News from the School of IAS
Anida Yoeu Ali: Red Chador rises again
A chador is a full-body gown worn by some Muslim women, but the Red Chador, created by IAS faculty member Anida Yoeu Ali, is more than just a garment. It is an artistic expression that depicts to the public what it means to be a Muslim, a woman and a performer in an age of heightened Islamophobia. ...
November 8, 2021
Ching-In Chen: “Inside me, a family”
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen’s poem “Inside me, a family” was selected by guest curator Kimberly M. Blaeser for the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-A-Day Series, which is sent out to 450,000 subscribers daily. 真人线上娱乐 poem is ...
November 5, 2021
Alka Kurian speaks on feminism and conducts interview with feminist icon in Morocco
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian, currently on a Fulbright research trip to Morocco, gave a talk entitled “A New Protest Culture: Rise of Fourth Wave Feminism in Morocco” at the Al Akhwayn University, Ifrane. Kurian also attended the play Le Masque in Rabat. This play is ...
November 4, 2021
Becca Price publishes results of science education program
IAS faculty member Becca Price and colleagues published a paper about the success of the Science Teaching Experience Program: Working in Science Education. Ph.D. scientists who go through the program are very successful at teaching with techniques that we know work especially well and that include everyone in the class in the learning. A key feature of the program is ...
November 4, 2021
Alka Kurian remote-directs Tasveer South Asian Litfest
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian, currently on a Fulbright research trip to Morocco, remote-directed Tasveer's South Asian Litfest TSAL 2021. 真人线上娱乐 festival was enabled thanks to a combination of technology – Zoom, Elevent, Slack, WhatsApp, FaceTime, and YouTube – and the tireless behind-the-scenes work of Tasveer staff and volunteers scattered across the world who ...
November 1, 2021
Karam Dana: “Between Orientalism and Racialization”
IAS faculty member Karam Dana gave his first in-person talk since the start of the pandemic. Dana was invited to deliver the inaugural lecture of Stonehill College’s newly-established ...
October 29, 2021
Ching-In?Chen: “Breath Is Missing”
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen’s poem “Breath Is Missing” was published in Concision Poetry Journal, a journal edited by Haley Lasche which highlights work investigating the socio-political influences on language and ...
October 27, 2021
Ching-In Chen awarded Kristi Larkin Havens Memorial Fellowship
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen was awarded the Dr. Kristi Larkin Havens Memorial Residency Fellowship for Service to the Community from 真人线上娱乐 Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), which awards a one-week fully-funded residency at Firefly Farms in Knoxville, Tennessee. 真人线上娱乐 fellowship awards a writer who has ...
October 26, 2021
Adam Romero publishes new book, Economic Poisoning
IAS faculty member Adam Romero's new monograph, Economic Poisoning: Industrial Waste and the Chemicalization of American Agriculture, is being released by University of California Press, as part of the Critical Environments Series. From the publisher's site:
October 26, 2021
Jennifer Atkinson speaks about the emotional?toll of climate disruption
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke about the emotional toll of climate disruption at New Mexico State University as part of their Climate Change Education Seminar Series on October 20. She also discussed the topic in an interview with KTAL Radio in Las Cruces, NM, highlighting recent research on the psychological distress youth and children experience in the face of government inaction on our climate crisis. 真人线上娱乐 study ...
October 26, 2021