News from the School of IAS
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
Ted Hiebert publishes “New Energy Holistics”
IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert published "New Energy Holistics: Speculations on the predicament of predictive living," in David Cecchetto, ed. My Mother Was a Computer—Catalyst: M. Beatrice Fazi (Seattle: Noxious Sector Press, 2022). Hiebert's essay explores ...
April 26, 2022
Jennifer Atkinson and Warren Gold receive Husky Green Awards
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson and retired faculty member Warren Gold have received 2022 Husky Green Awards. The Husky Green Awards recognize individuals and groups across all University of Washington campuses who lead the way for sustainability at the University of Washington. This is the 13th year ...
April 26, 2022
Ching-In Chen has been commissioned as Writing the Land poet
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has been commissioned as a Writing the Land poet to write poems about Misery Point Preserve for the Great Peninsula Conservancy in Kitsap County. Writing the Land partners with various nonprofit and environmental organizations to ...
April 25, 2022
Nicole McCarthy publishes creative essay “Touch”
Nicole McCarthy ('17) has a new micro essay out with PANK, one of the first pieces released from her second nonfiction book-in-progress. The micro, titled "Touch", explores the significance of physical touch in our lives and how living without it can feel like malnutrition ...
April 22, 2022
Students of Competitive Filmmaking & Global Media Lab Screen Award-Winning Films Worldwide: Vienna, Berlin, Austin & Seattle
The short film “Delirium” created by IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano’s 2020 “Competitive Filmmaking” class has been screened worldwide. The film, created by eight UW Bothell students entirely during remote learning, captures the contradictions of the current moment ...
April 22, 2022