News from the School of IAS
Rezina Habtemariam Selected as 2015 PAGE (Publicly Active Graduate Education) Fellow
Rezina Habtemariam, a second-year MA in Cultural Studies student, has been selected as a 2015 PAGE (Publicly Active Graduate Education) Fellow. PAGE is the graduate-student organized network of Imagining America: Artists and Scholars in Public Life (IA)...
September 10, 2015
Dan Berger Lectures on Decarceration in Ecuador
IAS faculty member Dan Berger delivered two talks in Quito, Ecuador, about the rise and possible fall of mass incarceration in the United States. Berger spoke on...
September 8, 2015
Kari Lerum Publishes on Amnesty International’s Vote to Decriminalize Sex Work
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum recently published a commentary on Amnesty International’s vote to decriminalize sex work in The Conversation (an online academic news forum). The article, entitled “Scientists score one over celebrities in battle to decriminalize sex work” compares...
September 8, 2015
Julie Shayne Blogs About the Limits of the Tenure Track
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne writes on “Losing the Tenure Track, Finding Activist Scholarship” in the Gender & Society blog. In her post, Shayne talks about the political freedom she found once she left the tenure track.
September 2, 2015
S. Charusheela Speaks Economics and Gender in Delhi
S. Charusheela gave a seminar for M.Phil students at the Centre for Development Practice, Ambedkar University Delhi, on postcolonial economics on Thursday August 27, and public lectures on "Sexing the Economy: Capitalcentrism and the Gendered Subject" and "Engendering Feudalism: Alternate Subjects for Post-capitalist Futures" on Friday, August 28.
August 31, 2015
Kari Lerum Publishes in Sex Roles
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum is the lead author of an article published in the journal Sex Roles. The article...
August 17, 2015
Wanda Gregory Completes her PhD
IAS faculty member Wanda Gregory successfully defended her PhD at the University College Dublin in July. Her dissertation, explores how digital games...
August 12, 2015
Kristin Gustafson recognized by two Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication divisions
www.aejmc.org/ IAS faculty member, Kristin Gustafson, was recognized for her research and leadership at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC). She received second place in the...
August 11, 2015
Amaranth Borsuk is currently the writer in residence for the Alice Gallery in Georgetown
Amaranth Borsuk is currently the writer in residence for the Alice Gallery in Georgetown. Curators Julie Alexander and Julia Freeman...
August 11, 2015
Susan Brown’s Work Included in London Places and Spaces Exhibition
Susan Brown (MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics, ’14) spent time taking photographs in London while doing field research for her master’s thesis. Responding to a call for posters by the Association of Illustrators based in London, she envisioned “Under the Moon!” which was chosen to be included in the “London Places and Spaces” exhibition at the London Transport Museum, running from May through September 2015.
July 31, 2015