News from the School of IAS

Heidi Larwick receives “20 under 40 Rising Business Stars” award

On December 5, alum Heidi Larwick ('05, Policy Studies) received a "20 under 40 Rising Business Stars" award, recognizing her as one of 20 emerging business leaders making a difference in the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon community. Larwick is the Director of Connected Lane County, a coalition aiming to increase the number of high school graduates who are successful in higher education and life by creating a streamlined transition between early childhood, K–12, and higher education. Larwick is also ...

December 13, 2017

Anida Yoeu Ali exhibits and speaks at the National Art Gallery Malaysia

IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali’s artwork is exhibited in the inaugural Kuala Lumpur Biennale currently on view at the National Art Gallery until March 30, 2018. Featuring a celebrated line-up of artists from Southeast Asia, China, South Korea, Japan and India, the KL Biennale is anticipated by Malaysians and visitors as a highlight on the city’s cultural calendar. The biennale is poised to attract more than 250,000 visitors over the five month period with public programs that include outreach to local schools and community centers. At the event’s opening celebration held on November 23, 2017, Ali performed live as The Red Chador to an audience of thousands including ...

December 12, 2017

Kristin Gustafson publishes “Faculty addresses diversity by getting students into communities early, often”

IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson published "Faculty addresses diversity by getting students into communities early, often" in Clio: Among The Media. Her column shares with readers curriculum strategies in the works at Temple University that provide journalism students engagement with their surrounding community sooner and more consistently throughout their studies. The changes build on the diversity of faculty, students, and the Philadelphia community. Gustafson's quarterly columns surface best practices that ...

December 12, 2017

Students present research at Seattle Human Rights Day event

On December 7, the Seattle Human Rights Commission hosted Seattle Human Rights Day, a celebration of local organizations and individuals working to bring positive change to our community and the world. The pre-program reception featured a poster display by 20 students of the Washington, D.C. Human Rights Seminar, who shared their research on topics, such as child labor in the West African cocoa industry, gender violence in India, and the Syrian refugee crisis.

December 12, 2017

Jeremy Richards infuses leadership development with cultural studies

Jeremy Richards ('10) chose the M.A. in Cultural Studies for its interdisciplinary, practice-based approach. An accomplished radio producer, writer, and actor rooted in the Seattle arts community, Richards desired a program that would stretch his creativity while broadening his professional options. As a graduate student, he focused on the writings and music of Friedrich Nietzsche, culminating in the creation and production of "Nietzsche! The Musical."

December 5, 2017

Frances Lee named to Bitch 50 list

2nd year M.A. in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has been named to the first ever Bitch 50. This list curated by intersectional feminist media organization bitch media "recognizes the most impactful creators, artists, and activists in pop culture whose imaginations extend beyond normalizing and affirming the same mainstream messages" and "highlights the firsts and the pioneers; the people who created a ripple or a path from the margins to the center."

December 5, 2017

Santiago Lopez speaks at Climate Change, Natural Hazard, and Sustainable Cities Conference in Busan, Korea

As part of his collaborative work with Jin-Kyu Jung and colleagues from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences on "Hybrid Epistemologies of Environmental Change," IAS faculty member Santiago Lopez gave an invited talk at the Climate Change, Natural Hazard, and Sustainable Cities Conference in Busan, Korea. His talk explored the conceptualization of climate change as a ‘hybrid phenomenon’ and ...

November 30, 2017

Kari Lerum selected to join Seattle LGBTQ Commission

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum was recently selected by the Seattle LGBTQ Commission to serve as one of its commissioners. Lerum will be formally inducted at a confirmation hearing held by the Seattle City Council in early January. She will serve a two-year unpaid term. The Seattle LGBTQ Commission advises the Mayor, Council and departments about issues of concern affecting the LGBTQ community, recommend policies and ...

November 29, 2017

“Cry out Loud!” Multiracial Organizing and Documentary Cinema

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian presented two papers at the National Women's Studies Association Conference. In the first, she explored “Cry Out Loud,” a documentary film focusing on racism against Africans in India. Kurian investigated the parallels between racism and communalism in the U.S. and India that discriminate against minorities populations. She highlighted the need for multi-racial organizing between South Asian diaspora in the U.S. and other communities of color and collaboration with protest movements such as Black Lives Matter and Dream Defenders. She stressed that this type of analysis is all the more important during these deeply unsettling times when ...

November 29, 2017