Cascadia Culture and geoScience Exchange Program

About

Program Overview

The 2024-2025 Cascadia Culture & geoScience Exchange (CCASE) Program is partnering with the Quileute Tribal School (QTS) and Neah Bay High School to exchange culture and science with the Quileute and Makah Tribes of Washington state. 

Through this year-long high school STEM program (now in its third year!), two teams of University of Washington (UW) undergraduate and graduate students will develop week-long geoscience curricula focused on Cascadia geohazards. UW students will teach this curriculum to high schoolers at QTS and Neah Bay School over UW’s spring break. CCASE also features multiple mentoring visits to the coastal schools throughout the year as well as hosting high schoolers for a visit to UW campus. In addition, UW students will mentor high school intern students to complete a project focused on how Cascadia geohazards impact their local community. Ultimately the CCASE program aims to cultivate STEM identities among indigenous high school students, empowering them to pursue career pathways in the geosciences. In exchange for teaching science, UW students will engage with teachers and tribal members to learn about and engage with local indigenous culture and language.

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CCASE Programs

Makah CASE

Culture and geoScience Exchange Program

Quileute CASE

Culture and geoScience Exchange Program

Resources & Curriculum

Coming Soon.

Meet The Team

CCASE Leadership

Madeleine Lucas
CCASE Program Director, Quileute CASE Lead
University of Washington
mlucas12@uw.edu

Julia Grossman
Makah CASE Lead
University of Washington
juliagro@uw.edu

Richard Parra
Interim Assistant Director for Riverways Education Partnerships
University of Washington
parrar@uw.edu

Harold Tobin, University of Washington

Harold Tobin
Director of PNSN
University of Washington
htobin@uw.edu

We Appreciate You!

Program Partners and Sponsors

We gratefully acknowledge our program partners and sponsors.

University of Washington
Earth & Space Sciences
University of Washington
Riverways Education Partnerships
Pacific Northwest Seismic Network
Makah Tribe
Quileute Tribe
The Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub
Northwest Earth and Space Sciences Pathways
NASA
Corporation for National and Community Service
National Science Foundation
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