News from the School of IAS
Kristin Gustafson organizes two panels for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson (photo, left, courtesy of Randy Jessee) co-organized and co-moderated two History Division teaching panels for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication convention in Washington, D.C. As the Division’s Teaching Standards Chair since 2015, Gustafson focuses on pedagogies of diversity, collaboration, community, and justice. She begins her second year of a second two-year term in this leadership position for the Division.
August 15, 2018
Ben Wiselogle serves U.S. Department of State in Zimbabwe
IAS alum and U.S. Navy veteran Ben Wiselogle (’12) is serving the Political Section of the U.S. Department of State in Harare, Zimbabwe. Previously, Wiselogle was stationed in Washington D.C. as a Foreign Services Officer in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. From Harare, he writes, “Serving in the Political Section entails engaging with civil society actors and ...
August 15, 2018
Julie Shayne co-publishes paper in the Feminist Teacher
IAS faculty member and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies coordinator Julie Shayne co-authored with Denise Hattwig, Dave Ellenwood, and Taylor Hiner a paper titled “Creating Counter Archives: The University of Washington Bothell's Feminist Community Archive of Washington Project” that was published in the newest issue of the Feminist Teacher.
August 15, 2018
Kyra Laughlin: Add ‘Consent’ to your Teen’s College Checklist
IAS alum (Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies and Society, Ethics & Human Behavior) and incoming Master of Arts in Policy Studies student, Kyra Laughlin, was chosen as the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's communications intern for Fall 2018. As part of her new role, Laughlin will be working with the NSVRC team to create materials for Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2019, assist in managing their social media pages and write blogs for their website. Her first blog post, "Add 'Consent' to your Teen’s College Checklist," ...
August 15, 2018
Ahmadi, Johnson and Lee share career paths with students
Alums Mojan Ahmadi, Gretchen Johnson and Daniel Lee recently met with IAS seniors share how they’ve utilized their degrees, navigated job searches, and found success. IAS is grateful for their service of our alumni mentors, who provide an important perspective on the value of interdisciplinary education in the workforce.
August 6, 2018
Jennifer Atkinson publishes Gardenland: Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson published Gardenland: Nature, Fantasy, and Everyday Practice with University of Georgia Press (Aug 2018). As she argues in this new study of our nation's romance with gardens, gardening literature is not just a place to find advice about roses and rutabagas; it also contains hidden histories of desire, hope and frustration, and tells a story about how Americans have invested grand fantasies in the common soil of everyday life. Given the popularity of gardening practices today, we are increasingly aware that gardens appeal to desires for beauty, community, creative expression, contact with nature, and meaningful work. Yet ...
August 6, 2018
Frances Lee publishes free syllabus on critical activist culture
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum Frances Lee ('18) published "Woker Than Thou: an experimental syllabus" for a ten-week course on critical activist culture. Frances makes it a free and accessible resource for educators, activists, and organizers to use and adapt to their community needs. The course facilitates open, theory-based discussion of modern aspects of leftist activist culture, including identity, call-outs, cultural appropriation, "wokeness", and ...
August 1, 2018
Sean La Marr becomes UW Bothell Vet Corps Navigator
Recent graduate Sean La Marr (’18) will serve as the 2018-2019 WA Department of Veterans Affairs/AmeriCorps Vet Corps Navigator to UW Bothell. The Vet Corps helps veterans and their families navigate Washington’s higher education and training programs as veterans adjust from military to college life. In 2010, La Marr enlisted in the U.S. Navy, and in 2011, reported to ..
August 1, 2018
Becca Price publishes “Teaching scientifically”
IAS faculty member Becca Price and Clark Coffman (Iowa State) have published a second article in a series of annotations that introduce scholars to biology education research. The original paper (by Couch and colleagues) describes practices associated with scientific teaching, an approach that involves testing hypotheses about what students are learning. The annotations explain why this paper is a model for ...
July 30, 2018
Mira Shimabukuro speaks on the Mother’s Society of Minidoka
In early July, IAS faculty member Mira Shimabukuro spoke about her research at the annual Minidoka Pilgrimage in Twin Falls, Idaho to a group of survivors and descendants of survivors who gather each year to deepen their awareness about the history and legacy of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II. Shimabukuro told the little-known story of the Mother’s Society of Minidoka, a group of Japanese Issei (immigrant) women who wrote to respond to the US government’s 1944 announcement of ...
July 27, 2018