News from the School of IAS
MFA Alum Nicole McCarthy publishes her first book, A Summoning
Nicole McCarthy's (MFA 2017) first book, A Summoning, has just been published by Heavy Feather Review.
August 16, 2022
Dr. Julie Shayne publishes piece about her class The Power of Feminist Writing
This spring 2022 Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies professor Dr. Julie Shayne launched a new course called The Power of Feminist Writing.
August 16, 2022
Ching-In Chen selected as Hugo House Poet-In-Residence
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has been selected as the 2022-23 Writer in Residence in Poetry.
August 1, 2022
Essay Press/UW Bothell MFA Announces Winners of 2021 Book Contest
Essay Press and the UWB MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics are excited to announce the 2021 winners of their collaborative book contest: Jade Lascelles and Sarah Rose Nordgren.
July 19, 2022
Santiago Lopez publishes a paper in the journal Applied Geography
A study by IAS faculty member Santiago Lopez may assist decision makers in planning local and geolocated interventions that directly respond to the socio-environmental contexts of Amazonian communities.
July 19, 2022
Ching-In Chen selected for Analog Bodies and Virtual Activation
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has been selected for Analog Bodies and Virtual Activation, the EMERGENYC virtual incubator for artist-activists, housed at BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange in collaboration with Abron Arts Center and facilitated by ...
June 10, 2022
Melanie Malone’s Climate Change and Environmental Justice Grant to be funded
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone, UW Seattle colleagues, and community partners from the Duwamish River Community Coalition (DRCC) and the Duwamish Tribe received notification that their Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Climate Change and Environmental Justice Grant is being recommended for funding. ...
June 10, 2022
Melanie Malone receives 2022 Tier 3 pilot research grant
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone, UW Seattle colleagues, and community partners received $200,000 from the UW Tier 3 Public Health Initiative for a research project entitled "Linking practice to policy change in urban community gardens" ...
June 10, 2022
Alka Kurian awarded South Asia Center Course Development Grant
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian has been awarded a South Asia Center Course Development Grant. The grant awards Kurian awarded $2500 in summer salary for the development of a course titled: "Human Rights and Resistance ...
June 8, 2022
Ching-In Chen wins 2022 Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has won a 2022 Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers from the Lambda Literary Foundation. The Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers recognizes LGBTQ-identified writers whose work demonstrates ...
June 7, 2022