News from the School of IAS

Category: Diversity

My Story: Call me Dr., not Julie

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne asks students to address her as Dr. instead of professor to acknowledge her Ph.D. and to respect the academic achievements of women and marginalized faculty. In “My Story: Call me Dr., not Julie,” Shayne discusses how the WSJ op-ed addressing First Lady Dr. Jill Biden as "kiddo" impacted her and why the piece is a display of structural misogyny.

March 26, 2021

Practicing social justice with Snohomish County

Students in the Master of Arts in Policy Studies program gained practical experience in a winter quarter partnership with Snohomish County’s new Office of Social Justice. As part of IAS faculty member Charlie Collin’s Practicum for Policy Studies course, the students worked on three projects: an assessment of marginalized communities; a comparison of strategies with other governments; and a survey of diversity, equity and inclusion among county employees.

March 26, 2021

On the Boards announces Berette S Macaulay as inaugural Curatorial Fellow

The performing arts organization, On the Boards, has announced M.A. in Cultural Studies alum Berette S Macaulay as their inaugural Curatorial Fellow. Macaulay is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and writer from Jamaica and Sierra Leone whose research and visual arts practice engage themes of belonging, identity-performance, illegibility, love, memory, and mythmaking. The Curatorial Fellow has ...

March 24, 2021

Travis Sharp publishes Yes, I am a corpse flower

Travis Sharp is a poet, editor, book artist, teacher, and PhD candidate in English at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). This spring, a revision of his MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics thesis, Yes, I am a corpse flower, will be published by KFB, a small press affiliated with the poetry bookstore Knife Fork Book in Toronto. Sharp will read from Yes, I am a corpse flower at his upcoming book launch on March 31 with special guest ...

March 22, 2021

Melanie Malone teaches “Abolition Geography”

IAS faculty member Melanie Malone, along with colleagues Megan Ybarra (UW Seattle), JM Wong (Free Them All), and Edd Hampton (Blaq Elephant Party), taught a special winter microseminar entitled "Abolition Geography" with community partners, UW graduate students, and Dr. Ruth Wilson Gilmore. The microseminar culminated in a ...

March 22, 2021

Julie Shayne joins roundtable on feminist writing and publishing

The president of the Southeast Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA) invited IAS faculty member, and Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies coordinator, Julie Shayne to speak on a roundtable called “Emerging Scholars: A Writing and Publishing Roundtable Organizers.” The invitation followed Shayne’s presentation at the Gender Studies in Georgia conference last fall where she ...

March 15, 2021

Partners in India elevate discussions

For winter quarter, IAS faculty member Gary Carpenter’s course, Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts, collaborated with Pravah, a partner in India, in discussing social issues and producing an online arts festival.  Pravah is a New Delhi nonprofit that develops youth leadership throughout India using social justice campaigns. Pravah and the UW Bothell students both held festivals on Feb. 27, but they were not at the same time because of the time difference. Both festivals featured music, poetry, videos and discussions on themes of justice, community, resilience and gratitude.

March 11, 2021

Melanie Malone participates in “NightSchool: Women in Science”

IAS faculty member Melanie Malone was invited to participate in the "NightSchool: Women in Science" panel on March 4th, hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. The panel is held annually on International Women's Day, and features insightful conversations about what it’s like and what it means to be a woman in science in 2021. Melanie discussed ...

March 10, 2021