News from the School of IAS
Ching-In Chen’s works selected for Re-Examining Conservation exhibit book
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen’s “Lantern Letter: a Zuihitsu,” “Original,” “Predator,” and “Guest/Stalker” were selected to be included in an artist book to accompany the Re-Examining Conservation: Questions at the Intersection of the Arts & Sciences exhibit, on view April 4-June 10 in the ...
April 7, 2022
Julie Shayne presents paper at the Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) annual Winter Conference
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne (she/her/hers) was invited by SWS president Dr. Roberta Villalón to be a featured guest on the panel “Celebrating Interdisciplinary Perspectives as Integral to Feminisms.” Her paper was called “Reflections from a Feminist Editor: Blending Sociological Analysis and Feminist Theory to Create Interdisciplinary Texts and Pedagogy.” In it, she argued ...
April 4, 2022
American Muslims Research Institute holds two talks on the experiences of American Muslims in public service
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the American Muslims research institute (AMRI), directed by IAS faculty member Karam Dana, held two virtual talks highlighting the experiences of American Muslims in public service in March. ...
April 4, 2022
Creating community led to dream career
Creating a sense of community has always been a central value for IAS alum Brittaney Bunjong, who graduated from the University of Washington Bothell in 2016 with a degree in Media & Communication Studies...
April 4, 2022
Ching-In Chen: Poetry of Activism
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen attended the annual Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in Philadelphia last week. Chen presented work on the intersection of community organizing and poetry as part of the “Whenever the Wounds of Injustice are Salted We Will Gather: Poetry of Activism” ...
April 1, 2022
MFA Alum Eric Acosta Organizes Local Reading and Film Festival
Since completing his MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics, poet Eric Acosta (MFA 2020) has been engaged in fostering community among his cohort and within Seattle's vibrant literary and art scenes. Together with fellow alums Ashley Noelle (MFA 2020) and Reed Lowell (2019), he started a workshop to keep the conversation and feedback that are so central to the MFA experience flowing ...
March 29, 2022
Rebecca Brown interviewed in BOMB Magazine
IAS faculty member Rebecca Brown is interviewed in a piece entitiled "Working Beyond the End," published by BOMB Magazine. The interview cover's Brown's new book, You Tell the Stories You Need to Believe; themes that run through Brown's works, such as youth and innocence; Brown's treatment of characters; Brown's religious faith; and the need to have stories we can believe in. ...
March 28, 2022
Jennifer Atkinson featured in “Down with Doomscrolling”
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson's teaching and research on mental health and climate change was featured in The Planet Magazine. The piece, titled Down with Doomscrolling, profiled young people and students in environmental fields who are struggling with emotional distress from engaging with difficult topics around ...
March 28, 2022
Julie Shayne: A literary lens on gender, race and power
The spirit of IAS faculty member Julie Shayne’s new class, The Power of Feminist Writing, is perhaps best captured in the words of Malala Yousufzai, a Pakistani activist for female education, who said, “One book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” ...
March 28, 2022
MFA Alum Jessica Hagy publishes 3 books
The pandemic has been a busy time for prolific MFA alum Jessica Hagy (MFA 2018), who has seen 3 volumes come out in the last two years. In 2020, Tartarus Press published One Morning, a gothic novel Hagy wrote as her MFA thesis. One Morning tells the story of twelve hours in Gour Borough, Pennsylvania through the interwoven perspectives of twelve women who ...
March 24, 2022