News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Diversity
Dan Berger reviews documentary on racial criminalization and the rise of mass incarceration
IAS faculty member Dan Berger reviews "13th," Ava DuVernay's documentary on racial criminalization and the rise of mass incarceration. "The prison system is racist and violent," Berger writes, "but in ways that constantly evolve. ... Overall, the film is too inattentive to the historical ebb and flow of racial criminalization, and it misses some of the most damning components of punishment." The review appeared in ...
October 27, 2016
Margaret Chiavetta publishes her first book and discusses why kids need more fictional characters with special needs
Margaret Chiavetta (MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics ’14) has published her first book, The Alchemist’s Theorem: Sir Duffy’s Promise, which is the first book in a planned five-part series. The series features a middle grade hero who registers on the autism spectrum. Recently ParentMap.com conducted an interview with Chiavetta to find out why kids need more fictional characters with special needs. In the interview Chiavetta says:
October 14, 2016
Dan Berger participates in roundtable on prisoner organizing and publishes in Black Power 50
IAS faculty member Dan Berger participated in a roundtable discussion for Process, the blog of the Organization of American Historians, on prisoner organizing in the 1960s and 1970s. The three-part roundtable discussed the history of prisoner organizing, research methods for those studying the history of prisons and prisoners, and the relevance of this history and scholarship on contemporary criminal justice policy. Berger also ...
September 23, 2016
Karam Dana deliveres keynote lecture to the 58th Washington Judicial Conference
IAS faculty member Karam Dana delivered a keynote lecture to Washington State's judges, during the 58th Washington Judicial Conference, an annual conference attended by judges of all levels in the State of Washington, His talk ...
September 16, 2016
Dan Berger on KING5 #StandUnited
IAS faculty member Dan Berger appeared on the KING5 “#StandUnited” roundtable on July 9 to discuss police violence and Black Lives Matter in the wake of recent police killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, as well as the deaths of five police officers in Dallas. The hour-long roundtable, which aired live, featured local activists, religious leaders, scholars, and police officers. Berger joined ...
July 11, 2016
Julie Shayne Leads Mock Classroom for Native American High School Students
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne lead a mock classroom for Native American high school students as part of the Reaching American Indian Nations (RAIN) recruitment event. Shayne did an abridged version of a lesson from her course “Place and Displacement in the Americas” that she co-teaches with IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson. She chose an interactive lesson about ...
February 8, 2016
Asaya Plumly (MACS 2017) Named Grad Rep to the New Campus Diversity Council
Asaya Plumly, a first-year MA in Cultural Studies student, has been named the graduate student representative on the newly constituted campus Diversity Council. The Diversity Council is charged with guiding campus work to fully implement the Diversity Action Plan, and “intentionally include(s) membership from all campus units and appropriate diversity related student groups.” Asaya comes from a mixed race family and ...
December 11, 2015
Julie Shayne, Dave Ellenwood, and Denise Hattwig Launch the UW Bothell Social Justice & Diversity Archive
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne, in collaboration with librarians Dave Ellenwood and Denise Hattwig have launched the UW Bothell Social Justice & Diversity Archive hosted by the UWB Library. The archive began with students in Shayne’s "Histories and Movements of Gender and Sexuality" course (Spring 2015), researching local gender justice and feminist organizations.
December 8, 2015
Martha Groom Becomes Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program
IAS faculty member Martha Groom is now a Co-PI on the Doris Duke Conservation Scholars Program. She and collaborators from across the University of Washington successfully submitted a new proposal this year for an extension of funding, receiving an additional $1.9 million on top of the initial $1.6 million from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. The program began in 2014 and now is funded through 2019.
December 1, 2015
David Goldstein Publishes “Holistic Learning-Centeredness: De-Centering the University for Social Justice”
IAS faculty member David Goldstein published “Holistic Learning-Centeredness: De-Centering the University for Social Justice” in the inaugural issue of Race & Pedagogy. Goldstein argues that de-centering the college campus in favor of ...
November 25, 2015