News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
Adam Romero provides coal products tree to Atlantic article
An archival image collected by IAS faculty member Adam Romero was recently highlighted by environmental sociologist Rebecca Altman in The Atlantic. Altman's article, "How the Benzene Tree Polluted the World," explores the use of tree metaphors in naturalizing the products of the chemical industry. Professor Romero acquired the image titled, ‘Coal Products Tree’ at ...
October 20, 2017
Amaranth Borsuk speaks and reads on the east coast
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk traveled to Temple University in Philadelphia last week to give a lecture as part of the Poets & Writers Series at the Tyler School of Art's gallery, Temple Contemporary. Her talk, "Poetic Mutations and Digital Mediations," traced her interest in the book as a transforming object across her scholarly and creative practice. While on the east coast, Borsuk also traveled to New York to read as part of SUNY Buffalo's Poetics Plus series, held at the Western New York Book Art Center, a fitting space in which to present her poetry and poetics. In addition ...
October 17, 2017
Silvia C. Ferreira presents at Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference
IAS faculty member Silvia C. Ferreira presented at the 11th Biennial Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference, which was held at the University of Dayton in early October. She was on a panel titled “Global Rhetorical Actions.” Her paper, which was titled “Probing the ‘Golden Rules’ of Gender: Global Feminist Rhetorics in the Arab Immigrant Press in Brazil,” focused on ...
October 12, 2017
Amaranth Borsuk presents work in Denmark
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk and her collaborator Ian Hatcher traveled to Denmark to speak about their creative practice, perform their work, and discuss their project Abra, a hybrid artist's book and iOS app created with Kate Durbin. The two attended the exhibition opening of Fra A til 3D, an exhibition of international new media writing and art at the Roskilde Bibliotekerne. Abra is featured in the exhibit as winner of the Turn On Literature Prize, which presents ...
October 12, 2017
micha cárdenas and Frances Lee screen #Stronger videos
IAS faculty member micha cárdenas and Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee screened their #Stronger videos at the contemptorary fundraiser in LA held on Sept 24. #Stronger is a project of the Poetic Operations Collaborative that aims to develop a decolonial vision of futures of health, fitness and strength for trans and gender non-conforming people. ...
October 9, 2017
Jennifer Atkinson, Caren Crandell and Warren Gold: “A Sense of Place: Our Rapidly Urbanizing Environment”
On October 5, IAS faculty members Jennifer Atkinson, Caren Crandell, and Warren Gold participated in a panel at Bothell City Hall to discuss what it means to have a “sense of place” — both today and during the city’s early history. This event is part of ...
October 9, 2017
Alka Kurian publishes review of The Big Sick
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian published “The Big Sick is Bold, Pushes Boundaries" in the International Examiner (6 September 2017, p. 14). Kurian suggests that this Pakistani diasporic film that has every one talking represents a new turn in South Asian representation in mainstream Hollywood film.
September 25, 2017
Kristin Gustafson publishes “Teaching excellence builds on the ideas of teaching mentors”
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson published "Teaching excellence builds on the ideas of teaching mentors" in Clio: Among The Media (Fall 2017, p. 10). The column shares with readers two teaching strategies--one a grading scheme, and the other a choice of in-depth projects--to surface best practices that encourage pedagogies of diversity, collaboration, community, and justice. ...
September 22, 2017
S. Charusheela and Colin Danby presented their research on “Decentering Race, Gender, and Class – Thinking Beyond Capitalism and Economy”
IAS faculty members S. Charusheela and Colin Danby presented their research on “Decentering Race, Gender, and Class – Thinking Beyond Capitalism and Economy” in Berlin, Germany. Drawing on the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham, they...
September 19, 2017
S. Charusheela and Colin Danby presented their research on “Decentering Race, Gender, and Class – Thinking Beyond Capitalism and Economy”
IAS faculty members S. Charusheela and Colin Danby presented their research on “Decentering Race, Gender, and Class – Thinking Beyond Capitalism and Economy” in Berlin, Germany. Drawing on the work of J.K. Gibson-Graham, they...
September 19, 2017