Research Team

Maya Cruz, Researcher

Former Research Assistant Maya Cruz (she/her) accepted a promotion to Researcher in July 2024. Maya graduated from high school in Tacoma in 2021 and from UW Seattle in June 2023 with a degree in Political Science and a Labor Studies minor. She was a member of the 2022 Union Summer cohort, working with the Washington Federation of State Employees (AFSCME Council 28). Since joining the research team in June 2023, Maya has worked on several projects, including a brief connecting reproductive justice to racial and economic justice, providing research support for collective bargaining, as well as helping lead the State of the UW Student Worker - the Center’s ambitious study regarding student workers’ perspectives and experiences. In addition to providing research support for multiple projects, she assists onboard and lead interns selected for the new MLK Labor President’s Organizing Initiative (POI)/Harry Bridges Center Research Assistant Internship.

Kait Johnson, Research Assistant

Kait (they/them) is a Research Assistant at the Bridges Center and 3^rd year majoring in Law, Societies, and Justice with Interdisciplinary Honors. Their work with the Center has focused on workforce development and migrant issues. They are also a community organizer in the national democratic movement for a sovereign, democratic Philippines.

​POI Interns

Christina Joo, Research Assistant

Andrea Fernandez-Henry, Research Assistant

LABOR 480
Applied Labor Research

Explores current and past research practices within labor studies across a variety of disciplines and methodologies. Requires a major project on a current labor studies issue. Offered in _ quarters. View course details in MyPlan: LABOR 480.