News from the School of IAS
Senator Guy Palumbo visits Discovery Core class
IAS faculty member Jason Frederick Lambacher hosted Washington state Senator Guy Palumbo in his Discovery Core course in “Democracy, Politics & Freedom. Lambacher asked his students to prepare questions about Senator Palumbo’s background and journey to politics, important issues in District 1 (which includes Bothell), perspectives on the 2018 WA legislative session, and his thoughts on themes like partisanship, swing districts, and ways to encourage young people to be more politically engaged. Senator Palumbo engaged in ...
May 16, 2018
Philip Palios wins Fulbright grant to study in Scotland
Philip Palios, a senior in Culture, Literature & the Arts, has been awarded a yearlong U.S. Student Fulbright grant to enter the master’s degree program in Environment, Culture & Communication at the University of Glasgow, Dumfries campus in southwest Scotland. “As I grew into adulthood, I became more aware of my mortality and more concerned with what I could be doing to make the world a better place within my lifetime,” says Palios. “The biggest issue on my mind was climate change, and I was also thinking about its intersection with poverty.” Read the full feature article on the UW Bothell News page.
May 15, 2018
Laura Harkewicz publishes “Ghost of the Bomb: The Bravo Medical Program and the Problem of Scientific Uncertainty”
IAS faculty member Laura Harkewicz published “Ghost of the Bomb: The Bravo Medical Program and the Problem of Scientific Uncertainty" in the web magazine, Primer Stories. Primer Stories integrates text, illustrations, animation, photos, and sound to present “complex ideas, beautifully explained.” The article is a snapshot of a larger project in which Harkewicz explores how the science produced by the “Bravo Medical Program,” which was created in response to the fallout exposure of over 200 Marshall Islanders from the 1954 Bravo hydrogen bomb test ...
May 11, 2018
Amy Lambert featured in The Whole U
IAS faculty member Amy Lambert is the "Faculty Friday" feature in today's in today's edition of The Whole U. "When Amy Lambert first set foot in Washington, she never imagined she’d one day return for a master’s degree—let alone to devote nearly two decades to documenting and conserving one of North America’s rarest butterflies..." Read the full feature on The Whole U site.
May 11, 2018
Alumni provide career guidance through IAS Mentor Chats
All IAS undergraduate students take the course “Portfolio Capstone” during their last two quarters. Portfolio Capstone provides a space for students to complete their learning/professional portfolios, reflect on their overall education, and begin actualizing their career plans. In teaching this course, instructors have recognized the importance of connecting students to alumni, who provide an important perspective on life beyond graduation and the unique value of interdisciplinary degrees. Through the IAS Mentor Chats program, class visits by alumni are becoming a common practice in Portfolio Capstone. Mentor Chats provide opportunities to ...
May 10, 2018
Yolanda Padilla, micha cárdenas, and Janelle Silva to be recognized at Latinx Faculty Recognition Event
IAS faculty members Yolanda Padilla, micha cárdenas, and Janelle Silva have been selected by the UW Latino Center for Health to be recognized at the Latinx Faculty Recognition Event. The annual event honors the scholarly achievements of Latina and Latino faculty across the tri-campuses of the University of Washington. Criteria for recognition include ...
May 2, 2018
Malak Shalabi brings Syrian voices to the West
IAS alum Malak Shalabi (’18, Law, Economics & Public Policy) is featured on the University of Washington homepage today. The article, “Speaking Words of Justice,” looks at Shalabi’s work on sectarian violence in Syria and the voices of Syrian people in the United States. This work started as part of Shalabi’s undergraduate research with IAS faculty member Bruce Kochis, for which she won a Library Research Award.
May 1, 2018
Karam Dana speaks on public opinion in Palestine at McMenamins Anderson School
IAS faculty member Karam Dana delivered a public lecture at McMenamins Anderson School in downtown Bothell. His talk was titled: ”Palestine and Palestinians: Exploring Public Opinion Two Decades After the Oslo Accords.” Dana was introduced by IAS Dean Bruce Burgett as part of a partnership between UW Bothell and McMenamins History Department, where ...
April 30, 2018
Maryam Griffin: “Of Boxes and Pen: Forged and Forging Categories at a Wartime U.S. University”
IAS faculty member Maryam Griffin published a book chapter, “Of Boxes and Pen: Forged and Forging Categories at a Wartime U.S. University,” in the edited volume Education at War: The Fight for Students of Color in America’s Public Schools. Griffin’s chapter is based on research conducted with undergraduate student organizers at UCLA. It explores the complex and deeply global ways that students of Southwest Asian/North African (SWANA) descent worked to ...
April 27, 2018
New veterans center coming to UW Bothell
Chancellor Wolf Yeigh announced that a new veterans resource center will open on campus in fall 2018. A task force of students, faculty, staff and alumni recommended creation of a center to enhance veterans’ educational experience, and MA in Policy Studies student and IAS alum Ben Studley (’16), was critical to the process. Studley is a Navy veteran and ...
April 26, 2018