News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
UW Bothell ranked a top Fulbright institution
The University of Washington Bothell continues to be recognized for producing Fulbright scholars, with three IAS faculty members receiving recent awards. They include Alka Kurian, who will conduct research on transnational fourth wave feminisms in Morocco; Jed Murr, who will teach ethnic American literature in Slovenia; and David Goldstein, who will teach American studies in Japan.
March 24, 2021
Shauna Elbers Carlisle selected to join William T. Grant Advanced Quantitative and Computational Scholars
IAS faculty member Shauna Elbers Carlisle will be part of the new William T. Grant Advanced Quantitative and Computational (AQC) Scholars Cohort. The AQC Cohort is a highly-competitive National Science Foundation program that gathers scholars who are seeking to transform their professions and research through critical data science methodologies. Carlisle brings to the cohort ...
March 24, 2021
Alka Kurian on “The Golden Age of Social Protest: Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism”
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian gave an invited talk on “The Golden Age of Social Protest: Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism” as part of the “ishq: issues in society, history, and queerness” series at Ashoka University in Delhi, India. The talk focused on ...
March 18, 2021
Amaranth Borsuk publishes new book and participates in Virtual New York Art Book Fair
This month, IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk publishes The Book: 101 Definitions, a collection of responses to the question What is the/a book?, which she posed to artists, poets, bookbinders, librarians, publishers, and booksellers. Published by Montreal artist's book publisher Anteism on the occasion of Printed Matter's Virtual Art Book Fair, the book is ...
March 16, 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
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
David Goldstein organizes international seminar on community engagement
IAS faculty member David Goldstein, along with Natalia Dyba, UW Bothell Director of Global Initiatives, and Kara Adams, Director of Community Engagement, planned and participated in an online, international Seminar on Community Engagement in which UW Bothell and California Polytechnic University, Pomona, joined host Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan, to discuss the ethics of university partnerships with community members.
March 4, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson presents at Washington Climate Assembly
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson presented her work on climate anxiety at the Washington Climate Assembly. Washington state residents are taking climate matters into their own hands as 90 members of the public join the country's first climate assembly to develop a comprehensive community-based climate plan. Representing every congressional district in the state ...
March 4, 2021
Karam Dana on “Learning Matters: A Bridge to Practice” podcast
IAS faculty member Karam Dana was a guest on the “Learning Matters: A Bridge to Practice” podcast hosted by Scott Macklin from Trinity Western University in British Colombia. In the podcast episode addressing global connections, Dana describes his research, and its power in transforming our understanding with regard to studying Palestine and Palestinians, and with regard to the study of American Muslims ...
February 26, 2021
Becca Price publishes annotations to biology education research
IAS faculty member Becca Price and her colleague Clark Coffman (Iowa State) have published another set of annotations that introduce scholars to biology education research. The original paper (by Sana et al.) tests the effect of presenting learning objectives to students before they begin to study new material. The annotations ...
February 24, 2021