Welcome to the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS). We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees designed for students who want to draw connections across diverse fields of study and to link academic work with real life concerns. IAS students benefit from small classes, accessible faculty, innovative teaching, and collaborative and experiential research and learning opportunities.
News and Events
Rob Allen publishes article in Virtual War and Magical Death: Technologies and Imaginaries for Terror and Killing
Martha Groom consults on biofuels and biodiversity
Camille Walsh talks taxes, youth courts, and restorative justice
Ted Hiebert publishes article in Performance Research
Amoshuan Toft launches UWave radio with UW Bothell students
Becca Price receives award to study how students learn about evolution and the nature of science
Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren speaks on the “ethics of listening” and directs UW Bothell students
IAS students open exhibit of work at Pioneer Square Art Walk
Jennifer Atkinson presents on American garden writing at the University of Delaware
Rena Kawasaki wins Library Research Award
Stuart Streichler speaks on the war on terror and human rights at the Law and Society Association
Ted Hiebert performs and exhibits work in Singapore and Montreal
Andreas Brockhaus presents research at the Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching
Gwen Ottinger publishes "The Winds of Change" in Science as Culture
Deborah Caplow presents on text and image -- and curates student work
Julie Shayne secures contract with SUNY Press
Rebecca Brown talks about writing and writes “In Defense of Monsters”
Amoshaun Toft wins 2012-13 ASUWB Faculty Award
Amaranth Borsuk speaks about, reads, and publishes on poetry and books
Susan Harewood wins Emerging Scholar Award
Bruce Burgett crowd-sources Presidential Plenary of the Cultural Studies Association
Karam Dana speaks on Russia Today on John Kerry's trip to Palestine/Israel
Miriam Bartha, Bruce Burgett, and Ron Krabill publish "Critical Purchase in Neoliberal Times"
IAS adds fourteen new full-time faculty members for 2013-14
Amoshaun Toft and Paul Kim speak on "Corporate FM" in the Meaningful Movies series
Dan Berger and Kari Lerum host “Beyond the Carceral State” mini-conference
IAS Environmental Sciences major wins statewide Geographic Information Systems student competition
Robin Oppenheimer publishes research article on creative collaboration
Santiago Lopez receives award for study abroad program in Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands
IAS students present at the UW Bothell undergraduate research symposium
Nives Dolšak wins the Outstanding Teaching Faculty award in the College of the Environment
IAS undergraduate students present research at the UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
Johanna Crane presents her research at “Imagining the Worst”
David Nixon discusses live, death, and fatherhood, with musical accompaniment, at Town Hall
Kari Lerum published article in Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
Karam Dana discusses Boston Marathon explosions
Ben Gardner comments on Massai struggle for land in Tanzania in BBC News
Rebecca Price, Eric Stewart, and Crispin Thurlow receive promotions!!!
Carrie Lanza presents her research on social justice and participatory arts organizing
Jin-Kyu Jung presents on critical GIScience in Santa Barbara
IAS student, Kaley Eakin, publishes in the Woodinville Weekly
Ted Hiebert continues to haunt the art world, locally and internationally
Carrie Bodle leads the April faculty focus tour at the Henry Art Gallery
David Goldstein publishes article on “clickers” in the National Teaching and Learning Forum
Linda Watts, Alan Wood, Jin-Kyu Jung, and Ted Hiebert win Worthington Innovation Fellows awards for 2013-14
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren published articles on global higher education and public philosophy
IAS announces its inaugural distinguished speaker, Daniel Martinez HoSang
Dan Berger joins network of faculty associates at UW Labor Studies Center
Amaranth Borsuk reads and lectures, locally, nationally, and internationally
Rebecca Brown opens 2013 APRIL Festival with “Benediction”
Two IAS students attend 57th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics students kick-off reading series
Karam Dana and Gwen Ottinger win awards to pursue their scholarship
Karam Dana delivers lecture at Harvard University
Gwen Ottinger publishes “Changing Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and Knowledge Gaps”
Sarah Dowling reads her poetry in Portland, Oregon
IAS graduate student Tyrell Edwards receives Fulbright Award for research
David Goldstein presents to SRO audience at the AAC&U Conference
IAS student Crystal Gonzalez-Guzman receives leadership award
Wanda Gregory attends symposium located at the intersection of virtual worlds and brain disorders
Alka Kurian presents at annual Society of Cinema and Media Studies conference
Crispin Thurlow speaks at the Seminar on Discourse and Interaction in Sweden
Joe Milutis launches new book at Bökship in London
David Nixon named as Scholar-in-Residence at Town Hall Seattle
Gwen Ottinger publishes Refining Expertise with New York University Press
Julie Shayne speaks on edited collections at the Sociologists for Women in Society conference
Kari Lerum speaks on anti-trafficking campaigns at the Evergreen State College
Rebecca Brown dialogues with Garry Wills and First Baptist Church in Seattle
Amoshaun Toft, Paul Kim, and Ellen McCleerey speak on the power of radio
Rebecca Price publishes “Natural Selection Is a Sorting Process” in American Biology Teacher
Kari Lerum speaks at conference on trafficking and the rights of migrants
Santiago Lopez published article in the Geographical Review
Crispin Thurlow speaks about gender neutral language on KING 5
IAS Alum Jonathan Cluts speaks at the UW Bothell Innovation Forum
Camille Walsh and IAS students help launch City of Bothell Youth Court
