News from the School of IAS
Category: Students
Nafasi Ferrell: Let’s Talk! Race and Class through Hip-Hop and Poetry
Nafasi Ferrell, a second year Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student, developed and facilitated a three-hour workshop at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center with community members of varying ages. Let’s Talk!! Race and Class Through Hip-Hop and Poetry challenged participants to define and redefine their understandings of race and class using the mediums of hip-hop and poetry.
July 23, 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
IAS faculty members and students participate in the 2015 Cultural Studies Association conference.
Twelve IAS faculty members and students participated in the 2015 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) conference, engaging in activities ranging from plenary sessions and roundtables to workshops and seminars. All contributed to the conference theme, “Another University is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy.”
July 16, 2015
IAS Students Map Bothell Communities
IAS Students in Jin-Kyu Jung’s BIS352 “Mapping Communities” class created a number of maps for the City of Bothell in Spring 2015. The course provides a unique opportunity for students to critically examine the constructions of both “community” and “mapping.” Two students, Jef Song and Sung Chu produced a great video ...
July 14, 2015
IAS Students Analyze Demographics of Real Change Readership
IAS students in Charlie Collin’s spring 2015 course BIS 315 "Understanding Statistics" partnered with Real Change to conduct an online questionnaire of Real Change publication readers. The aim of the survey was to gather feedback regarding the quality of the publication and to better understand the demographic of its readers. The findings ...
July 14, 2015
Erica Seibert Collaborates on Conveyance Sound Art Project
Erica Seibert, an IAS double major in Media and Communication Studies and Culture, Literature and the Arts, has collaborated with Perri Howard, a Seattle-based sound and visual artist, on a multimedia public art project. This project juxtaposes...
July 9, 2015
IAS Environmental Studies students obtained 2nd place at regional GIS competition
IAS Environmental Science and Studies students David Headrick and Mattie Wheeler presented their research in the Richard 'Dick' Thomas Memorial Student Presentation Competition at the 2015 Washington State Chapter of the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (WAURISA) conference.
July 9, 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
Christian Arciniega and Husky Herald News Team Honored by Club Council
The Husky Herald News Team was awarded with two top honors Thursday evening at the Club Council Recognition Banquet. The Husky Herald News Team, advised by IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson, received the honor of the Rising Star Award.
July 9, 2015
Jessica Christie receives UW Bothell Founders Fellowship and Mary Gates Research Scholar Award
IAS student Jessica Christie has received a UW Bothell Founders Fellowship and a Mary Gates Research Scholarship, both of which support her senior thesis research. Christie is an Individualized Study major pursuing ...
July 9, 2015