News from the School of IAS
Mary Howisey and Curtis Takahashi recognized as distinguished alumni
Two stalwart members of UW Bothell’s Alumni Council will receive the 2021 Distinguished Alumni of the Year award. The award recognizes alumni who have exhibited distinguished community service or professional achievements since graduation...
June 2, 2021
MFA Alumni Speak at annual “Life After the MFA” Event
On Wednesday May 26th, Woogee Bae (2019), Travis Sharp (2015), and Natalie Singer (2016) joined current MFA students and alumni on Zoom to speak about their paths to and through the MFA. They spoke about how they came to graduate study in creative writing and poetics, how their time in the program shifted the course of their writing and careers, how ...
June 1, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson and Kari Lerum receive SRCP Seed Grant
IAS faculty members Jennifer Atkinson and Kari Lerum were awarded the SRCP Seed Grant for 2021. The UW Bothell Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice (SRCP) Seed Grant program is intended to competitively support UW Bothell faculty in all disciplines who are starting new projects or relaunching current projects in ...
June 1, 2021
Sakara Buyagawan and Jung Lee receive Distinguished Accomplishments Award
IAS staff members Sakara Buyagawan and Jung Lee were honored for their extraordinary work and programmatic innovation to support international students impacted by the pandemic and U.S. immigration politics/policies. By coordinating coursework and campus resources, they ...
June 1, 2021
Karam Dana: “Making Sense of Palestine Today”
IAS faculty member Karam Dana, who is a scholar of Palestine, was a panelist on Stanford University's Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies' first installment of a three-part lecture series titled "Making Sense of Palestine Today." Dana was joined by ...
May 28, 2021
IAS faculty and staff receive Connected Learning Excellence Awards
Eleven IAS faculty members and one staff member have received Connected Learning Excellence Awards for eight projects. The Connected Learning Excellence Award is intended to support UW Bothell faculty and faculty led teams who provide high impact experiential learning opportunities for students. The IAS recipients and their projects for 2021 are ...
May 28, 2021
Sarah Ramírez presents research on discourses of globalization in Latino film
IAS undergraduate student Sarah Ramírez presented her research at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium. Her presentation, titled “Caught on Camera: Discourses of Globalization and Global Citizenship in Latino Film,” examined the ways that ...
May 26, 2021
Melanie Malone and Jin-Kyu Jung receive Antipode grant
IAS faculty members Melanie Malone and Jin-Kyu Jung received an Antipode "Right to the Discipline" grant along with colleagues Carrie Freshour (UW Seattle), Emma Slager (UW Tacoma), and activists from Free Them All. The project ...
May 25, 2021
IAS undergraduate students present their research at the 2021 Global Engagement Conference
IAS undergraduate students Katharina Brinschwitz and Sarah Ramirez presented their research, "Reimagining Global Education: How the High Impact Practice Model Can Decolonize International Engagement," at the 2021 Global Engagement Conference at UW Tacoma. You can view ...
May 25, 2021
Six IAS students recognized in the 2021 Husky 100
Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 UW undergraduate and graduate students from Bothell, Seattle and Tacoma in all areas of study who are making the most of their time at the UW. The Husky 100 actively connect what happens inside and outside of the classroom and apply what they learn to make a difference on campus, in their communities, and for the future. This year six IAS students are included in this recognition:
May 24, 2021