News from the School of IAS

Category: Teaching

Valdez and Groom lead exploration seminar in Peru

IAS faculty members Ursula Valdez and Martha Groom co-taught an Exploration Seminar "From Andes to Amazon: Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Peru." The 26-day study abroad program allowed 15 students to learn in person about species and ecosystems in tropical rainforest and the Andean mountains, and about traditional uses of resources and local conservation challenges. The location was also ...

October 30, 2019

IAS faculty members share insights into online international collaborations

Several IAS faculty members shared insights regarding online, international collaborations at the International Virtual Exchange Conference in Tacoma in late October. Ron Krabill led a workshop that addressed the ethics of virtual exchanges and study abroad programs, respectively. He also facilitated a panel discussion coordinate by Min Tang, together with Salwa Al-Noori (School of STEM) and Mo West (School of Nursing and Health Sciences), regarding UW Bothell’s cohort-based learning community on ...

October 29, 2019

Nitta and Chen bring IAS students to work with the City of Bellevue

IAS faculty members Keith Nitta and Mark Chen participated in 2018-19 Livable City Year program, partnering with the City of Bellevue, WA. This participation made it possible for IAS undergraduate and graduate students to work with the city client to address real-world challenges in Bellevue. ...

October 23, 2019

UWave Radio: ‘Your voice, your vibe’

Radio hardly describes all the media, programming, and community building that takes place through UWave Radio, the campus station. “Our students are learning the cutting edge of where digital broadcasting is going. It’s multimedia. It’s live and archived, and it’s engaging specific communities because that’s how media works,” says IAS faculty member and adviser Amoshaun Toft.

October 1, 2019

Julie Shayne delivers keynote speech at this year’s convocation ceremony

UW Bothell tradition dictates that the previous year’s winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award delivers the keynote speech at convocation to welcome the incoming students. This year’s speaker was IAS faculty member and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) coordinator Julie Shayne. The main message of Shayne’s speech (see video below) ...

September 24, 2019

Jennifer Atkinson: “How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet?”

IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson's course on eco-grief and climate anxiety was featured in a Washington Post story titled "How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet?" The article explores how language and emotion shape our response to the climate crisis, and how terminology has evolved from "global warming" to “climate change” to “climate emergency” and "extinction" over time.

September 5, 2019

Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali Awarded 2019 Course Development Grant from The Center for Global Studies

IAS faculty members Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano have been awarded the 2019 Course Development Grant for their team taught course Global Media Lab (MCS 472A&B: Advanced Media Production). The grant administered by the Center for Global Studies at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is an extremely competitive grant that recognizes innovative teaching at the UW...

August 19, 2019

Amy Lambert introduces students to bees and conservation

IAS faculty member Amy Lambert introduces UW Bothell students to bees through courses such as Pollinator Diversity and Conservation and the CCUWBee initiative. "They learn so much about something that’s been under their noses for a long time, And then you see it and learn about it. You’re just amazed by the complexity of the environment, complexity of relationships between insects and plants...

July 12, 2019