News from the School of IAS
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies celebrates its second birthday!
Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) students, staff, and faculty, along with supporters at UW Bothell, gathered for a recognition ceremony to celebrate the end of our second year. As is now tradition, the day was dedicated to Dr. Leslie Ashbaugh, beloved colleague who passed away before the degree launched. GWSS faculty member Kris Kellejian shared memories of Leslie and GWSS faculty coordinator Julie Shayne presented student Mica Coronel with the Leslie Ashbaugh Feminist Praxis in Education (LAFPIE) Award.
May 25, 2018
Masahiro Sugano screens his films at Afrika Eye Festival
IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano screened his film at Afrika Eye Festival held in Bristol, UK, a site recently named a UNESCO City of Film. The short films “Dreams” and “Neon Poem” directed by Masahiro Sugano featured the poetry and performance of Tjawangwa (TJ) Dema, from Botswana, who recently won the 2018 Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets for her collection, The Careless Seamstress.
May 25, 2018
Masahiro Sugano commissioned by Washington Filmworks and premieres at the 44th Seattle International Film Festival
IAS faculty member Masahiro Sugano has been commissioned by Washington Filmworks to create a short film for the 2018 Fly Filmmaking Challenge which will screen at the 2018 Seattle International Film Festival. This year’s Challenge will explore why creativity matters and how creativity changes the world we live in for the better. Sugano and his media lab Studio Revolt has been chosen to create a short documentary specifically on visual artists. Sugano has selected four Tacoma-based artists to ...
May 25, 2018
IAS celebrates student, alumni and community award recipients
On May 22, the IAS Circle of Recognition event celebrated the extraordinary achievements and contributions of our students, alumni, and community partners within the academic year. Honors included: The Husky 100, Husky Green Award, Washington Campus Compact Presidents’ Civic Leadership Award, UW Bothell Founders Fellows Scholarship Award, Create the Change Award, IAS Hall of Alumni Excellence, and IAS Outstanding Community Partner.
May 24, 2018
Alumni share career stories and advice with students
IAS alumni are supporting students by sharing their career stories and lessons learned along the way. Through the IAS Mentor Chats program, alumni visit classes to discuss how they’ve utilized their degrees, navigated job searches, and found success. IAS is grateful for their service of our alumni mentors, who provide an important perspective on the value of interdisciplinary education. Learn about a few of our recent mentors
May 22, 2018
Becca Price publishes on how scholars with Ph.D.s in biomedical fields identify as scientists
IAS faculty member Becca Price, along with colleagues in the UW School of Medicine and the UW School of Nursing, published a paper, "Competing Discourses of Scientific Identity among Postdoctoral Scholars in the Biomedical Sciences," in CBE-Life Sciences Education about how scholars with Ph.D.s in biomedical fields identify as scientists. These scholars, known as postdoctoral fellows, are in temporary positions between receiving their Ph.D.s and finding a permanent career path. Traditionally ...
May 21, 2018
Yolanda Padilla publishes “Literary Revolutions in the Borderlands: Transnational Dimensions of the Mexican Revolution and its Diaspora in the United States”
IAS faculty member Yolanda Padilla published a book chapter, "Literary Revolutions in the Borderlands: Transnational Dimensions of the Mexican Revolution and its Diaspora in the United States," in The Cambridge History of Latina/o Literature. Padilla's chapter uses what she calls a transnational Chicanx studies framework to analyze literary responses to the Revolution by Mexicans in the United States. Taken together, the diverse writings ...
May 21, 2018
Amir Noir Soulkin challenges dominant narratives on perfection
Alum Amir Noir Soulkin (’17, Cultural Studies) published an article, “Let’s change how we define perfect,” on the Rainier Valley Corps’ (RVC) Change-Makers Blog. Soulkin discusses Western ideas of perfection and the limitations they place on marginalized communities. Calling for a new paradigm, he writes, “When you really think about it, the human being is an incredible feat in biomechanical construction that blends mind, body and spirit. Human beings are constantly evolving. Through the mastery of the mind, human beings discover ...
May 17, 2018
Senator Guy Palumbo visits Discovery Core class
IAS faculty member Jason Frederick Lambacher hosted Washington state Senator Guy Palumbo in his Discovery Core course in “Democracy, Politics & Freedom. Lambacher asked his students to prepare questions about Senator Palumbo’s background and journey to politics, important issues in District 1 (which includes Bothell), perspectives on the 2018 WA legislative session, and his thoughts on themes like partisanship, swing districts, and ways to encourage young people to be more politically engaged. Senator Palumbo engaged in ...
May 16, 2018
Philip Palios wins Fulbright grant to study in Scotland
Philip Palios, a senior in Culture, Literature & the Arts, has been awarded a yearlong U.S. Student Fulbright grant to enter the master’s degree program in Environment, Culture & Communication at the University of Glasgow, Dumfries campus in southwest Scotland. “As I grew into adulthood, I became more aware of my mortality and more concerned with what I could be doing to make the world a better place within my lifetime,” says Palios. “The biggest issue on my mind was climate change, and I was also thinking about its intersection with poverty.” Read the full feature article on the UW Bothell News page.
May 15, 2018