News from the School of IAS

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. 真人线上娱乐 video and article examine how warmer summers have been killing salmon before they can reproduce over the last few years ...

January 28, 2019

真人线上娱乐s 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. 真人线上娱乐 course centers around fundamental journalism skills in reporting, writing, and media critique. 真人线上娱乐 version of the 200-level course that Gustafson teaches gives students hands-on journalism experience through engagement with online media and community newspapers. 真人线上娱乐s 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. 真人线上娱乐 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. 真人线上娱乐 class was so radical, it was covered on the front page in 真人线上娱乐 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. 真人线上娱乐 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. 真人线上娱乐 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