Caleb Timothy Huffman
UW Honors Graduates
Caleb Timothy Huffman

Political Science and Communication
Designation: College Honors
Honors Grads 2017/2018
Proudest Moment: Definitely hitting the 1,000 kilometers ran marker in December, 2016. There’s a long-term New Year’s resolution that I actually kept!
Thesis: 1. Fuel on the Flame: Open-Air Drug Markets and Homicide Clusters; 2. On the Tipping Point? Open-Air Drug Markets and Homicide Rates; 3. Secular Prosperity Gospel: A Rhetorical Analysis of Donald Trump's Presidential Announcement Speech
calebh12@uw.eduCaleb Huffman graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with College Honors in both political science and communication. Raised in a small, rural town in the United States, Caleb overcame various socioeconomic barriers to begin studying at the local college (Running Start) at sixteen and, by eighteen, formally represented youth in state government as a member of the Washington State Legislative Youth Advisory Council, being appointed by the Lt. Governor. Caleb completed three undergraduate theses, was a Gilman Scholar, Leadership Fellow with former U.S. Senator Slade Gorton, inaugural student fellow at Georgetown’s U.S.-China Initiative, and delegate with the Forum for American/Chinese Exchange at Stanford. Caleb’s interest in China was sparked through his studies of American politics, where he learned the importance of the U.S.-China relationship in shaping international norms. Caleb is a Yenching Scholar and will study Chinese Law & Society immediately after graduating, with the goal of understanding China and its legal system better, with the goal of obtaining an American J.D. and entering the realm of international law. His interest in law can be traced back to Professor Theo Myhre's Honors Introduction to American Law course, which he took autumn quarter of his Freshmen year.
At UW, Caleb served as President of Pi Sigma Alpha (the Political Science National Honors Society), the Student Director for Veritas at UW, a Peer Educator with Honors, a UWAA Student Ambassador, and a tour guide (all four years) with the Office of Admissions. He received over a dozen merit scholarships with a combined worth of more than $40,000, allowing him to study abroad three times with UW, including with Honors to Rome, Italy -- the very first time he ever left the country.
Personally, Caleb is an amateur coffee fan, runner, and, his senior year, lived in the International Friendship House at University Presbyterian Church with housemates from around the world.