News from the School of IAS
Category: Teaching
IAS faculty members share insights into online international collaborations
Several IAS faculty members shared insights regarding online, international collaborations at the International Virtual Exchange Conference in Tacoma in late October. Ron Krabill led a workshop that addressed the ethics of virtual exchanges and study abroad programs, respectively. He also facilitated a panel discussion coordinate by Min Tang, together with Salwa Al-Noori (School of STEM) and Mo West (School of Nursing and Health Sciences), regarding UW Bothell’s cohort-based learning community on ...
October 29, 2019
Nitta and Chen bring IAS students to work with the City of Bellevue
IAS faculty members Keith Nitta and Mark Chen participated in 2018-19 Livable City Year program, partnering with the City of Bellevue, WA. This participation made it possible for IAS undergraduate and graduate students to work with the city client to address real-world challenges in Bellevue. ...
October 23, 2019
Jin-Kyu Jung leads study abroad trip to South Korea and establishes ties with local institutions
IAS faculty member Jin-Kyu Jung recently returned from South Korea with 9 UW students from the Bothell and Seattle campuses. This trip was part of an Early-Fall Student Abroad program, “Mapping Communities in the Smart City,” co-led with Gunwha Oh (affiliate faculty in IAS and lecturer in the Deptartment of Geography).
October 2, 2019
UWave Radio: ‘Your voice, your vibe’
Radio hardly describes all the media, programming, and community building that takes place through UWave Radio, the campus station. “Our students are learning the cutting edge of where digital broadcasting is going. It’s multimedia. It’s live and archived, and it’s engaging specific communities because that’s how media works,” says IAS faculty member and adviser Amoshaun Toft.
October 1, 2019
Julie Shayne delivers keynote speech at this year’s convocation ceremony
UW Bothell tradition dictates that the previous year’s winner of the Distinguished Teaching Award delivers the keynote speech at convocation to welcome the incoming students. This year’s speaker was IAS faculty member and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) coordinator Julie Shayne. The main message of Shayne’s speech (see video below) ...
September 24, 2019
Kristin Gustafson moderates “Transformative Teaching of Media and Journalism History”
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson moderated a teaching panel, “Transformative Teaching of Media and Journalism History,” at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication conference held in Toronto in August. The panel featured the five teaching-contest winners for the AEJMC History Division. ...
September 16, 2019
Jennifer Atkinson: “How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet?”
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson's course on eco-grief and climate anxiety was featured in a Washington Post story titled "How should we talk about what’s happening to our planet?" The article explores how language and emotion shape our response to the climate crisis, and how terminology has evolved from "global warming" to “climate change” to “climate emergency” and "extinction" over time.
September 5, 2019
Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali Awarded 2019 Course Development Grant from The Center for Global Studies
IAS faculty members Anida Yoeu Ali and Masahiro Sugano have been awarded the 2019 Course Development Grant for their team taught course Global Media Lab (MCS 472A&B: Advanced Media Production). The grant administered by the Center for Global Studies at the University of Washington’s Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies is an extremely competitive grant that recognizes innovative teaching at the UW...
August 19, 2019
Amy Lambert introduces students to bees and conservation
IAS faculty member Amy Lambert introduces UW Bothell students to bees through courses such as Pollinator Diversity and Conservation and the CCUWBee initiative. "They learn so much about something that’s been under their noses for a long time, And then you see it and learn about it. You’re just amazed by the complexity of the environment, complexity of relationships between insects and plants...
July 12, 2019
IAS faculty promotions
IAS faculty members Anida Yoeu Ali, Lauren Berliner, Carrie Bodle, Raissa DeSmet, Ron Krabill, Jed Murr, Julie Shayne, and Wadiya Udell have been promoted in rank. Ron Krabill and Wadiya Udell are promoted to ...
June 5, 2019