News from the School of IAS
Category: Cultural Studies
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
Yolanda Padilla publishes Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative and Nation in Twenty-First Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism
IAS faculty member Yolanda Padilla published a volume of critical essays that she co-edited titled Bridges, Borders, and Breaks: History, Narrative and Nation in Twenty-First Century Chicana/o Literary Criticism. The essays reveal how "Chicana/o" defines a literary critical sensibility as well as a political one, and show how this view can yield new insights about the status of Mexican Americans, the legacies of colonialism, and the ongoing prospects for social justice.
September 16, 2016
Karam Dana talks about Islam and Muslims in America with KUOW’s Ross Reynonlds and is interviewed for the Tacoma Tribune
IAS faculty member Karam Dana participated in KUOW's Ask a Muslim or Two, an event led by Ross Reynolds meant to provide a safe environment where questions about Islam and Muslims can be asked and answered. Dana was also interviewed by ...
September 15, 2016
Julie Shayne presents at the International Sociological Association’s (ISA) Forum on Sociology conference in Vienna, Austria
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne presented at this year’s International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum on Sociology in two different sessions. First, her book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas (SUNY; 2014 & 2015) was featured at an author-meets-critics session with a handful of other sociologists who conduct transnational feminist research. Additionally, Shayne ...
July 25, 2016
Alums Partner with UW Bothell Faculty on Grad and Undergrad Community-Engaged Learning
IAS alums Mike Irons ('13, Policy Studies) and Nora Karena ('14, Cultural Studies) have been recognized for their facilitation of community-based and applied learning opportunities for UW Bothell graduate and undergraduate students respectively. Irons, who is Snohomish Superior Court Juvenile Court Program Manager, has engaged Policy Studies students as interns in various programs...
July 12, 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
Dan Berger at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and in TIME Magazine
IAS faculty member Dan Berger led a seminar about the criminal justice system for college students at the Mellon Summer Humanities Institute. Held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, part of the NY Public Library system, the Institute brings together advanced undergraduates in African American Studies interested in pursuing Ph.D.s in the humanities. Over an eight-week period...
July 5, 2016
Kristin Gustafson and Rena Kawasaki Present Joint Research in Japan
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson and IAS alumna Rena Kawasaki ('13, Community Psychology) traveled to Fukuoka, Japan for the International Communication Association (ICA) pre-conference, "Crossing Borders: Researching Transnational Media History." They presented their collaborative research project, “Shifting language transnationally: Japan’s national language program and a U.S. Japanese-language newspaper before and after WWII."
June 27, 2016
Kari Lerum Publishes “Should Prostitution be Decriminalized?”
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published “Should prostitution be decriminalized?” at The Conversation in partnership with PBS’ “Point Taken.” The essay was posted at PBS as recommended reading material for a debate on “Should paying for sex be a crime?” In this opinion piece Lerum argues ...
June 2, 2016