News from the School of IAS
IAS students present their work at the 2022 Global Engagement Conference
Thirteen students from IAS faculty member Ben Gardner's History and Globalization class (BISGST 303) presented their research at the 2022 Global Engagement Conference. Annie Wang, Evelynn Michaud-Spangler, Nabrath Sheriff, Saki Ueta, Sanaika Shetty and Sidra Imran ...
May 23, 2022
IAS faculty receive UW Bothell Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice Seed Grants
Three IAS faculty members have received UW Bothell Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice (SRCP) Seed Grants this spring. The IAS faculty members and their funded projects are:
May 20, 2022
IAS Faculty Promotions
IAS faculty members Dan Berger, Joe Ferrare, Kristin Gustafson, William Hartmann, Jin-Kyu Jung, Kris Kellejian, Adam Romero, Masahiro Sugano, Min Tang, and Deirde Vinyard have been promoted in rank.
May 17, 2022
UW Bothell Labor Studies Colloquium launches new website
The University of Washington Bothell Labor Studies Colloquium is pleased to announce the launch of their new website. The UW Bothell Labor Studies Colloquium is an ongoing campus initiative to study ...
May 17, 2022
Jin-Kyu Jung leads qualitative GIS workshop in Copenhagen
IAS faculty member Jin-Kyu Jung led an one-day workshop on “Qualitative GIS and geo-visualization” for the Ph.D. course, “Developing Your Methodological Toolbox—Qualitative Research Methods across Design, Social Sciences, and the Humanities” at Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. ...
May 6, 2022
Marcus Johnson receives “Excellence in Teaching Award”
IAS alum Marcus Johnson received his bachelor's in Global Studies ('13), and a master's in Cultural Studies (’16). As a Cultural Studies student, he worked with IAS faculty member Ben Gardner on “The Multi Dimensions of Blackness: Cultural Hegemony in the United States and Abroad.” Johnson’s research stems from a “disquieting” encounter ..
May 6, 2022
7 IAS students receive Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships
The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program has announced that nearly 3,000 U.S. undergraduate students have been selected to receive Gilman Program awards for 2022. Out of that national number, 7 students are from IAS!
May 6, 2022
Amaranth Borsuk speaks in Princeton Comparative Literature Lecture Series
Last week, IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk joined the Department of Comparative Literature at Princeton University as part of the lecture series “Virtually Here, Virtually So,” organized by Daniel Dominguez. Her talk ...
May 5, 2022
MFA community members perform with national dance company
The spotlight was — quite literally — put on students and faculty in the University of Washington Bothell’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing & Poetics program as they took to the stage in What Problem?, a touring production by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company of New York. ...
May 2, 2022
Jennifer Atkinson gives the Earth Day Keynote lecture
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson gave the Earth Day Keynote lecture for 2022 at Pacific Lutheran University. Her talk, titled "Beyond Climate Doom," focused on the psychological toll of climate disruption. As our climate crisis deepens, feelings of anxiety, grief, and ...
April 27, 2022