IAS student Paulette Costanza wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Dan Berger speaks on two plenaries in the United States and Germany
Neil Low published his fifth book, Deadly Attraction
Jill Freidberg produces radio news story for Free Speech Radio News
David Nixon named an artist who will define 2013 by City Arts Magazine
Amaranth Borsuk and Joe Milutis represent the new MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics at Elliott Bay Book Company
Joe Milutis publishes a new book, Failure: A Writer’s Life
Article by Rebecca Price published and highlighted in Life Sciences Education
Julie Shayne helps to archive Aquelarre: Latin American Women's Magazine
Rebecca Brown reads, interviews, and publishes a new essay and short story
IAS student Marcus Johnson wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Bill Seaburg retires after two decades in IAS
Six IAS faculty members win UW Simpson Center for the Humanities grants
Steve Collins passes the Professional Engineering exam in Washington State
Ted Hiebert participates in three Seattle art exhibitions in January and February
Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren speaks and performs in Tennessee and Hong Kong
Becca Price wins Inquiry-Based Instruction Prize from Science
Amaranth Borsuk maps the future of the book in Mexico City and Chicago
Dan Berger publishes interview with David Gilbert on Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and mass incarceration
Gwen Ottinger joins the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
IAS students paint murals in Arts, Politics, and Social Change
Gwen Ottinger speaks about science, innovation, and science fiction on the "Perpetual Notion Machine"
Susan Harewood presents two papers as the 2012 National Communication Association convention
IAS faculty members participate in 2012-2013 Research Interest Groups
Bruce Burgett speaks on public scholarship, community engagement, and diversity
Dan Berger speaks about Puerto Rico, social movements, and prisons
Ron Krabill presents on human rights, global citizenship, and public scholarship
Ted Hiebert curates group art exhibit at the Open Space Artist Run Centre in Victoria, British Columbia
Rebecca Brown's publishes "Diminished" in PageBoy Magazine -- and more
Wanda Gregory joins Board of Trustees for Reel Grrls
Karam Dana speaks at the Middle East Studies Association
Johanna Crane and Gwen Ottinger present research at the American Anthropological Association conference
Kari Lerum builds partnership with the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Crispin Thurlow speaks at the University of Hong Kong on "Why I Hate Facebook"
Alka Kurian presents two papers at the National Women's Studies Association conference
IAS faculty members named as 2012-13 Community-Based Learning and Research Fellows
Martha Groom mentors women in STEM fields
Karam Dana publishes in the Syrian Studies Association Bulletin
Julie Shayne and Camille Walsh present papers at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference
IAS student, Edward LaPoint, publishes Veterans Day op-ed in the Seattle Times
Joe Milutis publishes essays in Cabinet and Triple Canopy
Dan Berger hosts prison activist and independent scholar Victoria Law
Bladfold, David Nixon's animated film, debutes at ACT Theater in Seattle
Deborah Caplow discusses The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe at the IAS Research Colloquium
Kristy Leissle publishes "Cosmopolitan cocoa farmers" in the Journal of African Cultural Studies
Kari Lerum publishes "Circus" in special Day of the Dead issue of TRIVIA: voices of feminism
Colin Danby publishes "Postwar Norm" in Rethinking Marxism
Rebecca Brown's creative work translated into Dutch and Japanese
S. Charusheela hosts Rethinking Marxism conference on “Stranger Economics”
Dan Jacoby moderates panel discussion at Town Hall Seattle on The Making of Global Capitalism
Rebecca Brown delivers gonzo zombie lecture on Halloween
Amaranth Borsuk speaks at the “Refiguring the Book” symposium – and more…
Susan Harewood participates in "Listening for a Wider Narrative" keynote panel at St. Martin's University
Sarah Dowling publishes new chapbook, Birds & Bees, through Troll Thread
Rob Turner facilitates workshop on Designing Introductory Courses in Sustainability
David Goldstein publishes book chapter on blended learning
Martha Groom mentors conservation students -- and talks coffee
Ted Hiebert publishes "The Speed of Broken Light" in Performance Research
Dan Berger contributes to new book on racism and militarism in the twenty-first century
Karam Dana's research cited in article on Muslim voters and the 2012 U.S. election
Carrie Bodle performs at Surrey Art Gallery symposium on Sound Thinking
Six IAS students named as Civic Fellows for 2012-2013
Jeanne Heuving publishes Interview with Nathaniel Mackey
Amaranth Borsuk's Between Page and Screen garners positive reviews
IAS students participate in 2012 DC Human Rights Seminar
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren delivers keynote address on global academic leadership
National "Convergence on Poetics" conference launches new MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics
Bruce Burgett and Susan Jeffords contribute to new report on “Making a Case for the Humanities”
Rebecca Brown chosen for Moment Magnitude exhibit at the Frye Art Museum
Dan Jacoby participates in think tank on apprenticeship and labor
Ted Hiebert's work appears in three new art exhibitions in Seattle and Australia
Karam Dana speaks on the death of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens on KIRO 97.3
Rebecca Brown interviews novelist Paul Auster at Seattle Town Hall
Nives Dolšak kicks off the 2012-2013 IAS Research Colloquium with a talk on "The Role of Civil Society in Environmental Policy"
Ted Hiebert publishes a new book: In Praise of Nonsense: Aesthetics, Uncertainty, and Postmodern Identity
Georgia Roberts publishes a new book: Collaborative Futures: Critical Reflections on Publically Active Graduate Education
Alka Kurian publishes a new book: Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas