News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Engagement
IAS faculty members present at the 2015 Teaching and Learning Symposium
IAS faculty members presented at 2015 Teaching and Learning Symposium. Gary Carpenter, Deborah Jacoby, and Julie Shayne all presented in their capacity as Community Based Learning and Research Fellows.
July 9, 2015
Becky Aanerud, Lauren Lichty, and Julie Shayne present at Sociologists for Women in Society
Becky Aanerud, Lauren Lichty, and Julie Shayne presented at the Sociologists for Women in Society winter meeting in Washington, DC. Shayne organized a session titled “Curricular and Administrative Feminist Activism” where...
June 25, 2015
Georgia Roberts, Nafasi Ferrell, and Brandon Washington participate in “Power, Justice & Freedom Through Education Summit”
IAS faculty member Georgia Roberts, MA in Cultural Studies student Nafasi Ferrell, and Media and Communication Studies major Brandon Washington participated in Franklin High School's annual "Power, Justice & Freedom Through Education Summit" on January 14th in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
June 25, 2015
IAS hosts “Mentor Chat” with Deborah Oaks
IAS hosted its first “Mentor Chat” in January with alum Deborah Oaks (Science, Technology and the Environment, '08). Mentor Chats assist students with career exploration and networking by providing opportunities to dialogue with IAS alum and community partners working across diverse roles and sectors.
June 25, 2015
IAS faculty members and students participate in UW Ferguson and Beyond teach-in
Several IAS faculty and students participated in the UW-wide teach-in, “Ferguson and Beyond: Race, State Violence, and Activist Agendas for the 21st Century,” which was written up in the Seattle Times. IAS faculty members Dan Berger and Scott Kurashige presented on the panel "The Past is Always Present: Contextualizing US State Violence," and Wadiya Udell moderated the panel "#Blacklivesmatter: A Universal Call for Social Justice."
June 25, 2015
Bruce Kochis and Ron Krabill speak on Conflict and Human Rights
IAS faculty members Bruce Kochis and Ron Krabill contributed to a panel discussion, "Conflict and Human Rights," as a part of Cascadia College's Human Rights Awareness Week.
June 24, 2015
Ron Krabill leads retreat on interdisciplinary pedagogies
IAS faculty member Ron Krabill led a faculty retreat for the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology on developing interdisciplinary pedagogies. ...
June 24, 2015
Dan Berger joins advisory board of Global Dialogues on Incarceration
IAS faculty member Dan Berger joined the advisory board for a national project on mass incarceration coordinated by the Global Dialogues program of the Humanities Action Lab at The New School. Global Dialogues on Incarceration will coordinate over 300 students from a dozen partner universities around the country...
June 24, 2015