News from the School of IAS

Category: Teaching

IAS Faculty Members Present at the UW Teaching and Learning Symposium

Three IAS faculty members presented at 2016 Teaching and Learning Symposium. Ursula Valdez presented “Assessing Group Dynamics and Efficiency of Collaborative Assignments” in collaboration with Jeff Jensen from STEM, and “From Cascades to Andes: A Collaborative Online International Learning Experience”. ...

April 26, 2016

David Stokes Promoted to Full Professor

IAS faculty member David Stokes has been promoted from Associate Professor to Professor. Stokes came to IAS in 2006 as an Associate Professor from a tenured position at Sonoma State University. Stokes teaches ...

March 28, 2016

Janelle Silva Wins UW 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award for UW Bothell

IAS faculty member Janelle Silva has won the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award for UW Bothell. Only one faculty member from UW Bothell is selected each year, based on a rigorous review of nominations. Janelle’s colleagues and students supported her nomination on the basis of her strong commitment to community engagement as both a goal and method of instruction.

March 28, 2016

Julie Shayne Leads Mock Classroom for Native American High School Students

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne lead a mock classroom for Native American high school students as part of the Reaching American Indian Nations (RAIN) recruitment event. Shayne did an abridged version of a lesson from her course “Place and Displacement in the Americas” that she co-teaches with IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson. She chose an interactive lesson about ...

February 8, 2016

Ben Gardner and Ron Krabill Receive UW Global Innovation Fund Grant

IAS faculty members Ben Gardner and Ron Krabill received a UW Global Innovation Fund grant to support their upcoming study abroad exploration seminar “Critical perspectives on ecotourism in Tanzania.” The grant will enable Tanzanian students to participate alongside UW students in studying grassroots environmental activism and community conservation in Tanzania.

January 14, 2016

Martha Groom Becomes Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

IAS faculty member Martha Groom is now a Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. She and collaborators from across the University of Washington successfully submitted a new proposal this year for an extension of funding, receiving an additional $1.9 million on top of the initial $1.6 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The program began in 2014 and now is funded through 2019.

December 1, 2015

David Goldstein Publishes Clickers in the Classroom

David Goldstein, along with co-editor Peter Wallis of UW IT, published Clickers in the Classroom: Using Classroom Response Systems to Increase Student Learning (Stylus Press). The book includes ...

November 16, 2015

Bruce Burgett speaks about interdisciplinary education at Fordham University

IAS Dean and faculty member Bruce Burgett spoke twice at Fordham University. The first discussion was focused on the development of undergraduate interdisciplinary curricula. The second, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, focused on interdisciplinary and engaged curriculum at the Master’s level.

October 16, 2015

David Goldstein Shares Knowledge of Teaching and Learning Centers in Japan and Milwaukee

David Goldstein, IAS senior lecturer and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, served as a Visiting Scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo for the month of July. Along with three colleagues from UW Seattle, he helped launch a Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology that will be jointly run by Waseda and the UW. Back in the U.S. ...

October 14, 2015