News from the School of IAS
Masahiro Sugano’s “Competitive Filmmaking” Class Wins Top Prize at the 2021 Cadence Video Poetry Festival
The short film “Delirium” created by IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano’s 2020 “Competitive Filmmaking” Class wins two more prizes. The film, created by eight UW Bothell students entirely during remote learning, was awarded with both an “Honorary Mention” for the Collaboration category and named the winner of the “Best of Northwest” category.
April 19, 2021
Dr. Brinda Sarathy, new IAS dean at UW Bothell
Dr. Brinda Sarathy, professor of environmental analysis at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, will succeed Dr. Bruce Burgett as dean of the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences at the University of Washington Bothell. The University selected Sarathy in a national search that began last year. She will begin her job as dean and professor on July 1. Burgett, the inaugural dean of IAS, is returning to the faculty after 14 years of administrative service.
April 16, 2021
Karam Dana named first Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professorship of Transformative Research
IAS faculty member Karam Dana has been approved by the UW Regents as the holder of the “Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professorship of Transformative Research.” He will hold the professorship for the next five years, renewable for another term depending on funding. Dana's research agenda concerns ...
April 14, 2021
David Goldstein chairs Multiethnic Pedagogies panel
IAS faculty member David Goldstein served as chair and respondent for a panel, “Multiethnic Pedagogies,” at a virtual conference of the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (MELUS) in which ...
April 14, 2021
MFA candidate Troy Landrum, Jr publishes in South Seattle Emerald
Troy Landrum, Jr recently published a work of short fiction, “The New Life,” in the South Seattle Emerald. Landrum is a second-year candidate in the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics program, currently completing his thesis, a work of historical fiction that traces the Great Migration through the history of a Black family. In addition to his writing ...
April 12, 2021
The enduring impact of mentoring connections
The Winter/Spring issue of UW Bothell Magazine highlights the power of mentorship and features IAS alumni Tadashi Shiga ('96), Emily Anderson ('09), and Bianca Borjas ('17), and current student Cindy Yang. In the article, “The enduring impact of mentoring connections,” ...
April 6, 2021
Camille Walsh: “’Taxpayer dollars’ — the origins of austerity’s racist catchphrase”
IAS faculty member Camille Walsh published “'Taxpayer dollars' — the origins of austerity’s racist catchphrase” in MotherJones.com. “The phrase 'taxpayer dollars,'” Walsh writes, “has a populist, even democratic ring to it. Gone are the days when we referred to the treasury as 'the king’s purse' or ...
April 6, 2021
Becca Price presents webinar on the anatomy of a research study
IAS faculty member Becca Price and her colleagues Clark Coffman (Iowa State), Jenn Thompson (University of Georgia), Danielle Thompson-Ryan (Laramie County Community College) presented a webinar in the series Online with LSE. Their webinar was titled Exploring the anatomy of a research study: Behind the scenes of a qualitative research study with strong theoretical framing. ...
April 2, 2021
Margaret Redsteer gives keynote talk for Annual Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge
IAS faculty member Margaret Redsteer provided the inaugural keynote talk for the Annual Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge at Utah State University on March 19, 2021. The presentation "Earth Science, Indigenous knowledge, and Tribal Sovereignty" discussed how science on Indigenous lands is linked to moving Native communities toward a future of ...
April 2, 2021
Grace Ryan receives IAS Staff Recognition Award
Grace Ryan, IAS Program Coordinator for Operations and Events, received one of the very first IAS Staff Recognition Awards. Grace was nominated by IAS faculty member Colin Danby. Grace’s extraordinary coordination, attention to detail, and thoughtful communication ensured that IAS led a successful search for ...
April 1, 2021