News from the School of IAS
Valdez and Groom lead exploration seminar in Peru
IAS faculty members Ursula Valdez and Martha Groom co-taught an Exploration Seminar "From Andes to Amazon: Biodiversity, Conservation and Sustainability in Peru." The 26-day study abroad program allowed 15 students to learn in person about species and ecosystems in tropical rainforest and the Andean mountains, and about traditional uses of resources and local conservation challenges. The location was also ...
October 30, 2019
IAS faculty members share insights into online international collaborations
Several IAS faculty members shared insights regarding online, international collaborations at the International Virtual Exchange Conference in Tacoma in late October. Ron Krabill led a workshop that addressed the ethics of virtual exchanges and study abroad programs, respectively. He also facilitated a panel discussion coordinate by Min Tang, together with Salwa Al-Noori (School of STEM) and Mo West (School of Nursing and Health Sciences), regarding UW Bothell’s cohort-based learning community on ...
October 29, 2019
Julie Shayne and Jessica Manfredi publish paper about feminist activist scholarship in the Trump-Bolsonaro era
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) faculty member Julie Shayne and Global Studies alum Jessica Manfredi co-authored an article titled “Reflections on Activist Scholarship in the Trump-Bolsonaro Era: Dual Hemisphere Hate Transforms Intellectual Praxis into Political Imperative” which just came out in the Colombian open-access journal Revista CS. It was published in a special issue on activist scholarship ...
October 24, 2019
Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali featured in the New York Times
IAS faculty Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali are highlighted in the New York Times for their upcoming November residency at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design. In the article titled, “A Hawaii Home for Islamic Art Widens Its Scope” Sugano and Ali, through their media lab Studio Revolt, are mentioned as invited “artists charged with exploring Muslim and Hawaiian cultures in new ways.”
October 24, 2019
IAS faculty, staff, students, and alumni host and participate in &Now Festival of Innovative Writing
On September 19-22 the UW Bothell and Cascadia College campuses hosted more than just incoming freshmen. Over 400 participants convened at Bothell for the &Now Festival of Innovative Writing, hosted this fall by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics in conjunction with the program's annual fall Convergence on Poetics. ...
October 24, 2019
Nitta and Chen bring IAS students to work with the City of Bellevue
IAS faculty members Keith Nitta and Mark Chen participated in 2018-19 Livable City Year program, partnering with the City of Bellevue, WA. This participation made it possible for IAS undergraduate and graduate students to work with the city client to address real-world challenges in Bellevue. ...
October 23, 2019
Anny Smith passes the Certified Health Education Specialist exam
Anny Smith graduated from UW Bothell in 2019 with a BA in Health Studies and minor in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS). Smith passed the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam this last week and this certification will be invaluable in her future work as a social worker. She hopes to bridge social justice with her background in healthcare and GWSS to provide a more holistic approach with those she serves by developing programs to address root causes of ...
October 21, 2019
Wanda Gregory’s course on “Black Mirror” featured
“What originally intrigued me about ‘Black Mirror’ was its intersections: technology, society, ethics, business,” says IAS faculty member Wanda Gregory. “Exploring the network that these connections form creates space for fascinating conversations and questions.”
October 21, 2019
Ching-In Chen’s “Score for a Prison Town” included in Of Texas exhibition
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen’s “Score for a Prison Town” is included in Of Texas, an exhibition and publication of instruction or score-based artworks, poems, and texts created by people who live in Texas, are from Texas, or are somehow deeply connected to Texas; or otherwise, “of Texas.” The exhibit will have an opening reception at ...
October 21, 2019
Alka Kurian interviews Fatima Bhutto
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian launches the second episode of her podcast #SouthAsianFilmsAndBooks. It is based on her conversation with Fatima Bhutto on her latest book New Kings of the World where the author talks about how mass-produced Western cultural products are being swept aside as a result of the rise of Bollywood films ...
October 16, 2019