News from the School of IAS
Category: Students
Charlie Collins and Shelby Guidry publish in the Journal of Urban Affairs
IAS faculty member Charlie Collins and second year Master of Arts in Policy Studies student Shelby Guidry published a paper in the Journal of Urban Affairs titled, "What effect does inequality have on residents’ sense of safety? Exploring the mediating processes of social capital and civic engagement." The paper examines the role of economic inequality, social capital, and civic engagement on residents' perceptions of neighborhood safety. Collins and Guidry found that ...
March 19, 2018
IAS students win in online debate tournament
Six IAS students on the UW Bothell Debate Team placed in an online tournament on March 4th. There were debaters from 4 schools from as far away as Montana and Idaho. The tournament is held fully online so judges and debaters can be at great distances. IAS students competed in two divisions, Open and Novice (little to no college experience in debate). Three of the top four debaters in the Novice division were from IAS. Congratulations to our students and the Speech and Debate Society:
March 19, 2018
Students reap the benefits of D.C. human rights scholarship
The Washington D.C. Human Rights Seminar is UW Bothell’s longest running experiential learning program and, inarguably, one of its most transformative. Founded in 1991, the seminar offers a unique opportunity for students to engage with human rights policy at national and international levels. Students travel to D.C. and for six demanding days, taking part in intensive seminars and briefings with institutions and policy makers across the political spectrum. ...
March 6, 2018
Frances Lee interviewed on latest episode of Bitch Media’s Popaganda podcast
M.A. in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee was interviewed on the latest episode of Bitch Media's Popaganda podcast on the topic of empathy. Frances drew on the discussions in their current Performance and Belonging elective with Jade Power-Sotomayor to talk about the limits of using empathy as ...
February 22, 2018
Julie Grimm airs on KBCS
Media & Communications Studies major Julie Grimm’s news feature was aired on local full power community radio station, KBCS on Feb 16, 2018. The story introduces listeners to SPACE 101.1, a new Low Power FM radio station that started broadcasting in NE Seattle this Fall from Magnuson Park. Julie helped with a ...
February 20, 2018
Frances Lee wins the 2017 Survival Guide Award at the Gender Justice Awards
2nd year MA in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee was presented the 2017 Survival Guide Award at the Gender Justice Awards on December 14, 2017. Gender Justice League, a prominent advocacy group for transgender, genderqueer, non-binary, and gender non-conforming individuals in Washington state, awards community members who have gone above and beyond in their creativity and impact in creating change. Frances was chosen ...
January 17, 2018
IAS students publish in local community newspapers
Two IAS students, Hannah Horiatis and Nektaryos Xenos, were published in local community newspapers with work first created in Kristin Gustafson’s Introduction to Journalism autumn course. The Bothell-Kenmore Reporter published Horiatis’ “Rent and home prices are rising in downtown Bothell” and Xenos’ “Downtown Bothell project delayed” in December. Students in the community-based-learning-and-research course are assigned to research, visit, blog about, and then write a news article for one of several ...
January 3, 2018
Zarefah Baroud – “United States and Israel: Re-evaluating a Toxic Relationship”
Recently both teleSUR and CounterPunch published “United States and Israel: Re-evaluating a Toxic Relationship”, an op-ed by IAS student Zarefah Baroud. Baroud, who is a junior in Media & Communication Studies with a minor in Human Rights, has published previously on CounterPunch, while this is the first time her work has been picked up by teleSUR. The article explores movements for Palestinian liberation, movements for Black lives and police accountability, and movements actively working against destructive immigration policy ...
January 2, 2018
Students present research at Seattle Human Rights Day event
On December 7, the Seattle Human Rights Commission hosted Seattle Human Rights Day, a celebration of local organizations and individuals working to bring positive change to our community and the world. The pre-program reception featured a poster display by 20 students of the Washington, D.C. Human Rights Seminar, who shared their research on topics, such as child labor in the West African cocoa industry, gender violence in India, and the Syrian refugee crisis.
December 12, 2017
Frances Lee named to Bitch 50 list
2nd year M.A. in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has been named to the first ever Bitch 50. This list curated by intersectional feminist media organization bitch media "recognizes the most impactful creators, artists, and activists in pop culture whose imaginations extend beyond normalizing and affirming the same mainstream messages" and "highlights the firsts and the pioneers; the people who created a ripple or a path from the margins to the center."
December 5, 2017