News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Engagement
Alka Kurian remote-directs Tasveer South Asian Litfest
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian, currently on a Fulbright research trip to Morocco, remote-directed Tasveer's South Asian Litfest TSAL 2021. The festival was enabled thanks to a combination of technology – Zoom, Elevent, Slack, WhatsApp, FaceTime, and YouTube – and the tireless behind-the-scenes work of Tasveer staff and volunteers scattered across the world who ...
November 1, 2021
Testing soil for hidden contaminants in community gardens
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone's work on contamination in urban gardens and in the Duwamish Valley Research Coordination Network is featured on the UW News site. The story and video feature Malone teaching interns and community partners how to safely ...
July 28, 2021
Denise Vaughan appointed to Board of Directors for the Greater Seattle Debate League
IAS faculty member Denise Vaughan has been appointed to the Board of Directors for the Greater Seattle Debate League. The mission of the GDSL is to facilitate opportunities for underserved students to participate in Speech and Debate. Vaughan is a...
June 7, 2021
Sakara Buyagawan and Jung Lee receive Distinguished Accomplishments Award
IAS staff members Sakara Buyagawan and Jung Lee were honored for their extraordinary work and programmatic innovation to support international students impacted by the pandemic and U.S. immigration politics/policies. By coordinating coursework and campus resources, they ...
June 1, 2021
Ching-In Chen: What if?
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen teaches in the MFA program in Creative Writing & Poetics. In "My Story: What if," Chen reflects on their experience as a community organizer, having worked in Asian American communities across the nation.
May 17, 2021
LETI selected as 2021 IAS Outstanding Community Partner
The IAS Outstanding Community Partner award honors the extraordinary contributions of partner organizations. Recipients advance the IAS values of equity, inclusion, and social justice and link student learning and faculty scholarship to real-life experiences that positively impact our region and world.
May 6, 2021
Practicing social justice with Snohomish County
Students in the Master of Arts in Policy Studies program gained practical experience in a winter quarter partnership with Snohomish County’s new Office of Social Justice. As part of IAS faculty member Charlie Collin’s Practicum for Policy Studies course, the students worked on three projects: an assessment of marginalized communities; a comparison of strategies with other governments; and a survey of diversity, equity and inclusion among county employees.
March 26, 2021
Partners in India elevate discussions
For winter quarter, IAS faculty member Gary Carpenter’s course, Creative Activism: Inspiring Social Change through the Arts, collaborated with Pravah, a partner in India, in discussing social issues and producing an online arts festival. Pravah is a New Delhi nonprofit that develops youth leadership throughout India using social justice campaigns. Pravah and the UW Bothell students both held festivals on Feb. 27, but they were not at the same time because of the time difference. Both festivals featured music, poetry, videos and discussions on themes of justice, community, resilience and gratitude.
March 11, 2021
Melanie Malone participates in “NightSchool: Women in Science”
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone was invited to participate in the "NightSchool: Women in Science" panel on March 4th, hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. The panel is held annually on International Women's Day, and features insightful conversations about what it’s like and what it means to be a woman in science in 2021. Melanie discussed ...
March 10, 2021
David Goldstein organizes international seminar on community engagement
IAS faculty member David Goldstein, along with Natalia Dyba, UW Bothell Director of Global Initiatives, and Kara Adams, Director of Community Engagement, planned and participated in an online, international Seminar on Community Engagement in which UW Bothell and California Polytechnic University, Pomona, joined host Ehime University in Matsuyama, Japan, to discuss the ethics of university partnerships with community members.
March 4, 2021