Julie Shayne launches her new book Taking Risks

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne launched her new book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas at the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities. Editor and contributor Shayne and co-author Kristy Leissle read from and discussed Taking Risks at the event co-sponsored by the Center for Human Rights, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, African Studies, and the Simpson Center. IAS Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Mahala Lettvin and IAS Global Studies undergraduate Jessica Monteiro Manfredi, both contributors to the book, were also present to discuss their work and sign copies.