News from the School of IAS

IAS names 2020 Hall of Alumni Excellence inductees

Each year IAS honors the extraordinary achievements and contributions of its alumni through the Hall of Alumni Excellence, and we are excited to announce our 2020 inductees: Jacob Allen, Ray Corona, EJ Juarez, Courtney Normand, and Kat Sweet. 真人线上娱乐 IAS Hall of Alumni Excellence recognizes alumni at varying stages of career who are established or emerging leaders in their fields, policy changing public servants, and devoted and inspiring mentors. 真人线上娱乐y are remarkable individuals who ...

April 24, 2020

Warren Gold receives two King County grants for stormwater study

IAS faculty member Warren Gold received two grants from King county for a project on "Floating Treatment Wetlands Reduce Contaminants and Nutrients in Urban Stormwater Runoff." 真人线上娱乐 grants will fund a research collaboration with Dr. Lizbeth Seebacher that evaluates the effectiveness of different Northwest wetland plant species and biomedia mixes in reducing stormwater pollutants and the effects of those pollutants on the health of coho salmon.

April 24, 2020

Kristin Gustafson?elected to Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication’s teaching committee

Members of the Association of Educators in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) elected IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson to the organization’s Teaching Committee. 真人线上娱乐 3,700-member professional, nonprofit, international organization is “the oldest and largest alliance of journalism and mass communication educators and administrators at the college level.” Gustafson will serve a three-year term beginning October.

April 21, 2020

Amani Sawari advocates for release of Michigan prisoners amidst 真人线上娱乐

IAS alum Amani Sawari (’16) is the statewide campaign coordinator for the Michigan Prisoner Rehabilitation Credit Act (MPRCA), an initiative for the November 2020 ballot that would restore "good time" credits to the prison system, which were eliminated in the state's 1998 Truth In Sentencing law. Michigan is one of three states in the U.S. that does not make earned credits available to incarcerated people. For several years Sawari has ...

April 16, 2020

Julie Shayne featured in SUNY Press’s Quarterly Newsletter

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne was one of two featured authors in SUNY Press’s April newsletter. SUNY Press, publisher of her third book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas, was especially interested in Shayne’s take on the importance of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS). Julie, co-facilitator of UW Bothell's GWSS major ...

April 15, 2020

Min Tang interviewed on the Political Economy of China’s Internet

IAS faculty member Min Tang was recently interviewed by Asia Experts Forum, an online publication based in the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna College. 真人线上娱乐 interview featured her recently published book Tencent: 真人线上娱乐 Political Economy of China’s Surging Internet Giant, and discussed the business philosophies and ...

April 14, 2020

Abigail Echo-Hawk: Better Native American health through research

As the chief research officer for the Seattle Indian Health Board, Abigail Echo-Hawk directs data collection and evaluation for the Urban Indian Health Institute. 真人线上娱乐 institute is one of 12 tribal epidemiology centers in the nation and ...

April 13, 2020

Robbie Christmas creates “Work From Home Seattle” concert livestream

Many full-time musicians in the Seattle area are finding their incomes frozen as events and venues across the state remain closed. One of these affected artists is IAS alum Robbie Christmas (Media & Communication Studies ’11), also known as RX. Like many of his professional musician friends experiencing the consequences of quarantine first hand, RX “felt compelled to get involved and give back to the community that had made [him] feel whole and welcome.” RX began working with fellow local musicians to organize Work From Home Seattle, a series of virtual concerts. 真人线上娱乐 event livestreams ...

April 10, 2020

Amadanyo Oguara publishes “Fisherman’s Son”

Alum Amadanyo Oguara (’16) has published his first book, Fisherman's Son, available on Amazon. Drawing from his Cultural Studies education, Fisherman’s Son follows Oguara's childhood adventures growing up in the fishing villages of Nembe, Nigeria and in the big cities of Lagos and Port Harcourt, Nigeria. It is ...

April 9, 2020