News from the School of IAS
Allyson Fredericksen helps organizations thrive
Allyson Fredericksen has dedicated more than 10 years to serving nonprofits. Passionate about social justice and mobilizing communities for change, she has found her calling as a strategic operations professional, helping organizations create efficient and effective internal systems so they can focus on their missions. Fredericksen is thrilled to ...
September 6, 2018
Ted Hiebert publishes “Excerpts from the Library of Babel: A meditation on writing, electricity, and ghosts”
IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert published “Excerpts from the Library of Babel: A meditation on writing, electricity, and ghosts” in Performance Research vol. 23 (On Writing and Performance). The essay reflects on Jorge Luis Borges’s story of a library—so vast it contains a copy of every book that has ever (or could ever) be ...
September 5, 2018
MFA alum Amanda Hurtado publishes and exhibits
Amanda Hurtado (’17) has been busy this summer! She published two poems in the summer issue of Witness magazine and is beginning her second year as a Ph.D. student...
August 28, 2018
Silvia Ferreira presents at 14th International Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association
IAS faculty member Silvia C. Ferreira presented at the 14th International Conference of the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Silvia spoke on a panel titled “Postwar Immigration, Gender, and Urban Life.” Her talk explored Arab women’s roles in political events such as ...
August 24, 2018
Schindler and Price publish “Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement”
Abbie Schindler and IAS faculty member Becca Price published a teaching module called “Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement” in CourseSource. In the lesson, students evaluate the evidence that Quincy Bioscience has published on its website advertising the memory supplement Prevagen®. Through their own analysis, students discover that the website is misleading: there are fundamental problems ...
August 24, 2018
Masahiro Sugano screens his feature documentary “Cambodian Son” at Yunnan University in Kunming, China
IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano was invited to present his award winning feature documentary “Cambodian Son” at The Lancang—Mekong Anthropology Documentary Forum from July 25-28, 2018. The 3-day forum included a curated exhibition of documentary films from the Lancang-Mekong river countries and regions, and related public programs, such as Q&A sessions, workshops and regional panel discussions. The educational event was organized by ...
August 23, 2018
Anida Yoeu Ali exhibits in Two Major Taiwanese Cities
IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali exhibits in a new group show titled “South Wind Rises: Asia-Pacific Contemporary Art Exhibition” held at the Taipei historical landmark the National Taiwan Art Education Center. The exhibition opened July 3, 2018 and will run until September 9, 2018. On view from Ali’s Ali’s “The Buddhist Bug” project are ...
August 23, 2018
Amaranth Borsuk interviews local poets
To extend the conversations begun by her MIT Press volume The Book, IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk recently staged conversations with several local poets whose creative practice includes publishing, book arts, and performance. On July 12, she spoke with Doug Nufer, whose work includes Oulipo-style constraint based writing, and Shin Yu Pai, whose practice encompasses ...
August 23, 2018
Amani Sawari interviewed on Democracy Now! about #august21 prison strike
IAS alum Amani Sawari (’16, Media & Communication Studies and Law, Economics & Public Policy) was interviewed by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! on 21 August 2018. The focus of the interview was work she is doing on #august21 prison strike. Sawari was the station manager for UWave Radio and also the Program Coordinator for Student Media at UW Bothell. The whole program is available on the Democracy Now! site. Here is a short excerpt...
August 22, 2018
Shauniece Drayton brings wellness to UW Bothell
Shauniece Drayton’s wellness journey began at UW Bothell when she served as a peer health educator creating programs focused on the five areas of wellness: physical, emotional, spiritual, intellectual, and social. This position sparked a passion and holistic approach in everything she does. From mentoring students to creating health products to teaching yoga, Drayton brings her values of health and wellness to the Bothell community. Drayton had always wanted to be ...
August 21, 2018