruen
Architecture’s Role in Urban Tourism

Department of Women’s Studies
Judy Meuth
Transforming Educational Experiences and Web Cultural Diversity

College of Liberal Arts
Susan Dente Ross
Mediating Global Peace through Journalism

Department of Women’s Studies
Noël Sturgeon
Advances in Interdisciplinary Gender Research