News from the School of IAS
Category: Alumni
Maizy Brown: The Power of Belonging
As a first-generation student and single mother experiencing homelessness, Maizy Brown (Environmental Studies ’11) faced many obstacles. However, “the professors at UW Bothell made me feel like I deserved to be there.” Brown now works as a case manager at Edmonds Community College.
January 27, 2020
Jung Lee nominated for Distinguished Staff Award
Jung Lee, Policy Studies alum and currently IAS's Assistant Director of Academic Services has been selected as one of the 2020 nominees for the University of Washington Distinguished Staff Award. The Distinguished Staff Award honors outstanding University of Washington staff and teams...
January 22, 2020
Katherine Shaw blends laughter and feminism at The Syndrome Mag
Katherine Shaw has always appreciated comedy, and she has recently embraced the title "funny woman." In fact, humor was a much needed relief during her 4+ years working in community health care. Clinic life was extremely stressful, requiring her to respond to life-threatening situations on a daily basis. “Seeing the humorous side of things has always been my form of medication” she says, but the stress took a toll on her personal health. “It's kind of funny - all my years of studying trauma and yet there I was, being traumatized by my career without realizing it,” she says. Eventually, Shaw found her exit and opened a ...
January 22, 2020
My Story: An Artist Around the World
Last spring Cultural Studies alum Mateó B. Ochoa (’19) was awarded the prestigious Bonderman Travel Fellowship, a rare opportunity to travel the world independently. Over the next eight months, Ochoa will visit Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Philippines, Rwanda, South Korea and Ghana ...
January 14, 2020
Colin Davis publishes their first book on gender, sexuality, and spirituality
Recent alum Colin Davis (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, '17) has published their first book Outside the Charmed Circle (Llewellyn, January 2020) under their nom de plume Misha Magdalene. The book draws on Davis' academic work in the IAS program to explore the intersections of gender, sexuality, queer theory, and spirituality. Outside the Charmed Circle engages with LGBTQIA+ readers and allies, offering ...
January 8, 2020
Seattle Human Rights Day features student research and Abigail Echo-Hawk
For several years, students of the Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar have participated in Seattle Human Rights Day by presenting their human rights research at the pre-program reception. The 2019 event was particularly special, as Abigail Echo-Hawk, both an IAS and D.C. Seminar alum, was a featured speaker in the main program, “Amplifying Missing and Murdered Indigenous Peoples’ Voices.”
January 7, 2020
Alum Joshua Mueller and Jin-Kyu Jung partner on community-based project
During Winter quarter IAS alum Joshua Mueller will serve as the City of Redmond’s liaison to Jin Kyu Jung’s “Mapping Communities” course project, where students will utilize various research methods to create dynamic and interactive digital maps that meet community needs. Once a student of Jung’s, Mueller is a Senior Engineering Technician with the city and jumped at the opportunity to…
January 6, 2020
DJ and radio personality Harmony Soleil visits campus
IAS alum Harmony Soleil is a resident DJ at Seattle’s C89.5 and co-founder of UWave Radio. Recently, she visited UW Bothell to chat with students in IAS faculty member Amoshaun Toft’s “Community Radio Journalism” course about her experiences with interviewing musicians and…
January 2, 2020
Megan Dunn is elected to Snohomish County Council
Congratulations to Megan Dunn, who was elected to Snohomish County Council in November! The M.A. in Policy Studies alum will represent District 2, which includes Everett, Mukilteo, and Tulalip. An experienced community leader, Dunn is ...
December 19, 2019
Zarefah Baroud creates documentary “Stories from the Homeland”
Telling the story of her own family, Zarefah Baroud created a documentary film about the displacement of Palestinians, an event they refer to as the Nakba - Arabic for “catastrophe.” Baroud undertook this endeavor as her undergraduate capstone project while studying Media & Communication Studies (’19) at UW Bothell.
November 19, 2019