News from the School of IAS
Category: Alumni
Curtis Takahashi joins UW Bothell to lead new Professional Experience Program
An ardent champion of UW Bothell, alum Curtis Takahashi is taking his support to a new level. The IAS graduate was recently hired as the campus’s new Professional Experience Program Advisor. This program will create opportunities for UW Bothell students to gain intensive and immersive work experience during their final years of study, along with professional development to be successful in the workplace. Takahashi will focus on employer outreach and engagement, advising students on internship opportunities and professional development, and managing the program implementation, growth, and ...
October 25, 2018
Nicole McCarthy selected as 2018 GAP Award recipient by Artist Trust
IAS Alum Nicole McCarthy has received GAP Award funding from Artist Trust to begin her second hybrid book focusing on marriage, divorce, and shame. She will spend a week on a writing retreat to generate new material and the project will culminate with a public divorce performance in spring 2019. An MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics alum ...
October 23, 2018
Tanya Kumar launches cyber career at T-Mobile
As a student, Tanya Kumar was a Cyber Risk Management & Governance Intern at T-Mobile’s headquarters in Bellevue. Today, she is an Information Security Analyst with the company in Washington, D.C. Kumar, who was president of the Associated Students of the University of Washington Bothell for the 2016-17 year, graduated in winter 2018 with an IAS degree in Law, Economics & Public Policy. Read the ...
October 22, 2018
Alumni Shout Out!
Fatima Al-Shemary (’15, Culture, Literature & the Arts) has joined Refugees Northwest Foster Care as a Program Assistant, working to connect unaccompanied refugee and immigrant minors to foster families and safe housing in the greater Seattle area. Frances Lee (’18, M.A. in Cultural Studies) has accepted a position as a Program Coordinator at Resource Media. Resource Media is a non-profit communications agency that crafts PR campaigns to promote environmental justice, climate change, and health equity initiatives. Colton Lindelof (’09, Global Studies) has been appointed ...
October 17, 2018
Priya Frank co-facilitates workshop: Storytelling Strategies for Dismantling Racism
In September, alum Priya Frank (’11, Cultural Studies) co-facilitated the workshop “Storytelling Strategies for Dismantling Racism,” a training hosted by NonWhiteWorks for individuals and organizations working to interrupt structural racism. The workshop examines the power of narratives and concrete strategies for dismantling racist structures through storytelling...
October 2, 2018
Catalina Alvarez-Villanueva directs college access program in the Yakima Valley
Alum Catalina “Catti” Alvarez-Villanueva is Director of Upward Bound at Yakima Valley College, a program that provides fundamental support to low-income and first-generation high school students with the goal of entering college. Alvarez-Villanueva knows this journey well, as someone who struggled to stay in school and finish her education while raising a young son. A vow to her father and the support of Husky Promise helped Alvarez-Villanueva realize her dream of a bachelor’s in Society Ethics & Human Behavior (’13) and later, a master’s in Education (’15) from UW Bothell. Now Alvarez-Villanueva is helping ...
September 24, 2018
Suzanne Cohen directs Expand Upon: Incarceration
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum Suzanne Cohen (’15), Managing Artistic Director of Mirror Stage, presents Expand Upon: Incarceration, featuring David Drummond, Rick Dupree, Adria LaMorticella, Pablo Lopez, Corey Spruill, and Benjamin Symons. Additionally, IAS faculty member Dan Berger will deliver pre-show lectures on the History of Mass Incarceration in the United States on ...
September 24, 2018
Abigail Echo-Hawk discusses sexual violence among urban native Seattle women on KUOW
IAS alum Abigail Echo-Hawk spoke with KUOW’s Guy Nelson about a 2010 survey of Native women living in the Seattle area. It found that 94 percent had been raped or coerced into sex at some point during their lives. Echo-Hawk directs the Urban Indian Health Institute (UHIHI) in Seattle and holds an M.A. in Policy Studies (’09) and B.A. in American Studies (’07) from UW Bothell. UIHI’s mission is “to decolonize ...
September 18, 2018
Andrea Downs advances her career in special education
IAS Alum Andrea (Sweerus) Downs has worked in special education for close to ten years, specializing in emotional behavioral disabilities. Downs has advocated for equity, changes in discipline polices, and equal access to educational supports and environments. Since leaving the classroom, she has worked as a behavior specialist and program facilitator for both Everett and Seattle Public Schools, and most recently, accepted a position as the Director of Special Services with Coupeville School District. There, she will oversee ...
September 14, 2018
Kevin Ninh: From bullied teen to social media star
Kevin Ninh, known as Flawless Kevin online, entertains half a million followers with comedy sketches and makeup tips. Beyond the laughs and beneath the eyeliner, he is carving out a space for himself and others. Ninh graduated last June with ...
September 11, 2018