News from the School of IAS

Heidi Schauble finds her passion in supporting people with disabilities

Heidi Schauble graduated from UW Bothell with a Bachelor of Arts in Society, Ethics & Human Behavior (’13), and a Master of Arts in Policy Studies (‘15). During this time, she worked as a teacher for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities in a private, nonprofit school, and she partnered with the Woodinville Rotary to launch the Rotaract Club at UW Bothell, a student club dedicated to civic service. After completing her masters and a capstone research project on education policy issues in Washington State, Heidi was hired as an Employment Consultant for AtWork!...

March 30, 2017

Kristy Leissle’s research into the chocolate industry featured and published

IAS faculty member Kristy Leissle appeared in Columns, the University of Washington Alumni Magazine. Columns' Digital Editor and IAS graduate, Quinn Russell Brown, wrote about Leissle's "coming to chocolate studies" as well as her forthcoming book, Cocoa, for Polity Books, in "Traveling the World Like a Cocoa Bean." Leissle also recently appeared on a radio episode for Innovation Hub, "Making a More Versatile Chocolate," which aired on WGBH Boston. After a three-year study ...

March 20, 2017

After the MFA: Good things come in small portions

By Natalie Singer-Velush ('16) The time spent as a student in an MFA program, especially the early months, can be overwhelming. There are never enough hours to read, to spend with new ideas, to fulfill the requirements of the program, and also follow our own newly developing inquiries and impulses. The time, conversely, is often also highly charged artistically: These new ideas, however demanding and sleep-depriving, activate a desire to engage deeply with language and art and the process of making and investigating these. One group of IAS’s MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics students responded to that charge by launching a micropress, a project that has evolved as its instigators have, and which has provided space for the incubation and expression of art and ideas within the realm of the program and, now, beyond.

March 20, 2017

Amaranth Borsuk speaks and reads in Montreal

IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk traveled to Montreal last week to attend the symposium Expanded Poetics: Romantic, Modernist, Contemporary. Hosted by the Centre for Expanded Poetics at Concordia University, an experimental research laboratory focused on materialist media studies and collaborative interdisciplinary research, the event brought together philosophers, literary scholars, and poets working in new media to discuss interdisciplinary poetics from Jena Romanticism to the present. Borsuk spoke about

March 20, 2017

Mojan Ahmadi presents on game industry resumes at Game Developers Conference

As Coordinator of Career Services at DigiPen Institute of Technology, IAS alum Mojan Ahmadi (’13, Law, Economics & Public Policy; ’15, Policy Studies) advises students and facilitates professional development opportunities in the video game, entertainment, and technology industry. DigiPen is a private university that offers bachelor and master degree programs, as well K-12 programs. Recently, Mojan and colleagues gave a panel presentation on creating effective game industry resumes at the Game Developer's Conference in San Francisco ...

March 13, 2017

Mojan Ahmadi presents on game industry resumes at Game Developers Conference

March 13, 2017

Anida Yoeu Ali with Studio Revolt has two works featured in the new online exhibition “Salaam: I Come In Peace”

IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali, along with her media collaborative Studio Revolt, have two works: "Hijabs & Hoodies" and "The Red Chador" featured in the new online exhibition "Salaam: I Come In Peace" launched by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. The digitally curated exhibition includes four works from artists who address experiences of Muslims in America. These works offer deeper insight and understanding of the greater Muslim American community.

March 13, 2017

Anida Yoeu Ali becomes a fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria

As an invited fellow, IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali gave the opening artist talk for the Salzburg Global Seminar 573 Session on The Art of Resilience: Creativity, Courage and Renewal. The Salzburg Global Seminar is a seventy year old think tank engaged in designing, facilitating and hosting international strategic convening and multi-year programs to tackle critical issues in education, health, environment, economics, governance, peace-building and more. The mission of the Salzburg Global Seminar is to challenge current and future leaders to solve issues of global concern. The goal of this particular session was to ...

March 13, 2017

Ashley Magdall maximizes student opportunities to grow her career

Ashley Magdall (’15) was a triple major – yes, a triple major in Global Studies, Media & Communication Studies, and Society, Ethics & Human Behavior. While at UW Bothell, she cultivated interests in feminism, psychology, social justice, and media activism, and this richness translated into three degrees. Ashley also took advantage of mentors and opportunities at UW Bothell. She worked as a resident advisor in student housing, a student assistant in Human Resources, and for the IT department throughout her undergraduate career. Because of her drive and taking on additional responsibilities ...

March 9, 2017

Jeanne Heuving receives UW Bothell Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award

IAS faculty member Jeanne Heuving is the recipient of the fourth annual UW Bothell Distinguished Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Award (DRSCA). The DRSCA is presented each year to a UW Bothell faculty member in recognition of scholarly or creative achievement that exemplifies the standards of excellence that are required by the research intensive education environment of UW Bothell. Heuving, one of UW Bothell’s Founding Faculty members ...

March 8, 2017