News from the School of IAS

Category: Research and Creative Practice

Dan Berger publishes two op-eds on the history of law and order politics in 2016

IAS faculty member Dan Bergerpublished an article in the African American Intellectual History blog about the use of law and order politics by both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in their respective party conventions. The article, “Lessons in Law and Order Politics,” describes the 1960s origins of law and order ...

August 10, 2016

Becca Price publishes paper on the challenges of teaching genetic drift

IAS faculty member Becca Price published a co-authored paper, “Observing populations and testing predictions about genetic drift in a computer simulation improves college students’ conceptual understanding” in Evolution: Education and Outreach. The paper focuses on the challenges of teaching genetic drift ...

August 10, 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

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

Carrie Bodle Gives Artist Talk

IAS faculty member Carrie Bodle gave an artist talk on her work at Glass Box Gallery in Seattle on June 29. Bodle highlighted her visual and sound artworks from 2002-2016 which are immersive installations that explore the relationships between art and science, translating inaudible or invisible phenomena into sensible experiences. This talk is ...

July 6, 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

Amy Lambert’s San Juan Island Research and Conservation Efforts Featured

IAS faculty member Amy Lambert’s work on the island marble butterfly is featured in an article from the Issaquah Press. “Groups seek to protect rare butterfly on San Juan Island” highlights over a decade of Lambert’s research into the species that was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered on San Juan Island in 1998.

June 21, 2016