News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Engagement
Snohomish County vote tests government class
Young people, as a demographic, are inconsistent voters, if they vote at all. Why don’t they participate in elections as much as older voters? What could election officials do to increase participation? Those were a couple of questions that Snohomish County election officials had for a University of Washington Bothell class in American Government & Politics. The winter quarter course, taught by IAS faculty member Jason Lambacher, worked with the county Department of Elections on seven research and analysis projects.
March 20, 2020
Kari Lerum elected co-chair of the Seattle LGBTQ commission
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum was recently elected co-chair of the Seattle LGBTQ commission. The commission’s mission is “to effectively address and present concerns of lesbian, gay, bisexual, queer, and transgender citizens of Seattle to the Mayor, City Council, and all City Departments” and to recommend “legislation, policy, programs and budget items to the Mayor, City Council and City departments.”
March 2, 2020
Zeinabu Irene Davis screens “Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA”
On February 22, 2020, the Henry Gallery hosted a screening and discussion of “Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA” directed by Zeinabu Irene Davis, who was introduced by her former student and current IAS faculty member Lauren Berliner.The discussion centered on and was facilitated by members of the Black Cinema Collective and M.A. in Cultural Studies students Berette Macaulay and Savita Krishnamoorthy. ...
February 26, 2020
UW Bothell supports Census 2020 count
UW Bothell students, staff, faculty and community partners are working to ensure that students — and their families and members of their home communities — count this year. Shauniece Drayton, IAS alum and program coordinator of the student organization Achieving Community Transformation, leads the UW Bothell Census Complete Count committee, and IAS faculty members Gary Carpenter and Charlie Collins are teaching community based learning courses that partner with local organizations to increase participation.
February 24, 2020
IAS Community Engagement
The UW Bothell Office of Community Engagement recently released its 2018-19 Community Engagement Annual Report. Read the full report to learn about the IAS engagement efforts listed below:
January 21, 2020
Melanie Malone awarded Royalty Research Fund
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone received a Royalty Research Fund (RRF) of $39,993 for her research on contaminant sources in organic urban community gardens. Building off her pilot project on contamination in soils in urban community gardens in Seattle, WA and Brooklyn, NY, the RRF will allow Malone to ...
January 8, 2020
Student project with Snohomish County Department of Elections
This fall's BIS 175 American Government & Politics class worked on a quarter-long group project with the Snohomish County Department of Elections and the UW Bothell Community-Based Learning & Research (CBLR) office. Garth Fell (Snohomish County Elections manager) and Duncan Clauson (Elections and Voter Outreach Specialist) ...
December 23, 2019
Students receive career mentoring through networking trek
On November 22, sixteen UW Bothell students caught a glimpse of their future. Leslie Olson, managing partner of Olson & Olson, PLLC and Chair of the IAS Advisory Board, greeted them on the 41st floor of Two Union Square in downtown Seattle. From there she led them to a conference room overlooking Puget Sound, where they found their places around a large conference table. Waiting to meet them were ...
December 19, 2019
Students and elders with early-stage memory loss connect through art
IAS faculty member Deborah Hathaway has partnered with Edmonds Center for the Arts and Silver Kite Community Arts to offer elders and UW Bothell freshmen the intergenerational course, “Making Art Together.” Through the course, older adults facing early-stage memory loss will work collaboratively with UW Bothell students to share their experiences and transform their stories into short theatrical performances. UW Bothell students ...
November 5, 2019
Nitta and Chen bring IAS students to work with the City of Bellevue
IAS faculty members Keith Nitta and Mark Chen participated in 2018-19 Livable City Year program, partnering with the City of Bellevue, WA. This participation made it possible for IAS undergraduate and graduate students to work with the city client to address real-world challenges in Bellevue. ...
October 23, 2019