News from the School of IAS
IAS alum Jared Mead joins Washington Legislature as youngest lawmaker
At 27, Jared Mead represents the 44th Legislative District, which includes Mill Creek, where he grew up. Mead graduated in 2014 with a degree in Global Studies, and he credits UW Bothell and IAS faculty member Bruce Kochis for his introduction to Olympia. At Kochis’ urging, Mead applied for a legislative internship in Olympia, which opened up the possibility of working in state government. “Five years ago ...
January 28, 2019
Khairat Salum and Maisha Manson on Black Panther: Representation, gender and decolonization
Last week Black Panther received six Oscar nominations, challenging the norms of a traditional superhero film. As Cultural Studies graduate students, Maisha Manson and Khairat Salum spoke with the UW Graduate School last year about why this groundbreaking film has resonated with black audiences ...
January 28, 2019
Howard Hsu publishes article and video on climate change’s impact on salmon
IAS faculty member Howard Hsu published a video and news article for Climate Nexus / Nexus Media on climate change and the impact on threatened salmon in the Pacific Northwest. The video and article examine how warmer summers have been killing salmon before they can reproduce over the last few years ...
January 28, 2019
Students learn about transforming activist learning into social justice careers
On January 23, UW Bothell hosted the event “Transform Activist Learning Into A Social Justice Career,” a panel discussion, networking event, and resource fair. Co-sponsored by Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS), the Diversity Center, and Career Services, this gathering featured the voices of four professionals working in the social justice arena, three of whom are UW Bothell alumni, who discussed how they’ve translated their values and skills into meaningful careers.
January 28, 2019
Six students in Intro to Journalism class published
Six students from Kristin Gustafson’s autumn Introduction to Journalism class got published in local, community news sites. The course centers around fundamental journalism skills in reporting, writing, and media critique. The version of the 200-level course that Gustafson teaches gives students hands-on journalism experience through engagement with online media and community newspapers. Students visited one of five local news organizations mid-quarter and then submitted original news articles by the end of the quarter to those same sites. The International Examiner published ...
January 25, 2019
Jennifer Atkinson interviewed on “Teaching in the Age of Eco-Grief”
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke with Sarah Jaquette Ray, producer of the podcast Big Planet, Big Feels. Ray met Atkinson when she gave a talk last December at UW on eco-grief and the climate generation. Ray learned about Atkinson’s course on environmental depression, sparking an interest in interviewing her for this podcast. The class was so radical, it was covered on the front page in The Seattle Times. Atkinson recently ...
January 23, 2019
Kristin Gustafson and Hannah Horiatis featured in UW Bothell News
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson's Introduction to Journalism course was covered in a feature on UW Bothell's News site. The article, which also features alum Hannah Horiatis ('18, Media & Communication Studies), begins: "When University of Washington Bothell students learn journalism through community newspapers, they also learn about the ethnic and geographic communities served by the papers," said Kristin Gustafson ...
January 18, 2019
Kat Sweet is changing the world through bikes
Kat Sweet enrolled at UW Bothell with 20 years of experience as a mountain bike competitor and coach. After earning her degree in Society, Ethics & Human Behavior in 2011, Sweet started her own mountain bike coaching business — Sweetlines — with an interactive, interdisciplinary approach she’s still using. “To have a school where everything is interactive, where you had an interdisciplinary look at every topic, has absolutely helped my business be something greater than just about bikes,” Sweet said. Read how ...
January 16, 2019
David Gordon makes the case for fare-free transit
IAS alum David Gordon is a policy analyst at Nickerson & Associates, a consulting firm in downtown Seattle, focusing on transportation issues. Currently, Gordon is working on a proposal with Dr. Peter Nickerson advocating for fare-free transit across King County with the ultimate goal of getting an initiative on the 2019 ballot. In December, Gordon made the case for free transit as ...
January 15, 2019
Melanie Malone wins an Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Project Award
IAS faculty member Melanie Malone won an Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Project Award. The awards are single-year grants intended to support action-oriented and publicly-focused collaborations between academics, students, and non-academic activists. Malone will be assessing homeless populations' exposure to potentially harmful contaminants by sampling contaminants in homeless rest areas in several cities across the U.S.
January 15, 2019