News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
Kari Lerum Publishes in The Feminist Wire and Moderates Panel at Sextravaganza
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published an essay in The Feminist Wire entitled “Cisgender FemmeNist reflections on Trans* Justice.” Drawing from personal, cultural, and political reflections the article calls for fans of trans* celebrities to move from adoration to action for trans* justice. Lerum also
July 9, 2015
Ben Gardner co-organizes “Extraction, Contention and Development” symposium
IAS faculty member Ben Gardner co-organized a symposium on “Extraction, Contention and Development,” along with colleagues Sunila Kale and Tony Lucero from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
July 9, 2015
Johanna Crane wins RRF Scholar Award, and gives invited talks on global health
IAS faculty member Johanna Crane received a UW Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award to support her new research project, "Aging and Health Care in Prison: An Ethnographic Study." She also...
July 9, 2015
Julie Shayne launches her new book Taking Risks
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne launched her new book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas at the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities.
July 9, 2015
Dan Berger Wins Organization of American Historians Book Prize
IAS faculty member Dan Berger won the 2015 James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians (OAH) for Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era.
July 2, 2015
Kari Lerum Speaks in London and Publishes in Ms Magazine‘s Blog
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum delivered a paper at the Sexual Cultures 2 conference in London on "Building communities of (im)possibility: transgender sex workers & structural (re)humanization."
July 2, 2015
S. Charusheela and Colin Danby Speak on Postcolonialism and Economics
IAS faculty members S. Charusheela and Colin Danby participated in a session, "A Decade since Postcolonialism Met Economics: Round Table on Postcolonialism Meets Economics ," at the Association for Institutionalist Thought at the Western Social Science Association 57th annual conference.
July 2, 2015
Ron Krabill and Ursula Valdez participate in COIL conference
IAS faculty members Ron Krabill and Ursula Valdez joined a UW team led by Director of Global Initiatives Natalia Dyba at the annual Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) conference.
July 1, 2015
Susan Harewood and Ron Krabill present at Communication, Postcoloniality, and Social Justice conference
IAS faculty members Susan Harewood and Ron Krabill presented at the inaugural Communication, Postcoloniality, and Social Justice conference in Villanova, Pennsylvania.
July 1, 2015
IAS faculty members play leadership roles in UW Bothell Diversity Week
IAS faculty members played leadership roles in UW Bothell’s Diversity Week. Leslie Ashbaugh, S. Charusheela, and Majd Baniodeh, Program Manager for the Center for University Studies and Programs, co-organized an Interfaith Dialogue.
July 1, 2015