News from the School of IAS
IAS Faculty Members Win Simpson Center Funding Awards
Five IAS faculty members won Simpson Center for the Humanities awards in the Spring 2020 funding round. Dan Berger, Ching-In Chen, Neil Simpkins, Ron Krabill, and Ben Gardner's funded projects include ...
June 26, 2020
Helen K. Thomas receives Fulbright Award to conduct participatory research in Nigeria
IAS alum Helen K. Thomas (M.A. in Cultural Studies, '16) has received a Fulbright Award to conduct research on using literature to cultivate empowerment and global citizenship in girls in Nigeria. Helen has continued to pursue her research interests in black representation and young adult fiction and its formative power for young black readers. She will be pursuing ...
June 18, 2020
Karam Dana: “Faculty keep creating impact while flattening the curve”
IAS faculty member Karam Dana wrote an article, "Faculty keep creating impact while flattening the curve," for UW Magazine, highlighting the monumental accomplishments of UW faculty in responding to the instructional challenges of COVID19.
June 18, 2020
Georgia M. Roberts wins Outstanding Faculty Champion award
IAS faculty member Georgia M. Roberts won the UW Bothell Student Affairs Outstanding Faculty Champion award for 2020. This award recognizes an individual faculty who has made exceptional contributions through collaboration within Student Affairs’ to enhance the quality of campus and student’s life at UW Bothell over the past academic year.
June 17, 2020
Cinnamon Hillyard appointed as associate vice chancellor for student success
UW Bothell has named IAS faculty member Cinnamon Hillyard, currently associate vice chancellor for undergraduate learning, to fill the new position of associate vice chancellor for student success (AVCSS), effective July 1. The AVCSS sustains a coherent vision for students’ curricular success, coordinates strategic and effective policies that support this vision, and implements best practices in partnership with the Deans, the Offices of Enrollment Management, Student Affairs, and Institutional Research, and other institutional leaders.
June 17, 2020
Interactive Media Design students present works
Interactive Media Design (IMD) majors, who are skilled in using technology to create digital forms, were uniquely prepared to present their “All Possible Futures” capstone projects via teleconference. Check out their work.
June 17, 2020
Triple UW Bothell chancellor’s medalists in 2020
IAS students Midia De Souza and Shugla Kakar were awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Medal, which is presented to students whose commitment to learning and overcoming obstacles is a source of inspiration to other students and faculty. De Souza and Kakar are also distinguished as two of the annual Husky 100 — students who make the most of their UW experience.
June 17, 2020
MFA launches Hearing Voices video series
Hearing Voices is a curated collection of video works produced by students and alumni of the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at UW Bothell. It is a forum for sharing projects, and a space to listen to and hear from the wide range of creative voices that emerge from our artistic community. Current works include ...
June 17, 2020
Jennifer Atkinson: Why the Covid Gardening Boom is About More than Food
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson published an article on Why the Covid Gardening Boom is About More than Food with Earth Island Journal. The piece explores some of the reasons behind the surge in gardening's popularity during a time of pandemic, police violence, and protest. Atkinson interviewed University of Washington Bothell students and gardeners across the U.S., including the founders of Black Sanctuary Gardens, which ...
June 16, 2020
Sarah Ramirez selected as UW McNair Scholar
Acceptance to the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program is yet another notable achievement of “firsts” for first-generation college student Sarah Ramirez, a junior in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences. As a freshman, Sarah was also selected to join the inaugural cohort of the UW Bothell Global Scholars Program, in which she studied comparative law and politics in Rome through the Law, Societies and Justice program at the UW. Now, as a ...
June 16, 2020