News from the School of IAS
American Government & Politics class hosts talk and Q&A with election cybersecurity expert Matt Bishop
As part of a BIS 175 American Government & Politics course that focused on voting rights and elections, a recent class hosted a Skype talk and class Q&A with world-renowned election cybersecurity expert Matt Bishop (U.C. Davis, author of widely used textbook Computer Security: Art and Science). Student Zach Ruble helped ...
December 23, 2019
Ching-In Chen publishes “15” in Lavender Review
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has published “15,” from the hybrid series, Houston in Compilation, in Lavender Review’s December issue. Lavender Review is a literary journal published by Headmistress Press dedicated to lesbian poetry and art.
December 23, 2019
Capstones are cornerstones for IAS grads
One of the final courses seniors take in IAS is BIS 499 Portfolio Capstone. This is where they sum up their undergraduate learning. Read about some of our recent grads: Corbin Rayburn (Law, Economics & Public Policy); Sophia Mallouk (Environmental Science); Dominic Cerillo (Law, Economics & Public Policy); and Destiny Wrenn (Society, Ethics & Human Behavior)!
December 23, 2019
“Kiss the Girl: Growing Up a Lesbian in the Age of Trump”
IAS student and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS ) major Ila Plank (formerly Samantha Plank) published “Kiss the Girl: Growing Up a Lesbian in the Age of Trump” in the local Seattle paper, The Stranger. The article reflects on Disney movies and the sexual dissent after the Trump election.
December 23, 2019
Students receive career mentoring through networking trek
On November 22, sixteen UW Bothell students caught a glimpse of their future. Leslie Olson, managing partner of Olson & Olson, PLLC and Chair of the IAS Advisory Board, greeted them on the 41st floor of Two Union Square in downtown Seattle. From there she led them to a conference room overlooking Puget Sound, where they found their places around a large conference table. Waiting to meet them were ...
December 19, 2019
Megan Dunn is elected to Snohomish County Council
Congratulations to Megan Dunn, who was elected to Snohomish County Council in November! The M.A. in Policy Studies alum will represent District 2, which includes Everett, Mukilteo, and Tulalip. An experienced community leader, Dunn is ...
December 19, 2019
IAS faculty members receive funding to host speakers and events
This fall quarter 5 IAS faculty received funding to host speakers and events on campus. Jennifer Atkinson brought Tulalip storyteller and master wood carver Kelly Moses in October who spoke about the relationship between Salish people and the forests in our region; he also shared examples of his artwork. The event was co-sponsored by Social Justice Organizers (SJO) and the Diversity Center. Dan Berger will ...
December 19, 2019
Katherine Voyles reviews The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11
IAS faculty member Katherine Voyles reviewed Garrett Graff’s The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11. Graff’s book is an expansion of his widely-read Politico article “We’re the Only Plane in the Sky,” a moment by moment account of Air Force One on 9/11.
December 19, 2019
IAS faculty members granted IDISCO awards in the fall 2019 funding round
Raissa DeSmett received a community-based partnership seed grant to support her project Decolonizing Collections: Experiments in Care. DeSmett will work with students preparing the Southeast Asia collections to be accessed by community members as part of a new multi-campus Research Family. One of the questions she is pursuing with her students is: How can we help unlock the social, cultural, political, and aesthetic potential of ...
December 19, 2019
Katherine Voyles: “On (Not) Reading the Mueller Report”
IAS faculty member Katherine Voyles published “On (Not) Reading the Mueller Report” in the Los Angeles Review of Books. The piece explores the wide gap between the high public interest in the Special Counsel’s report evidenced by its bestseller status and the vanishingly small number of Americans who have actually read in full the redacted report.
December 16, 2019