Project Coordinator Trevor Griffey

Trevor Griffey is a Doctoral Candidate in American History at the University of Washington and the University of Washington's 2007-8 Alvord Fellow in the Humanities. From 2002-2003, he was a Fellow at the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. His paper, "No Separate Peace: Militant Protest, Civil Disorder, and the Origins of Affirmative Action in the Seattle Building and Construction Trades Unions", won the UW’s York-Mason Award for Best Graduate Paper 2003-4 about African Americans in the West; the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies Best Labor Studies Graduate Paper 2003-4; and the 2005 Graduate Research Paper Award from the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA). He is a former Contributing Writer for the Seattle Weekly, ColorsNW Magazine, the South Seattle Star, and Real Change.