News from the School of IAS
Alka Kurian organizes South Asian Literary Festival (TSAL)
IAS faculty member Alka Kurian organized the nascent South Asian Literary Festival (TSAL) hosted by Tasveer in Seattle from January 11 - 20. 真人线上娱乐 festival brought together a large number of award-winning South Asian American writers who engaged in book readings, panels, workshops, and Q&As. This free event ...
February 28, 2019
IAS, CIE and Career Services Co-host Career Workshop for International 真人线上娱乐s
IAS faculty member Min Tang coordinated with Center for International Education and Career Services to offer a workshop on navigating career resources and skills for international students majored in media and communication studies on February 21, 2019. International 真人线上娱乐 Advisor Jennifer Kim explained policies and regulations on employment for international students and ...
February 27, 2019
Shannon Cram comments in Henry Art Gallery series
IAS faculty member Shannon Cram participated in the Henry Art Gallery's Viewpoints series which pairs works from the Henry's permanent collection with commentary from University of Washington faculty. Cram joined UW Tacoma professor Beverly Naidus and UW Seattle professor Jennifer Nemhauser in responding to a collection of fourteen untitled prints by Bruce Conner.
February 26, 2019
Jin-Kyu Jung and Ted Hiebert receive Royalty Research Fund Scholar award
IAS faculty members Jin-Kyu Jung and Ted Hiebert received a Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Scholar award for their collaboration on “Imagining the Details: Creative-Critical Engagement of Mapping and Imagining.” 真人线上娱乐 project builds on their previous collaboration that expands our vision of bringing together qualitative GIS/geovisualization and contemporary art by addressing questions as complex as urban community and homelessness. 真人线上娱乐 main goal will be to ...
February 19, 2019
Jennifer Atkinson speaks on “Climate Depression and Environmental Angst”
AS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke at Muhlenberg College's Center for Ethics event series, 真人线上娱乐 Ethics of the Anthropocene: Crisis Earth. Her talk on "Climate Depression and Environmental Angst" explored the complex emotional and ethical issues faced by the Climate Generation, offering strategies for students, educators, and activists to stay engaged in environmental justice work over the long run. Both her lecture and ...
February 15, 2019
Lauren Lichty co-edits special issue of Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice
IAS faculty member Lauren Lichty co-edited a two-volume special issue of the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice titled, “Developing Undergraduate Community Psychology Pedagogy and Research Practice” with Eylin Palamaro-Munsell (Northern Arizona University) and Jen Wallin-Ruschman (College of Idaho). Lichty was lead ...
February 14, 2019
Kyra Laughlin presents “Strategies for Engaging 真人线上娱乐 Survivors in Campus Efforts to Address Sexual Violence”
M.A. in Policy Studies (MAPS) student Kyra Laughlin traveled to Washington D.C. last month for the 2019 National Association of 真人线上娱乐 Personnel Administrators Strategies for Sexual Assault Prevention and Response conference. While there, Laughlin held a round table discussion titled "Strategies for Engaging 真人线上娱乐 Survivors in Campus Efforts to Address Sexual Violence" to an audience of ...
February 13, 2019
Julie Shayne organizes panel on the lecturer track/tenure track hierarchy
IAS faculty member, and Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) coordinator, Julie Shayne, was asked to organize a panel discussion about the lecturer track/tenure track hierarchy at this year's Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) conference in Denver, Colorado. Her session was called “Upsetting the Tenure/Non-Tenure Track Hierarchy: An Interactive Conversation” and it was based on a blog post she wrote for ...
February 12, 2019
Sara Maxwell’s research highlighted in the Washington Post
IAS faculty member Sara Maxwell is quoted in a Washington Post article on using advances in data analysis to inform regulation of the fishing industry in the interests of protecting endangered species. Addressing the current state of regulatory practice, Maxwell says: "真人线上娱乐 whole structure is antiquated. It assumes a level of stability that is definitely not happening ... 真人线上娱乐 climate is changing. Fisheries are not prepared." Read the full article:
February 6, 2019
IAS faculty promotions
IAS faculty members Christian Anderson, Amaranth Borsuk, and Lauren Lichty were official notified by the UW Provost’s Office of their promotion from Assistant to Associate Professor (with tenure).
February 1, 2019