IAS faculty Members Win Awards from the Simpson Center for the Humanities

Seven IAS faculty members received grants from the UW Simpson Center for the Humanities. Sarah Dowling will join the Society of Scholars in 2016-17 to complete her current book project, "Remote Intimacies." Ron Krabill will host visiting scholar Sara Ahmed as a Katz Distinguished Lecturer. Minda Martin and Ben Gardner will ...

December 23, 2015

Kari Lerum Publishes in Archives of Sexual Behavior

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum is the lead author of a commentary published in Archives of Sexual Behavior. The article, entitled: “The Power of (But Not In?) Sexual Configurations Theory” is an invited commentary on a new model (Sexual Configurations Theory) recently published in the journal.

December 21, 2015

Asaya Plumly (MACS 2017) Named Grad Rep to the New Campus Diversity Council

Asaya Plumly, a first-year MA in Cultural Studies student, has been named the graduate student representative on the newly constituted campus Diversity Council. The Diversity Council is charged with guiding campus work to fully implement the Diversity Action Plan, and “intentionally include(s) membership from all campus units and appropriate diversity related student groups.” Asaya comes from a mixed race family and ...

December 11, 2015

Karam Dana Responds to Trump – “Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections”

IAS faculty member Karam Dana has just published an op-ed in response to GOP presidential candidate Donald Tump’s call for closing immigration to the United States for all Muslims. “Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections” appeared today on the site Informed Comment: thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion. In his post, Dana addresses ...

December 9, 2015

Vy Nguyen Co-presents Report on “Brain Waste” among WA State Immigrants and Refugees

Vy Nguyen (’12, MA in Policy Studies) has focused the past year on workforce and education issues related to immigrant integration, particularly the issue of "brain waste" among foreign-educated immigrants. Many immigrants and refugees bring a wealth of knowledge and experience yet find it difficult to continue their professional careers in the U.S. This enormous underutilization of human resources has been dubbed “brain waste,” and OneAmerica’s report details ...

December 8, 2015

Martha Groom Becomes Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program

IAS faculty member Martha Groom is now a Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. She and collaborators from across the University of Washington successfully submitted a new proposal this year for an extension of funding, receiving an additional $1.9 million on top of the initial $1.6 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The program began in 2014 and now is funded through 2019.

December 1, 2015

Alums Hillary U and Zaheeda Edwards advise students through IAS Mentor Chats

This fall’s Mentor Chats featured alumni working in the business sector. Hillary U ('10, Culture, Literature and the Arts, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior) and Zaheeda Edwards (’95, Liberal Studies) met with students to discuss their career trajectories and the value of interdisciplinary training within corporate settings. Both highlighted ...

November 30, 2015