News from the School of IAS
Category: Research and Creative Practice
IAS faculty receive grant and organize UW Bothell Labor Colloquia Series
IAS faculty members Ching-In Chen, Dan Berger, S. Charusheela, Joseph Ferrare, and Kari Lerum received a grant from the UW Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies. The grants committee noted that “the progress in growing Labor Studies made at UW Bothell was extraordinary in the 2019-2020 academic year, reaching new faculty and audiences both on and off-campus, and we applaud your work!
April 23, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson: The Search for Environmental Hope
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson’s podcast Facing It was featured in the Washington Post Magazine’s cover story for their Earth Day edition. The article, titled “The Search for Environmental Hope,” included an interview with Atkinson and several naturalists, scientists and climate activists about how they engage with the question of hope. ...
April 23, 2021
Science Teaching Experience Program (STEP) graduate reflects on lessons learned
IAS faculty member Becca Price runs the Science Teaching Experience Program (STEP) in which Ph.D. scientists and students pursuing Ph.Ds learn how to teach with methods that are proven to be effective and equitable. The Association for Women in Science just ran a feature about the program, written by STEP graduate Katie Mitzelfelt. Dr. Mitzelfelt concludes ...
April 20, 2021
Ching-In Chen presents at “Creative Politics, Political Poetics” roundtable
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen spoke about the intersection of their activism, literary and academic engagement, and community building at the “Creative Politics, Political Poetics: An Ecology of Change” roundtable. Chen joined ...
April 19, 2021
Karam Dana named first Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professorship of Transformative Research
IAS faculty member Karam Dana has been approved by the UW Regents as the holder of the “Alyson McGregor Distinguished Professorship of Transformative Research.” He will hold the professorship for the next five years, renewable for another term depending on funding. Dana's research agenda concerns ...
April 14, 2021
Camille Walsh: “’Taxpayer dollars’ — the origins of austerity’s racist catchphrase”
IAS faculty member Camille Walsh published “'Taxpayer dollars' — the origins of austerity’s racist catchphrase” in MotherJones.com. “The phrase 'taxpayer dollars,'” Walsh writes, “has a populist, even democratic ring to it. Gone are the days when we referred to the treasury as 'the king’s purse' or ...
April 6, 2021
Becca Price presents webinar on the anatomy of a research study
IAS faculty member Becca Price and her colleagues Clark Coffman (Iowa State), Jenn Thompson (University of Georgia), Danielle Thompson-Ryan (Laramie County Community College) presented a webinar in the series Online with LSE. Their webinar was titled Exploring the anatomy of a research study: Behind the scenes of a qualitative research study with strong theoretical framing. ...
April 2, 2021
Margaret Redsteer gives keynote talk for Annual Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge
IAS faculty member Margaret Redsteer provided the inaugural keynote talk for the Annual Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge at Utah State University on March 19, 2021. The presentation "Earth Science, Indigenous knowledge, and Tribal Sovereignty" discussed how science on Indigenous lands is linked to moving Native communities toward a future of ...
April 2, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson gives keynote talk at CSU Sustainability Conference
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson gave a keynote talk at Chico State University’s This Way to Sustainability Conference where she addressed the rise in fear, anxiety and despair in the face of our climate crisis. Recent research shows that 26% of adults in the U.S. now characterize climate change as “alarming” (Yale Program on Climate Communication, 2020). Atkinson noted that ...
April 1, 2021
Ted Hiebert co-hosts 2021 World Telekinesis Competition
IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert co-hosted the 2021 World Telekinesis Competition, an organized tournament in which teams from around the world compete to influence the behavior of a candle, using the power of their minds alone. 16 teams from around the world ...
March 31, 2021