News from the School of IAS
Category: Students
Avi Socha: LEPP major and State Department Intern
Law, Economics & Public Policy (LEPP) student Avi Socha is currently finishing up an exciting internship with the U.S. Department of State in Rome. The State Department, which accepts less than 10% of applicants nationwide, granted him Secret Security Clearance and a posting at the American Citizen Services Unit at the Rome embassy, working alongside the U.S. Consul General. As a LEPP student ...
November 20, 2017
Frances Lee and Maisha Manson perform at Common AREA Maintenance
On October 6th, second year Master of Arts in Cultural Studies students Frances Lee and Maisha Manson, with Jordan Alam and Eli Steffen performed at Common AREA Maintenance in Belltown. The event was the first of a community experimental lecture series on “Embodied Utopias: Expansive Potentialities in the Here and Now.” Framing questions included: Can our bodies become sights of utopian expression today? How does our longing and desire for non-normative expressions of self and connection project possibilities into the future?
October 10, 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
Frances Lee appears on CBC’s The Sunday Edition and KUOW’s The Round
Continuing the conversation about dogmatic activist culture first raised in their essay, Kin Aesthetics: Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice, 2nd year Master of Arts in Cultural Studies graduate student Frances Lee had two radio appearances this fall. Lee worked with a seasoned producer and voice coach to ...
October 6, 2017
Recent graduate Hanan Osman finds career in environmental health and safety
In high school Hanan Osman (’17, Environmental Studies) set her sights on an environmental career when she initiated a campaign to reduce water consumption at her local mosque. At UW Bothell, she stayed true to this path and pursued student employment as a way of supporting and immersing herself in campus life. For three years, Hanan worked as a peer study abroad advisor, providing students assistance around study abroad opportunities and scholarships. She also became involved in several clubs, such as Black Student Union and Muslim Student Association, and in her senior year, she and several peers established a National Society of Black Engineers chapter at UW Bothell. ...
August 25, 2017
Environmental Science student Candice Magbag blogs about conservation
In her junior year at UW Bothell, Environmental Science major Candice Magbag took a Community Based Learning and Research (CBLR) course on restoration ecology. CBLR courses combine academic research with community partnerships, giving students real-world experience and an analytical toolkit to process that experience. In her course, Candice partnered with Forterra, Washington state’s largest land conservation, stewardship and community building organization. Recently Forterra published a guest blog post by Candice, in which she reflects on her experiences.
August 8, 2017
Frances Lee Essay on Culture of Activism Strikes a Chord
A personal essay by second-year Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has struck a cultural chord and gone viral. Entitled “Kin Aesthetics: Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice,” Lee’s essay explores the culture and climate of current activism.
July 25, 2017
Frances Lee accepts 2017-18 PAGE Fellowship
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has been awarded a fellowship with the 2017-18 Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) fellows cohort. PAGE is Imagining America’s network for publicly engaged graduate students in humanities, arts, and design. Fellows participate in ...
July 18, 2017
IAS faculty and students speak at Allied Media Conference in Detroit
IAS faculty member Scott Kurashige will speak in the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Allied Media Conference. Kurashige, author of The Fifty Year Rebellion, will ground the work of AMC in the context of Detroit as an international model for survival, resistance, and solidarity.
June 21, 2017
Malak Shalabi wins Library Research Award for Undergraduates
Law, Economics & Public Policy (LEPP) major Malak Shalabi was one of the winners of this year’s Library Research Award for Undergraduates. This tri-campus contest is designed to reward students who create research projects with “unusual depth or broadness in the use of library resources and collections.” Advised by IAS faculty member Bruce Kochis ...
June 20, 2017