News from the School of IAS
Ursula Valdez keynote speaker at the 2017 UW Teaching and Learning Symposium
IAS faculty member Ursula Valdez was one of the keynote speakers at the 2017 UW Teaching and Learning Symposium on “Building Inclusive Classroom Communities.” Valdez’s talk focused on her work to open her classroom to international online interactions. In this case, students from UW Bothell and from a Peruvian university shared knowledge and ideas to tackle environmental issues affecting the Pacific Northwest and Peru. Valdez's work is part of the Collaborative Online Interactive Learning (COIL) initiative that aims to open in-classroom opportunities for global education.
May 9, 2017
IAS welcomes seven new faculty members starting in Fall 2017
After a highly successful search process, IAS is please to welcome seven new faculty members starting this Fall quarter. Five were hired this year, and two were hired last year, but were on fellowship leave in 2016-17, so are joining us in Fall 2017. Short bios for each of our new colleagues appear below:
May 8, 2017
Kristin Gustafson publishes two new columns in Clio Among the Media
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson published two new columns in Clio Among the Media: Newsletter of the History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, which is part of her role as the Division's Teaching Standards Chair. The column published in the winter 2017 issue discusses how Earnest Perry helps students think beyond the field's cherished First Amendment. Her interview with Perry, co-editor of the 2016 Cross-Cultural Journalism: Communicating Strategically About Diversity and associate professor and associate dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Missouri, shared how he centers the 14th Amendment in journalism history classrooms. Her column in the spring 2017 issue ...
May 8, 2017
Anida Yoeu Ali is published in a new contemporary art book
IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali is one of nine featured artists interviewed in a new book, “Queering Contemporary Asian American Art” recently published by the University of Washington Press. The book edited by Laura Kina and Jan Christian Bernabe takes Asian American differences as its point of departure, and brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms, and methodologies within Asian American art and visual culture. The book features cutting-edge visual artworks, including Ali’s The Buddhist Bug project alongside other notable contemporary performance artists including Wafaa Bilal, Viet Le and Saya Woolfak.
May 8, 2017
David Goldstein named to the Seattle Public Schools’ Ethnic Studies Task Force
IAS faculty member David Goldstein (along with UW Bothell School of Educational Studies faculty member Wayne Au) has been named to the Seattle Public Schools’ Ethnic Studies Task Force, whose goal is “to develop specific, multi-year recommendations for the Superintendent to ensure that all Seattle Public School students learn the perspectives of the different ethnicities that constitute our community and nation.” ...
May 5, 2017
David Goldstein named to the Seattle Public Schools’ Ethnic Studies Task Force
IAS faculty member David Goldstein (along with UW Bothell School of Educational Studies faculty member Wayne Au) has been named to the Seattle Public Schools’ Ethnic Studies Task Force, whose goal is “to develop specific, multi-year recommendations for the Superintendent to ensure that all Seattle Public School students learn the perspectives of the different ethnicities that constitute our community and nation.” ...
May 5, 2017
Ben Gardner receives Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
IAS faculty member Ben Gardner has received a UW Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. Each year, students who are presenting their work at the Undergraduate Research Symposium are invited to nominate their mentor for special recognition. This year there were 159 nominations. Gardner was one of the five selected from this pool.
May 5, 2017
Cathleen MacCaul helps secure legislation protecting seniors
Cathleen MacCaul, AARP Advocacy Director and a first-year Policy Studies student, is helping to secure new bipartisan legislation intended to protect seniors from financial exploitation. Thanks to her research and strategic advocacy, House bill 1153 has passed both legislative houses and is currently on the Governor’s desk awaiting his signature. MacCaul has worked on passing such legislation for three years ...
May 3, 2017
Gabriella Ibanez-Dacruz and Alejandra Pérez named 2017 Imagine Us awardees by 21 Progress
On April 13, 21 Progress honored its 2017 “Imagine Us” awardees, young leaders who have fought for justice and strengthened their communities in powerful ways. Awardees included IAS alumni Gabriella (Gabby) Ibanez-Dacruz (’16, Community Psychology) and Alejandra Pérez (’16, Society, Ethics & Human Behavior; American & Ethnic Studies). 21 Progress provides engaging, youth-focused social justice leadership development programs and campaigns that advance progressive issues in our society.
May 3, 2017
Liam McGivern finds his calling in public interest law
IAS Alum Liam McGivern (’09) met with students to share his path to a career in public interest law. Once a biology major, Liam turned his focus to human rights after a class on resistance movements in the Americas with Julie Shayne. Liam majored in Global Studies, pursued a minor in human rights, and set his sights on law school. Currently, Liam is a Civil Rights Analyst with the City of Seattle Office for Civil Rights (SOCR), where he
May 2, 2017