News from the School of IAS
Caitlin Moore’s research on heat islands contributes to Snohomish County’s healthy housing assessment
For her M.A. in Policy Studies capstone project, Cailtin Moore (’17) researched heat islands in Snohomish County, mapping temperatures and impervious surfaces. Caitlin’s finding show that developed areas of Everett and other cities are warmer than rural areas. She gave her report, “Turning up the Heat: Urban Heat Islands in Snohomish County” to the Snohomish Health District. Interim Administrator Jeff Ketchel says it will be part of the county’s healthy housing assessment in October. Read the full article about Caitlin’s research.
August 3, 2017
Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Learning on Students: The Community Based Learning Impact Scale
IAS faculty members Shauna Carlisle and Keith Nitta, along with Educational Studies faculty member Karen Gourd, co-authored and published “Assessing the Impact of Community-Based Learning on Students: The Community Based Learning Impact Scale (CBLIS)”...
July 28, 2017
Frances Lee Essay on Culture of Activism Strikes a Chord
A personal essay by second-year Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has struck a cultural chord and gone viral. Entitled “Kin Aesthetics: Excommunicate Me from the Church of Social Justice,” Lee’s essay explores the culture and climate of current activism.
July 25, 2017
IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk and collaborators receive international Turn on Literature Prize
Established under the EU program Creative Europe, the juried prize will present an exhibition of electronic literature at libraries in Denmark, Norway, and Romania this fall. As winners, Borsuk and...
July 21, 2017
Frances Lee accepts 2017-18 PAGE Fellowship
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Frances Lee has been awarded a fellowship with the 2017-18 Publicly Active Graduate Education (PAGE) fellows cohort. PAGE is Imagining America’s network for publicly engaged graduate students in humanities, arts, and design. Fellows participate in ...
July 18, 2017
Charlie Collins publishes “Reflections on Neighborhoods and Collective Efficacy”
IAS faculty member Charlie Collins published a blog post, “Reflections on Neighborhoods and Collective Efficacy,” in the Journal of Urban Affairs. The post comments on an earlier article he published in the same journal, “Transforming social cohesion into informal social control: Deconstructing collective efficacy and the moderating role of neighborhood racial homogeneity,” linking that research to ...
July 6, 2017
Alice Pedersen presents at the British Women Writers Conference
IAS faculty member Alice Pedersen attended the British Women Writers Conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she gave a talk entitled "What Tangled Skeins: Ann Radcliffe, Harriet Jacobs, and Genealogies of Feminist Writing," which explored the similarities between the British, 18th-century novelist Ann Radcliffe's scenes of maternal incarceration with ...
July 5, 2017
Markus Smith featured in Microsoft Office 365 commercial
Recent alum Markus Smith (’17, Community Psychology, Media & Communication Studies) has been featured in a promotional video for Office 365, where he describes...
July 5, 2017
IAS faculty and students speak at Allied Media Conference in Detroit
IAS faculty member Scott Kurashige will speak in the Opening Ceremony of the 2017 Allied Media Conference. Kurashige, author of The Fifty Year Rebellion, will ground the work of AMC in the context of Detroit as an international model for survival, resistance, and solidarity.
June 21, 2017
Brittaney Bunjong recognized as “Cook 2 Follow” in AllRecipes Magazine
Congratulations to alum Brittaney Bunjong (’16, Media & Communication Studies), on being featured as a “Cook 2 Follow” in the Summer edition of Allrecipes Magazine. Brittaney says, “"It's crazy, when I go to the grocery store I can pick up the Allrecipes Magazine and see MY face sharing what I love. Finding your passion is the root to success. When you do what you love, doors will open. I'm a strong believer in going to your highest potential." Brittaney also appears on Allrecipes website, the world’s largest online food community with up to 55 million cook visits per month.
June 21, 2017