News from the School of IAS

Alice Pedersen at the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education Summer Institute

IAS faculty member Alice Pedersen participated in the Association for Contemplative Mind in Higher Education's Summer Session on Contemplative Learning, a one-week institute at Smith College in Northampton, MA. This year's theme focused on how to integrate contemplative pedagogy with social justice pedagogy. In particular, Pedersen focused on developing her course for the FYPP Discovery Core, The Politics and Practices of Yoga, which ...

August 18, 2017

Dan Berger publishes op-ed about Charlottesville tragedy

IAS faculty member Dan Berger published an op-ed in the Washington Post about the Charlottesville tragedy. The op-ed, “When white supremacists strike, police don’t always strike back,” connects the killing of an antiracist protestor in Charlottesville to the 1979 Ku Klux Klan murders of five antifascist demonstrators in Greensboro, North Carolina. One of those killed was Cesar Cauce, brother of UW President Ana Mari Cauce. In his op-ed, Berger notes ...

August 18, 2017

Kristin Gustafson selected as one of the 2017 Kopenhaver Center Fellows

IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson was selected as one of the 2017 Kopenhaver Center Fellows and then participated in the fifth annual Women Faculty Moving Forward Workshop, Surviving and Thriving in the Academy. The workshop was held at the AEJMC Convention in Chicago. Cosponsored by the Center and the AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women ...

August 9, 2017

Barbara Noah leads study abroad in Rome and is selected for an upcoming exhibit at the BAM

IAS faculty member Barbara Noah was selected for Making Our Mark, Bellevue Arts Museum, Washington, curated by Michael W. Monroe, Director Emeritus of BAM, Curator-in-Charge of the Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum. The exhibition will run from November 10, 2017 to April 2018. She also co-directed her 4th successful summer A term teaching a program she created, Interdisciplinary Studio Art & Italian Culture ...

August 9, 2017

Environmental Science student Candice Magbag blogs about conservation

In her junior year at UW Bothell, Environmental Science major Candice Magbag took a Community Based Learning and Research (CBLR) course on restoration ecology. CBLR courses combine academic research with community partnerships, giving students real-world experience and an analytical toolkit to process that experience. In her course, Candice partnered with Forterra, Washington state’s largest land conservation, stewardship and community building organization. Recently Forterra published a guest blog post by Candice, in which she reflects on her experiences.

August 8, 2017

Alumni Shout Out!

Jennifer Clarke Caruso (’08, Policy Studies) has joined ELEVATE Global as Director of their Supplier Ownership program. Jennifer began her career as a social responsibility specialist at Nordstrom, and then spent nine years at the Fair Labor Association (FLA) supporting licensees and other leading companies in building ethical sourcing programs that promote and protect workers’ rights and improve working conditions. Heidi Hannah (16, Global Studies) is a Humanitarian Action Fellow with ...

August 3, 2017

Caitlin Moore’s research on heat islands contributes to Snohomish County’s healthy housing assessment

For her M.A. in Policy Studies capstone project, Cailtin Moore (’17) researched heat islands in Snohomish County, mapping temperatures and impervious surfaces. Caitlin’s finding show that developed areas of Everett and other cities are warmer than rural areas. She gave her report, “Turning up the Heat: Urban Heat Islands in Snohomish County” to the Snohomish Health District. Interim Administrator Jeff Ketchel says it will be part of the county’s healthy housing assessment in October. Read the full article about Caitlin’s research.

August 3, 2017

Frances Lee Essay on Culture of Activism Strikes a Chord

A personal essay by second-year Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has struck a cultural chord and gone viral. Entitled “Kin Aesthetics: Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice,” Lee’s essay explores the culture and climate of current activism.

July 25, 2017