News from the School of IAS
micha cárdenas Featured in French Magazine MCD (Musiques & Cultures Digitales)
IAS faculty member micha cárdenas' work on gender in virtual reality is featured in an article in the latest issue of the French MCD Magazine: "MICHA CÁRDENAS: la question du genre dans la réalité virtuelle" ("micha cárdenas: the question of gender in virtual reality").
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
New IAS Graduates Alejandra Pérez and Ben Studley Receive Chancellor’s Medals
Nearly 1,300 of this year’s 1,800 graduates participated in UW Bothell’s 25th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, June 12. The program included three distinguished student awards recognizing individuals who have been a consistent source of inspiration and have overcome significant obstacles to complete their degrees. Two IAS graduates, Alejandra Pérez (American & Ethnic Studies, Society, Ethics, & Human Behavior) and Ben Studley (Community Psychology) received the esteemed Chancellor’s Medal.
June 21, 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
IAS Students Participate in the Fourth Annual Latinx Graduation!
This year’s Latinx graduation (formerly called Latino/a Graduation) celebrated twenty-seven UW Bothell students, sixteen from IAS. This bilingual celebration has grown every year, and this year was no exception. The top floor of the ARC was full to capacity and organizers had to wheel in more tables at the last minute to accommodate the ...
June 13, 2016
Audiences Continue to Praise Amen Gibreab’s film “Horeta”
Alum Amen Gibreab (’13, Media & Communication Studies and Society, Ethics & Human Behavior) continues to screen his documentary Horeta: The Journey Beyond Culture, most recently shown at Roosevelt High School in Seattle. Horeta follows the journey of 15 UW students as they examine Ethiopian culture and see first-hand how Ethiopians view themselves. What emerges is ...
June 9, 2016
“Contemplative Practice as Pedagogy” Research Interest Group Convenes at the Whiteley Center
Members of the "Contemplative Practice as Pedagogy" Research Interest Group Alice Pedersen, Kristin Gustafson, and Amy Lambert traveled to the Whiteley Center together in May as a culmination of the RIG's collaboration this year. They shared ...
June 8, 2016
Jeanne Heuving Publishes New Book: The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics
IAS faculty member Jeanne Heuving published a new book, The Transmutation of Love and Avant-Garde Poetics, in the Modern and Contemporary Poetics series, co-edited by Charles Bernstein and Hank Lazer, at the University of Alabama Press. The book examines ...
June 8, 2016
Kristin Gustafson and the Husky Herald Receive Awards at 2016 Club Council Recognition Banquet
At this year’s Club Council Recognition Banquet, the Husky Herald won the UW Bothell Club Council’s Rising Star Award. The Rising Star Award recognizes a registered campus club or organization that has shown tremendous improvements throughout the 2015-2016 academic school year. The Husky Herald was selected due to notable
June 8, 2016
Alums Mentor Undergraduate Students
IAS thanks its Spring quarter alumni mentors! Through the IAS Mentor Chats program, alumni share their career experiences – both in classroom settings and informal venues. Our Spring alumni mentors include:
June 3, 2016