News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Policy Studies
Megan Dunn and Jared Mead: Snohomish County leaders
IAS Alums Megan Dunn and Jared Mead are both members of the Snohomish County Council who’ve retained strong times to UW Bothell. Dunn (M.A. in Policy Studies ’13) is an Everett community leader who was elected to a four-year term from the district that includes Everett, Mukilteo and Tulalip. Mead (Global Studies ’14) is a state lawmaker from Mill Creek who was selected by the council to fill a vacant seat for the district that includes the Snohomish County part of Bothell.
July 20, 2020
Price and Ferrare: Comparing Modes of Instruction with Instructor Beliefs
IAS faculty members Becca Price and Joe Ferrare, along with Clark Coffman (Iowa State) have published an article in a series of annotations that introduce scholars to biology education research. The original paper (by Ferrare) describes how college science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses are taught, and how the instructors’ teaching styles correspond to their beliefs about the way students learn. The paper concludes ...
June 10, 2020
Virtual Charter Schools Negatively Impact Students
A new paper co-authored by IAS faculty member Joseph Ferrare finds that for-profit virtual charter schools have a strong, negative impact on student learning in math and English/Language Arts. The study, which was recently published in the journal Educational Researcher, was a collaboration with colleagues from the University of Notre Dame and University of Kentucky. In the study ...
June 10, 2020
Melanie Malone receives Curriculum Innovation Award
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone and colleagues from an NSF IGERT program won a Curriculum Innovation Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools and Planning. The award honors excellence in teaching and design of learning experiences that are accessible, engaging, and effective for all students. Read the full award annoumcement.
June 3, 2020
Margaret Redsteer publishes “Sand Dunes, Modern and Ancient, on the Southern Colorado Plateau Tribal Lands, Southwestern USA”
IAS faculty member Margaret Redsteer published “Sand Dunes, Modern and Ancient, on the Southern Colorado Plateau Tribal Lands, Southwestern USA” in Inland Dunes of North America. In her chapter, Redsteer describes how understanding the past, and documenting the current and future potential for sand dune mobility, provides important insights about climate variability and change, particularly in regions prone to drought. Changes to ...
June 1, 2020
Pandemic shortens Mariah Crystal’s Fulbright research in Namibia
Making the most of her time, Mariah Crystal (M.A. in Policy Studies ’10) was able to conduct much of her Fulbright research in Namibia before she was told to return home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Crystal’s research and writing focus on the role of women in the movement that led to Namibia’s independence from South Africa in 1990.
May 1, 2020
Melanie Malone publishes on “Sustaining future environmental educators” and is featured for her work on urban community gardening
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone published an article with three colleagues entitled "Sustaining future environmental educators: Building critical interdisciplinary teaching capacity among graduate students" in the Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences. The article focuses on training graduate students to teach interdisciplinary environmental methods to undergraduate students and ...
April 28, 2020
Policy Studies candidate Tania Santiago addresses COVID-19 impact on Latinx Community
Recognizing the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Latinx community in Washington State, MA in Policy Studies candidate Tania Santiago mobilized friends and knowledge learned in her policy studies practicum to develop COVID-19 Social Media Resources in Spanish. In addition ...
April 17, 2020
Abigail Echo-Hawk: Better Native American health through research
As the chief research officer for the Seattle Indian Health Board, Abigail Echo-Hawk directs data collection and evaluation for the Urban Indian Health Institute. The institute is one of 12 tribal epidemiology centers in the nation and ...
April 13, 2020
David Doyle publishes book “Ask What You Can Do” on need for public technologists
Alum David Doyle (’15) has published the book “Ask What You Can Do: Why local government needs more technologists and how you too can serve.” Inspired by his own shift from the tech sector to public service - and lack of guidance - Doyle provides an inside account of his experience while urging readers to help build the next generation of local government. ...
April 1, 2020