News from the School of IAS
Jennifer Atkinson and Students Featured in National Geographic, Generation Dread, and Climate Speakers Series
Jennifer Atkinson and several students from her climate seminars have been featured in publications on climate anxiety and hope including National Geographic’s Climate anxiety is widespread among youth—can they overcome it? and the book Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis by science writer Britt Wray.
January 30, 2023
Emily J. Mundy curates the third show of The Poetry Séance series
Since December of 2021, MFA alum Emily J. Mundy (MFA 2022) has been curating a quarterly performance and workshop series, The Poetry Séance.
January 26, 2023
Rob McLennan interviews Nicole McCarthy (MFA 2017) about writing and A Summoning
Canadian poet, editor, and publisher, Rob McLennan, interviewed Nicole McCarthy (MFA '17) about her new book, A Summoning, and the writing process that led to the book's creation.
January 26, 2023
GWSS Hosts the Social Justice Career Panel
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) Co-Directors Julie Shayne and Alka Kurian and GWSS Student Representatives Henry Ngyuen and Adrianna Horne hosted the Social Justice Career Panel at the North Creek Events Center.
January 26, 2023
Becca Price shares idea about teaching science on Teaching in Higher Ed podcast
Faculty member Becca Price joins host Bonni Stachowiak as a guest on the podcast Teaching in Higher Ed.
January 26, 2023
Dan Berger publishes Stayed on Freedom
Dan Berger published a new book, Stayed on Freedom: The Long History of Black Power Through One Family's Journey.
January 24, 2023
Jennifer Atkinson featured in NOAA lecture series and CODA Story
Faculty member Jennifer Atkinson gave a talk on “Coping with Climate Anxiety” at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as part of their Winter Seminar Jam series.
January 17, 2023
Jeanne Heuving Publishes Brilliant Corners
Jeanne Heuving's book Brilliant Corners, poetry and prose, came out from Chax Press in October. She launched her book at Elliott Bay Books in Seattle this fall.
January 10, 2023
Jeanne Heuving Hosts Symposium on Poet’s Prose at Cambridge University, UK
Jeanne Heuving as the 2022 Judith E. Wilson Fellow in Poetry at Cambridge University UK co-hosted a seminar on Poet's Prose with Professor Drew Milne of Corpus Christi College in June.
January 10, 2023
National Bestseller Cathy Park Hong Visits the UWB Campus
Cathy Park Hong, national bestseller and the author of Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (2020), joined us at UWB for an informal talk and luncheon prior to her Graduate School lecture on December 1st, 2022.
December 28, 2022