Read about MACS dynamic group of students, their educational backgrounds, and research interests.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Seattle, 2003
Undergraduate Degree: Speech Communications
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, cyber culture, avatars
Snapshot: Trina is currently Director of Outreach at Bellevue Community College, a position in which she promotes the outstanding, unmatched, transformative benefits of higher education to the public.
Undergraduate Institution: Cornish College of the Arts, 2004
Undergraduate Degree: Dance
Research Interests: Making art accessible and integral to community life
Snapshot: Randi has spent time traveling in Europe and currently works as a movement/dance instructor for adults with intellectual and physical disabilities.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2008
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Culture, Literature and the Arts
Research Interests: Sexuality, gender, third world feminist writers
Snapshot: Salena is fascinated with sexuality and gender and cannot get enough of third world feminist writers, such as bell hooks and Chandra Mohanty.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 1997
Undergraduate Degree: Liberal Studies
Research Interests: Community collaboration, formations of culture
Snapshot: Ann's mission is to work in partnership with local communities, bringing people together, sharing perspectives, and fostering cultural understanding independent of race, religion, and political affiliation.
Undergraduate Institution: Lewis & Clark College, 2001
Undergraduate Degree: Sociology and Anthropology
Research Interests: Community-cultural development & arts practices; Public space: museums & heritage sites; American magic & secularity
Snapshot: Joshua is currently at Seattle's Wing Luke Asian Museum where he develops community-led exhibitions and leads an arts-based youth leadership program.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2008
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior
Research Interests: Adolescent sexual health and sexual politics, the impact of abstinence-only programs
Snapshot: Valerie loves the "unofficial" work of exposing young people to the arts and literature.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Seattle, 2008
Undergraduate Degree: Comparative History of Ideas
Research Interests: Indigenous philosophy, feminism, geography, and new media
Snapshot: Working in the Native Voices program at the University of Washington, Francesca developed a documentary research project about reindeer migration in the circumpolar north.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Seattle, 2008
Undergraduate Degrees: Comparative History of Ideas and English
Research Interests: Post-human critical theory, cultural impact of information technology
Snapshot: Jennifer is an avid cyclist and vegan, believing social activism should begin at home because even the little things make a difference.
Undergraduate Institution: Washington State University, 2007
Undergraduate Degree: Social Sciences with a focus on Women Studies, Human Development and the History of the Americas
Research Interests: Cultural activism in South Africa, film production as a tool of activism
Snapshot: As owner of Open Hand Reel, Angelica uses film to document, understand, and create movements of social change in South Africa, the United States, and Latin America.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Seattle, 2008
Undergraduate Degrees: Comparative History of Ideas and Women Studies Minor in Diversity Studies
Research Interests: Anti-racism, LGBTQ studies, anti-oppressive parenting practices, childbirth and the postpartum period
Snapshot: Joy's academic career has included studying abroad in Cape Town, South Africa while facilitating a year-long community-based learning project, "Photography, Literacy and Dialogue," with high schools in Seattle and Cape Town.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2000
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior
Research Interests: Family roles across cultures, cultural issues impacting minorities and women
Snapshot: Christi is very passionate about welcoming diversity within society and hopes to examine the ways one can be a force of change in the community at large.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2004
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, American Studies
Research Interests: Society, gender, consumerism, sex, ethnicity, class
Snapshot: Nikki co-chairs her company's Community Involvement Committee, volunteers regularly at area events and sits on the Imagine Children's Museum Board of Directors.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2007
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, Global Studies
Research Interests: African and Diaspora studies, social justice, sustainability
Snapshot: Tyler studied at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa in 2006 and has spent time volunteering with The Borgen Project, a global movement bringing political attention to severe poverty.
Undergraduate Institution: Gonzaga University, 2000
Undergraduate Degree: Broadcast Studies, Minor in Philosophy
Research Interests: Orality and reception theory in public radio, performance poetry, improvisational theater
Snapshot: Jeremy works as an actor and improv teacher with Unexpected Productions and is a radio producer for KUOW, Seattle's NPR station.
Undergraduate Institution: University of Washington Bothell, 2008
Undergraduate Degree: Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, American Studies, Minor in Education
Research Interests: Education, cultural, ethnic, and community development
Snapshot: Faith is an avid volunteer in her community and has been highly involved with Everett School District as a mentor and tutor in reading, math, and art.
Graduate and Undergraduate Institution: University of Iowa
Graduate Degree: Womens Studies, 2006
Undergraduate Degree: Womens Studies, 2004
Research Interests: U.S. popular culture, postcolonial studies, queer theory, commerical sexual culture
Snapshot: Jayne's master's thesis, "What are You Doing in My Wading Pool?: What 'Fluidity' Has to do With Queer and Straight Feminists," outlines the discourse of "sexual fluidity" in contemporary feminist and pop culture texts.
Undergraduate Institution: Western Washington University, 2007
Undergraduate Degree: English, Concentration in Creative Writing
Research Interests: Cultural psychology, concealed racism, American individualism
Snapshot: Myrella is interested in the cultural conventions that limit people's freedom and feels that education is the first and most important step toward improving our world.
Undergraduate Institution: Evergreen State College, 2006
Undergraduate Degree: Focus on queer theory, continental philosophy, and creative writing
Research Interests: Queer literary and media studies, religion/hermeneutics, theories of addiction, post-structuralist philosophy
Snapshot: An aspiring fiction writer, Alan's first novel, Pomelo, is about two young men who have left the Mormon Church due to a spiritual conflict between their faith and their developing gay identities.
