News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
Dan Berger publishes two op-eds on the history of law and order politics in 2016
IAS faculty member Dan Bergerpublished an article in the African American Intellectual History blog about the use of law and order politics by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in their respective party conventions. The article, “Lessons in Law and Order Politics,” describes the 1960s origins of law and order ...
August 10, 2016
Becca Price publishes paper on the challenges of teaching genetic drift
IAS faculty member Becca Price published a co-authored paper, “Observing populations and testing predictions about genetic drift in a computer simulation improves college students’ conceptual understanding” in Evolution: Education and Outreach. The paper focuses on the challenges of teaching genetic drift ...
August 10, 2016
Julie Shayne presents at the International Sociological Association’s (ISA) Forum on Sociology conference in Vienna, Austria
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne presented at this year’s International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum on Sociology in two different sessions. First, her book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas (SUNY; 2014 & 2015) was featured at an author-meets-critics session with a handful of other sociologists who conduct transnational feminist research. Additionally, Shayne ...
July 25, 2016
Dan Berger on KING5 #StandUnited
IAS faculty member Dan Berger appeared on the KING5 “#StandUnited” roundtable on July 9 to discuss police violence and Black Lives Matter in the wake of recent police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, as well as the deaths of five police officers in Dallas. The hour-long roundtable, which aired live, featured local activists, religious leaders, scholars, and police officers. Berger joined ...
July 11, 2016
Carrie Bodle Gives Artist Talk
IAS faculty member Carrie Bodle gave an artist talk on her work at Glass Box Gallery in Seattle on June 29. Bodle highlighted her visual and sound artworks from 2002-2016 which are immersive installations that explore the relationships between art and science, translating inaudible or invisible phenomena into sensible experiences. This talk is ...
July 6, 2016
Dan Berger at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and in TIME Magazine
IAS faculty member Dan Berger led a seminar about the criminal justice system for college students at the Mellon Summer Humanities Institute. Held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the NY Public Library system, the Institute brings together advanced undergraduates in African American Studies interested in pursuing Ph.D.s in the humanities. Over an eight-week period...
July 5, 2016
micha cárdenas Featured in French Magazine MCD (Musiques & Cultures Digitales)
IAS faculty member micha cárdenas' work on gender in virtual reality is featured in an article in the latest issue of the French MCD Magazine: "MICHA CÁRDENAS: la question du genre dans la réalité virtuelle" ("micha cárdenas: the question of gender in virtual reality").
July 5, 2016
Kristin Gustafson and Rena Kawasaki Present Joint Research in Japan
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson and IAS alumna Rena Kawasaki ('13, Community Psychology) traveled to Fukuoka, Japan for the International Communication Association (ICA) pre-conference, "Crossing Borders: Researching Transnational Media History." They presented their collaborative research project, “Shifting language transnationally: Japan’s national language program and a U.S. Japanese-language newspaper before and after WWII."
June 27, 2016
Amy Lambert’s San Juan Island Research and Conservation Efforts Featured
IAS faculty member Amy Lambert’s work on the island marble butterfly is featured in an article from the Issaquah Press. “Groups seek to protect rare butterfly on San Juan Island” highlights over a decade of Lambert’s research into the species that was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered on San Juan Island in 1998.
June 21, 2016
“Contemplative Practice as Pedagogy” Research Interest Group Convenes at the Whiteley Center
Members of the "Contemplative Practice as Pedagogy" Research Interest Group Alice Pedersen, Kristin Gustafson, and Amy Lambert traveled to the Whiteley Center together in May as a culmination of the RIG's collaboration this year. They shared ...
June 8, 2016