News from the School of IAS

Rob Turner Principal Investigator on Stormwater Management Grant

A group of IAS faculty and students under the leadership of Rob Turner has received a grant from the Green Seed Fund Project to develop best management practices for campus stormwater. The project has been funded at $62,586 and will work to help preserve the North Creek Wetlands by ...

January 27, 2016

Three IAS Students are Awarded Prestigious Mary Gates Research Scholarships

Kelsey Bolinger is a senior majoring in Society, Ethics and Human Behavior and Media and Communication Studies. Her project is titled “Representation of Race and Gender in PEOPLE Magazine.” Kelsey is working under the mentorship of IAS faculty member Julie Shayne. Bonnie Johnson is a senior in Community Psychology and her project is titled ...

January 26, 2016

Andy Rheaume elected Mayor of Bothell by City Council

Environmental Science alumnus and Bothell native Andy Rheaume (’04) has been elected Mayor of Bothell by fellow City Councilmembers. Andy has served on the City Council since 2012 and was reelected for a second four-year term last November. Andy writes, “I’m honored to serve our city as the Mayor. The City of Bothell is moving in the right direction. My goal as Mayor is to make sure our quality of life is central to everything the city does, and to make sure decisions of the City Council are balanced and well informed.”

January 26, 2016

IAS Students Featured in Article on North Creek Forest in Bothell

The Bothell Reporter published an article today on the North Creek Forest that features work being done by IAS students in the Restoration Ecology Network (pictured at left are Environmental Studies majors Nicholas Vradenburg and Kai Farmer). Students from all three University of Washington campuses work to restore portions of the forest, providing fieldwork application of classwork as part of the Restoration Ecology Network (REN).

January 21, 2016

Ray Corona appointed to Seattle LGBT Commission

IAS congratulates alum Ray Corona (’13, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior) on his recent appointment to the City of Seattle LGBT Commission. The Commission advises city staff and elected officials on issues concerning the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

January 21, 2016

Dan Berger Presents at American Historical Association Conference

IAS faculty member Dan Berger presented at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association on January 8. Berger delivered a paper entitled “Freedom as Method” about the ways prisoners, slaves, and other people in captivity utilize similar modes of political action.

January 14, 2016

Shauna Carlisle Publishes on Racial Bullying and Adolescent Substance Abuse

IAS faculty member Shauna Carlisle published an article co-authored with Nursing and Health Studies faculty member Andrea Stone, “Racial bullying and adolescent substance use: An examination of school-attending young adolescents in the United States,” in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. The study explores ...

January 14, 2016

Ben Gardner and Ron Krabill Receive UW Global Innovation Fund Grant

IAS faculty members Ben Gardner and Ron Krabill received a UW Global Innovation Fund grant to support their upcoming study abroad exploration seminar “Critical perspectives on ecotourism in Tanzania.” The grant will enable Tanzanian students to participate alongside UW students in studying grassroots environmental activism and community conservation in Tanzania.

January 14, 2016

Joshua Heim Becomes Arts Program Manager for the City of Bellevue

Joshua Heim (’10, MA in Cultural Studies) has accepted a position at the City of Bellevue as their Arts Program Manager. In this capacity, he will manage cultural planning, grant making, public art programs, and serve as staff liaison to the Bellevue Arts Commission.

January 4, 2016