News from the School of IAS
Category: Teaching
Santiago Lopez publishes a paper in the journal Applied Geography
A study by IAS faculty member Santiago Lopez may assist decision makers in planning local and geolocated interventions that directly respond to the socio-environmental contexts of Amazonian communities.
July 19, 2022
Alka Kurian awarded South Asia Center Course Development Grant
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian has been awarded a South Asia Center Course Development Grant. The grant awards Kurian awarded $2500 in summer salary for the development of a course titled: "Human Rights and Resistance ...
June 8, 2022
Coming alive with performance
When most people think of performance, they think of dance recitals, plays or concerts. But according to IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali, performance is something anyone can do, at anytime, anywhere. “Everything can be a stage, and any place can be a gallery,” Ali said. “It’s just a switch in your thinking.”
May 31, 2022
IAS Faculty Promotions
IAS faculty members Dan Berger, Joe Ferrare, Kristin Gustafson, William Hartmann, Jin-Kyu Jung, Kris Kellejian, Adam Romero, Masahiro Sugano, Min Tang, and Deirde Vinyard have been promoted in rank.
May 17, 2022
Jin-Kyu Jung leads qualitative GIS workshop in Copenhagen
IAS faculty member Jin-Kyu Jung led an one-day workshop on “Qualitative GIS and geo-visualization” for the Ph.D. course, “Developing Your Methodological Toolbox—Qualitative Research Methods across Design, Social Sciences, and the Humanities” at Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
May 6, 2022
Marcus Johnson receives “Excellence in Teaching Award”
IAS alum Marcus Johnson received his bachelor's in Global Studies ('13), and a master's in Cultural Studies (’16). As a Cultural Studies student, he worked with IAS faculty member Ben Gardner on “The Multi Dimensions of Blackness: Cultural Hegemony in the United States and Abroad.” Johnson’s research stems from a “disquieting” encounter ..
May 6, 2022
Students of Competitive Filmmaking & Global Media Lab Screen Award-Winning Films Worldwide: Vienna, Berlin, Austin & Seattle
The short film “Delirium” created by IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano’s 2020 “Competitive Filmmaking” class has been screened worldwide. The film, created by eight UW Bothell students entirely during remote learning, captures the contradictions of the current moment ...
April 22, 2022
From Zine to Online Gallery: Growing and Reflecting in the Open
May 19, 2022, IAS faculty member Deborah Hathaway, along with UW Bothell librarians Denise Hattwig and Chelsea Nesvig, presented “From Zine to Online Gallery: Growing and Reflecting in the Open” at the University of Washington Teaching & Learning Symposium. Their presentation focused on...
April 21, 2022
Ted Hiebert: The camera is a raft
The coronavirus pandemic may have closed theaters and art galleries, but it didn’t quell the desire to create works of art that would eventually fill those spaces or provide comfort to others. As the great painter Dorothea Tanning once said, “Art has always been the raft onto which we climb to save our sanity.” ...
April 12, 2022
Jennifer Atkinson featured in “Down with Doomscrolling”
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson's teaching and research on mental health and climate change was featured in The Planet Magazine. The piece, titled Down with Doomscrolling, profiled young people and students in environmental fields who are struggling with emotional distress from engaging with difficult topics around ...
March 28, 2022