News from the School of IAS

Ismaila Maidadi champions equitable access to labor support services at Workforce Snohomish

Alum Ismaila Maidadi has been a tremendous asset to Workforce Snohomish since joining the organization as Service Delivery Program Manager in 2017. Thus far, Maidadi’s largest contribution has been leading the National Dislocated Worker Grant and Rapid Response initiative which assists dislocated aerospace employees and their families. ​Maidadi immigrated to America from ...

December 5, 2018

Natalie Singer named to 35 over 35 list of debut authors

MFA alum Natalie Singer (’16) is thrilled to be recognized among 35 authors over age 35 who published their first book this year. 35 over 35 is an alternative to the publishing industry’s fixation on youth, acknowledging that few authors find early success. Singer’s memoir California Calling: A Self-Interrogation was published last March by Hawthorne Books. Says Singer ...

December 4, 2018

Asia Foundation Highlights Anida Yoeu Ali in New Exhibition Challenging Patriarchy

The Asia Foundation highlighted IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali as one of 11 female artists and filmmakers challenging patriarchy in a new exhibition titled “FRAME: How Asia Pacific Feminist Filmmakers and Artists Are Confronting Inequalities.” The exhibition opened Nov 27, 2018 at the Griffith Film School Gallery in Brisbane, Australia and ran on the eve of the 12th annual Asia Pacific Screen Awards.

December 3, 2018

Amaranth Borsuk interviewed by UW News on THE BOOK

IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk’s work on The Book (2018, MIT Press) is highlighted in a new interview on the UW News site. The article, “Papyrus scrolls to Kindle and beyond: UW professor pens meditation on ‘the book,’” begins: “What is a “book” in the digital age — and what will it become? In a new book of her own, Amaranth Borsuk discusses the idea of “the book” through its incarnations as clay tablets, papyrus scrolls and the bound sheets of a codex on to the hyperlinked, multimedia format of the digital age.” Read the full interview.

November 29, 2018

Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali featured on King 5 TV and The News Tribune for their new public art work

IAS Artists-in-Residence Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali’s latest collaborative installation was prominently featured on King 5 TV and The News Tribune. On November 11, 2018 Ali and Sugano unveiled their new public artwork titled “Hello. How Are You?” on their own front yard located in Tacoma, Washington. Comprised of bright white letters measuring 4 feet in height, the large-scale outdoor installation spells out the common American greeting “Hello. How are you?” For their special launch event ...

November 28, 2018

Kristopher Dane presents his research on the influence of building geometry on active shooter events

On November 8, IAS alum Kristopher Dane presented his doctoral research “Does building geometry affect active shooter outcomes?” at the SecureWorld Expo in Seattle. His research discusses how current building standards for protective design focus on a “fortress” approach that does not effectively protect against contemporary attack vectors such as active shooters. Furthermore, these standards provide little guidance to private building owners whose facilities are increasingly targeted by “active shooters.” His findings show that overall building geometry has an effect on ...

November 19, 2018

Dan Berger on What the Latest Bipartisan Prison Reform Gets Wrong and Why It Matters

IAS faculty member Dan Berger published an op-ed in Truthout on the First Step Act, a bipartisan reform measure now supported by the Trump administration. In reviewing the proposed law, Berger highlights the bipartisan failure to attend to the policies that would meaningfully reduce the number of people in prison. Berger also delivered two recent talks on similar topics ...

November 19, 2018

Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) faculty present at the annual National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) Conference

GWSS faculty organized sessions, presented papers, and celebrated their new book at the annual NWSA conference in Atlanta, Georgia. GWSS faculty coordinator Julie Shayne organized a session called “The Permanence of the Feminist Classroom: Murals, Archives, and Films.” On this panel she presented a paper called “Feminist Pedagogy + Feminist Knowledge Production = Feminist Archives” about the Feminist Community Archive of WA (FCA-WA) project she co-created and grows through her class “Histories and Movements of Gender and Sexuality” (BISGWS 302), offered this winter. Alka Kurian was also ...

November 15, 2018