News from the School of IAS

Julie Shayne joins roundtable on feminist writing and publishing

The president of the Southeast Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA) invited IAS faculty member, and Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies coordinator, Julie Shayne to speak on a roundtable called “Emerging Scholars: A Writing and Publishing Roundtable Organizers.” The invitation followed Shayne’s presentation at the Gender Studies in Georgia conference last fall where she ...

March 15, 2021

Partners in India elevate discussions

For winter quarter, IAS faculty member Gary Carpenter’s course, Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts, collaborated with Pravah, a partner in India, in discussing social issues and producing an online arts festival.  Pravah is a New Delhi nonprofit that develops youth leadership throughout India using social justice campaigns. Pravah and the UW Bothell students both held festivals on Feb. 27, but they were not at the same time because of the time difference. Both festivals featured music, poetry, videos and discussions on themes of justice, community, resilience and gratitude.

March 11, 2021

Melanie Malone participates in “NightSchool: Women in Science”

IAS faculty member Melanie Malone was invited to participate in the "NightSchool: Women in Science" panel on March 4th, hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. The panel is held annually on International Women's Day, and features insightful conversations about what it’s like and what it means to be a woman in science in 2021. Melanie discussed ...

March 10, 2021

Jason Morse: What’s surprising about sex, gender, race?

In the Discovery Core course The Functions of Sex: Race and Gender in America discussions quickly move from the awkward to the intellectual, and students sometimes surprise their instructor, IAS faculty member Jason Morse. Designed to help first-year college students explore new concepts and interdisciplinary issues, the course is a cultural study of sex as a form of identity, socialization and power in framing gender and race.

March 8, 2021

Ruth Gregory receives WSU Provost’s Featured Faculty award

Ruth Gregory makes media. The 2011 Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum is an award-winning filmmaker, published writer, and web designer with over two decades of experience in the creative industries. She is also an Assistant Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Digital Technology and Culture Program (DTC) at Washington State University (WSU). In February, Gregory was recognized as ...

March 5, 2021

David Goldstein organizes international seminar on community engagement

IAS faculty member David Goldstein, along with Natalia Dyba, UW Bothell Director of Global Initiatives, and Kara Adams, Director of Community Engagement, planned and participated in an online, international Seminar on Community Engagement in which UW Bothell and California Polytechnic University, Pomona, joined host Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan, to discuss the ethics of university partnerships with community members.

March 4, 2021

Jennifer Atkinson presents at Washington Climate Assembly

IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson presented her work on climate anxiety at the Washington Climate Assembly. Washington state residents are taking climate matters into their own hands as 90 members of the public join the country's first climate assembly to develop a comprehensive community-based climate plan. Representing every congressional district in the state ...

March 4, 2021

Becca Price receives PALM Network fellowship

IAS faculty member Becca Price and her colleague Christina Morra (University of Alabama) have received a fellowship from the PALM Network, an NSF-funded community that promotes teaching with a evidence-based, inclusive practices. Price will be mentoring ...

March 2, 2021

Helen K. Thomas: Young adult books connect Black girls globally

A fan of young adult fiction, Helen K. Thomas explored the genre in the Master of Arts in Cultural Studies program and now is researching the books' global appeal with a Fulbright in Nigeria. Although the coronavirus pandemic is far from over, Thomas plans to start her nine-month Fulbright this spring, leading reading circles with teen girls in Lagos, Nigeria. “My goal is to see how these books create a greater sense of agency in the Nigerian girls’ sense of their future, and then also to see how reading these books creates a stronger sense of community and interest in other Black girls around the world,” Thomas said.

March 1, 2021