News from the School of IAS

Rob Turner presents Pedagogy for Change at the Just Sustainability Conference

IAS faculty member Rob Turner presented at the Just Sustainability Conference at Seattle University on August 9, 2016. The talk, “Pedagogy for Change: Effects of Sustainability Engagement on Student Attitudes, Values and Beliefs,” examined shifts in student environmental perspectives and cultural worldviews in 4 courses based on responses to survey instruments completed at the beginning and end of each course. In 2 of the courses ...

September 16, 2016

Yolanda Padilla publishes Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative and Nation in Twenty-First Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism

IAS faculty member Yolanda Padilla published a volume of critical essays that she co-edited titled Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative and Nation in Twenty-First Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism. The essays reveal how "Chicana/o" defines a literary critical sensibility as well as a political one, and show how this view can yield new insights about the status of Mexican Americans, the legacies of colonialism, and the ongoing prospects for social justice.

September 16, 2016

David Doyle becomes City of Seattle’s new Open Data Program Manager

Last week Master of Arts in Policy Studies alum David Doyle (’15) began a new venture as City of Seattle’s Open Data Program Manager. His primary focus is continuing the implementation of Seattle’s open data policy, which involves coordinating efforts across all City departments to accelerate the publishing of high value datasets into http://data.seattle.gov. In February 2016, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray signed an Executive Order directing all City data to be "open by preference," meaning City departments should make their data accessible to the public after screening for privacy, security, and quality considerations. A Microsoft employee for 18 years, David credits the Policy Studies program as key in his transition to public service. Describing his trajectory, David writes:

September 13, 2016

Shannon Cram publishes and speaks on nuclear energy, work, and politics

IAS faculty member Shannon Cram published "Living in Dose: Nuclear Work and the Politics of Permissible Exposure" in Public Culture. Informed by her ethnographic and policy work at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, Cram's article traces the historical development and embodied practice of "permissible dose" in U.S. nuclear industry. She considers the deeply political ways that worker exposure facilitates nuclear production and examines how "safe" has become synonymous with "safe enough" at Hanford. She also ...

September 8, 2016

Alums find purpose at Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center

Both Lauren Daniels (’16) and Brittany Lewis (’15) studied Community Psychology at UW Bothell, and both found Seattle Children’s Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center by chance. The Alyssa Burnett Adult Life Center offers classes and activities for adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and other developmental disabilities as they transition out of the education system and into adulthood.

September 8, 2016

Jasleena Grewal writes about urban foraging in YES! Magazine

Jasleena Grewal (’13, Environmental Science) started nursing school in June and continues to write for YES! Magazine. Her most recent article, “Urban Foraging: Weeds You Can Eat,” discusses six edible weeds that can provide protein, reduce anxiety - or even predict the weather. The piece was picked up by The Marc Steiner Show, which ...

September 8, 2016

Dave Stokes presented research on California tiger salamander ecology and conservation-reliant species

IAS faculty member Dave Stokes presented research on California tiger salamander ecology and conservation-reliant species at the EcoSummit 2016 meeting in Montpellier France. His talk, based on a paper currently in review at the journal Biodiversity Conservation, was titled “Saving All the Pieces: An Inadequate Conservation Strategy for an Endangered Amphibian in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area.” He also ...

September 8, 2016

Alice Tsoodle joins Friends of North Creek Forest staff

Alice Tsoodle (’13, Environmental Studies) has joined Friends of North Creek Forest as their first-ever staff Education Manager! Alice’s indelible connection to Bothell’s North Creek Forest began through a course with IAS faculty member Amy Lambert, but her love for the environment began long before. Originally Alice had considered being a nurse, but an encounter with the film “Sacred Spaces” propelled her in the direction of environmental education. While ...

September 8, 2016

Jason Lambacher presents paper on Wilderness, Wildness, and Cross-cultural Dialogue

IAS faculty member Jason Lambacher presented an environmental political theory paper titled, "Wilderness, Wildness, and Cross-cultural Dialogue," at the Just Sustainability -- Hope for the Commons conference, hosted by Seattle University's Center for Environmental Justice & Sustainability on August 7-9. Lambacher's paper examines social justice critiques of ...

August 26, 2016