News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Alumni
Vy Nguyen Co-presents Report on “Brain Waste” among WA State Immigrants and Refugees
Vy Nguyen (’12, MA in Policy Studies) has focused the past year on workforce and education issues related to immigrant integration, particularly the issue of "brain waste" among foreign-educated immigrants. Many immigrants and refugees bring a wealth of knowledge and experience yet find it difficult to continue their professional careers in the U.S. This enormous underutilization of human resources has been dubbed “brain waste,” and OneAmerica’s report details ...
December 8, 2015
Alums Hillary U and Zaheeda Edwards advise students through IAS Mentor Chats
This fall’s Mentor Chats featured alumni working in the business sector. Hillary U ('10, Culture, Literature and the Arts, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior) and Zaheeda Edwards (’95, Liberal Studies) met with students to discuss their career trajectories and the value of interdisciplinary training within corporate settings. Both highlighted ...
November 30, 2015
MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics Alumni are Publishing Widely
MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics alumni are publishing widely! Issue 5 of Small Po[r]tions, a twice yearly journal of short[er] work and multi/intermedia art, has hit the web. Co-editors include ...
November 10, 2015
Chad Bates Launches Community Talk Show
IAS alum Chad Bates (Global Studies, 2014) recently launched a live talk show and podcast called And...Discuss!? Bates hopes to build a community that engages those that loved learning about and discussing serious issues in college, but don’t have a place to do that after graduation. In their 2nd show,
September 17, 2015
Susan Brown’s Work Included in London Places and Spaces Exhibition
Susan Brown (MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics, ’14) spent time taking photographs in London while doing field research for her master’s thesis. Responding to a call for posters by the Association of Illustrators based in London, she envisioned “Under the Moon!” which was chosen to be included in the “London Places and Spaces” exhibition at the London Transport Museum, running from May through September 2015.
July 31, 2015
Melissa Watkinson Selected as Hershman Marine Policy Fellow
Melissa Watkinson (Master of Arts in Policy Studies ’15 and Bachelor of Arts in Global Studies and Society, Ethics, and Behavior ‘11) has been selected as the first Hershman Marine Policy Fellow from UW Bothell. She will start working with The Nature Conservancy this fall on coastal climate resiliency and policies, where she hopes to learn how established non-profits engage with local communities and policies on pressing environmental issues.
July 23, 2015
Julie Hurst to be the New Director of Campus Engagement at Seattle University
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum (2015) Julie Hurst will be the new Director of Campus Engagement in the Center for Service and Engagement at Seattle University. Julie worked previously in the fields of Student Affairs and Study Abroad. As a graduate student in IAS...
July 17, 2015
Students gain career advice through IAS Mentor Chats
Over spring quarter, several undergraduate students met with alumni mentors Andrea Blanken (Culture, Literature and the Arts, ’02) and Emily Anderson (Society, Ethics and Human Behavior, ’09) to learn about their career trajectories and gain real-time advice on accessing their fields.
July 9, 2015
Amen Meng screens Horeta at the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival
IAS alum and Media and Communications Studies major Amen Meng had his documentary Horeta: The Journey Beyond Culture selected for a screening at the annual Langston Hughes African American Film Festival.
June 30, 2015
Priya Frank wins Outstanding Early Career Award
IAS 2011 Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum and Associate Director for Advancement Priya Frank received the 2015 Outstanding Early Career Award from the UW Seattle Department of Communication.
June 30, 2015