News from the School of IAS

Claudia Castro Luna visits UW Bothell

Hosted by IAS and the Latinx Student Union, Washington State poet laureate Claudia Castro Luna was on the UW Bothell campus on Wednesday February 26th for a full day of activities. She visited BIS 258 "Introduction to Latinx Studies" in the morning to discuss her poetry collection Killing Marias (2017). Later she had an informal "meet and greet" with students who had the opportunity to talk to her about a range of issues. In the afternoon she presented a public lecture titled ...

March 2, 2020

Kari Lerum elected co-chair of the Seattle LGBTQ commission

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum was recently elected co-chair of the Seattle LGBTQ commission. The commission’s mission is “to effectively address and present concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender citizens of Seattle to the Mayor, City Council, and all City Departments” and to recommend “legislation, policy, programs and budget items to the Mayor, City Council and City departments.”

March 2, 2020

Yolanda Padilla presents “Borderlands Modernism and Mariano Azuela’s Los de abajo”

IAS faculty member Yolanda Padilla presented her work on a panel titled "Recovering Latinx Modernisms" at the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project conference in Houston, TX. The panel centered non dominant literary forms, such as testimonies and periodical writing, to stage a conversation about what it means to recovery Latinx modernism as indispensable to and constitutive of U.S. and Latin American modernisms. Padilla's presentation ...

February 28, 2020

Alumni Shout Out!

Aina Braxton (’12) is now a support specialist at Stripe in Seattle. Francine Jordan (’19) was a marketing student assistant at UW Bothell and last summer became a full-time coordinator for marketing and events. Joseph Lubin (’99) is a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. He also was the Department of Defense's liaison officer at the National Interagency Fire Center during the 2019 fire season. Marny Lowe (’19) is a legal assistant at a worker’s compensation firm in Seattle. Alicia Messner (’15) is event producer at Seattle-based Corks and Canvas Events. Tyler Oostra (’11) is now owner of Looking Glass Stables for horse boarding and riding lessons, located in Cathcart, Washington. Heidi Schauble (’13, ’15) is the Adult and Dislocated Worker Program Manager at Workforce Snohomish.

February 27, 2020

Jennifer Atkinson featured in two news stories for her work on Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety

IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson was featured in two recent news stories for her work on Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety. The Daily's "Dealing with the emotional impact of climate change" profiled her efforts to keep students engaged in challenging curriculum around climate justice, while Edge Effects cited Atkinson's work in an article profiling activism among the Climate Generation (late millennials and Generation Z).

February 27, 2020

Fajardo, Qadri, and Shibayama share career paths with students

IAS alumni Jaime Fajardo (’12), Aisha Qadri (’15), and Gracelynn Shibayama (’15) visited campus to share their career journeys with students as part of the Mentor Chats program. Structured as informal discussions, students can ask whatever’s on their minds – from questions around career discernment and navigating job searches to industry specific advice and the value of IAS degrees in the workforce. Fajardo, Qadri, and Shibayama ...

February 27, 2020

Zeinabu Irene Davis screens “Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA”

On February 22, 2020, the Henry Gallery hosted a screening and discussion of “Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA” directed by Zeinabu Irene Davis, who was introduced by her former student and current IAS faculty member Lauren Berliner.The discussion centered on and was facilitated by members of the Black Cinema Collective and M.A. in Cultural Studies students Berette Macaulay and Savita Krishnamoorthy. ...

February 26, 2020

Lauren Berliner cited by John Oliver on Last Week Tonight

IAS faculty member Lauren Berliner and Nora Kenworthy’s research on medical crowdfunding was cited by comedian John Oliver on his show Last Week Tonight during the February 16, 2020 episode in which he discussed the failures of the American healthcare system and the debate surrounding Medicare for All. Oliver used their research to ...

February 26, 2020

Alum Missy Nielsen on the importance of community engagement

UW Bothell is home to a wide range of students with varying backgrounds. As a full-time employee and parent, Missy Nielsen was one of many non-traditional students to find support within the UW Bothell community. Nielsen recalls the collaborative environment fostered by IAS faculty and staff while pursuing ...

February 25, 2020