Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences and UW Bothell were founded in 1990 with an interdisciplinary mission and a commitment to working closely with traditional and non-traditional students. This mission and commitment underwrite our emphasis on scholarly activities that draw connections across academic disciplines and engage with the concerns of our region and world. As a faculty, we dedicate ourselves to integrative and engaged research, innovative and experiential pedagogy, and creative and responsive forms of curriculum and institution building. read more (pdf)
Full-Time Faculty
Leslie Ashbaugh: Political and Economic Anthropology, Gender, Race and Family Studies
Jennifer Atkinson: American Literature, Environmental Criticism, Utopian Studies
Alex Barchechat: Mathematics
Constantin Behler: Literature, Intellectual History, Cinema Studies, German Studies
Warren Buck: (Joint appointment with Science & Technology): Physicist, Visual Artist, Higher Education Administration
Bruce Burgett: (IAS Director): American Studies, Cultural Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Critical Race Studies, Public Culture
Deborah Caplow: Art History, Art and Politics, Photography
Shauna Carlisle: Approaches to Social Research, Race, Public Policy and Inequality
Kenyon Chan: (UW Bothell Chancellor)
S. Charusheela: Gender, Political Economy, Globalization and Development
Steve Collins: (Joint appointment with Science & Technology): Science, Technology and Society, Political Economy, East Asian History, Culture, Economy and Politics
Johanna Crane: Medical Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, and Global Health
Colin Danby: (IAS Associate Director for Undergraduate Education): Political Economy, Gender, Latin America
Nives Dolšak: (Joint appointment with the UW Seattle College of the Environment), Environmental Policy, International Regimes, NGOs, Policy Analysis, Program Evaluation
JoLynn Edwards: Art History, Dance History, Comparative Arts
Ben Gardner: Global, Cultural and Environmental Politics, Africa, Development, Cultural Geography
Diane Gillespie: Race/Ethnicity, Gender Studies, Cognitive and Educational Psychology
Warren Gold: Ecology, Environmental Science, Restoration Ecology
Michael Goldberg: American Studies, U.S. Political and Cultural History, Cinema, Gender
David Goldstein: (Director of the Teaching and Learning Center) Ethnic Literature, Race, Cinema Studies
Martha Groom: (IAS Assistant Director) Conservation of Biodiversity, Ecology, Plant-Animal Interactions
Susan Harewood: Communication Studies, Caribbean Studies, Cultural Studies
Jeanne Heuving: Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cross Genre Writing
Ted Hiebert: Photography and Digital Arts, Media, Technology and Society, Interdisciplinary Arts
Cinnamon Hillyard: Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Ethnomathematics
Dan Jacoby: Political Economy, Labor and Education
Jin-Kyu Jung: Geographic Information Science, Urban Geography
Kristine Kellejian: English, Rhetoric and Composition, Multicultural and Gender Studies
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren: (Director Center for University Studies and Programs) Literature, Philosophy, and Cultural Analysis
Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren: Performance Studies, Disability Studies, Cross-Cultural Performance, Creativity
Bruce Kochis: Policy Studies, Human Rights, East European Studies
Ron Krabill: Social Movements, Media, Postcolonial Studies, Southern Africa
Kari Lerum: Gender, Sexuality, Organizations, Culture, Visual Studies
Santiago Lopez: Geography and the Environment
Joe Milutis: Media Production, Literary and Cultural Studies, Experimental and Hybrid Art Forms; Sound and Radio
Keith Nitta: Education Policy, Comparative Politics, Leadership and Management
Gwen Ottinger: Social Studies of Science and Technology, Expertise, Citizen Science, Environmental Justice, Social Justice Aspects of Alternative Energy.
Becca Price: Evolution, Paleobiology, Invertebrate Zoology
John Rasmussen: Interdisciplinary Mathematics, Finance, Computer Modeling
Bill Seaburg: Native American Cultures, Oral Traditions, History of Anthropology, Narrative Theory
Julie Shayne: Feminism and Revolution in Latin America, Social Movements and Culture, Political Exile, Diaspora, and Critical Development Studies
Janelle Silva: Multicultural Education, Critical Pedagogies, Intersectionality, Feminist Studies, Childhood and Social Change
Eric Stewart: Community Psychology; Prevention and Promotion; Theories of Change; Queers; Cultural History of HIV/AIDS; Research Methods
David Stokes: Conservation Biology, Animal Ecology, Conservation Planning
Andrea Stone: Statistics, Research Methodology, Drug Dependence and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Elizabeth Thomas: (IAS Associate Director for Graduate Education): Community and Cultural Psychology, Childhood and Adolescence, The Arts and Social Change
Crispin Thurlow: Language and Communication, Critical Discourse Studies, Intercultural Communication, Tourism and Globalization, New Media and Youth
Amoshaun Toft: Communication, Political Communication, Media Studies, Technology and Society
Robert Turner: Earth and Environmental Science, Hydrogeology, Sustainability
Wadiya Udell: Adolescence, Cognitive and Social Development, Sexual Health Behavior
Camille Walsh: Law and Inequality, US History, Critical Race Studies, Gender Studies, Education Policy, Social Movements
Linda Watts: Literature, History, Visual Arts
Alan Wood: Chinese History, Asian History, World History
Part-Time Faculty and Teaching Associates
Deborah Birrane: Performance Art/Dance
Carrie Bodle: Digital and Experimental Arts, Video Art, Sound Art, Public Art, Interdisciplinary Arts
Rebecca Brown: Creative Writing
Michael Dimeo: Team Building
Robert Farkasch: Globalization Processes, Political Economy of National Security
Kristin Gustafson: Communication, Media History, Political Communication
Karrin Klotz, JD: Intellectual Property Law & Policy, Environmental Law & Policy, Introduction to Law
Alka Kurian: Human Rights, English, Comparative Literature
Joseph Lavy: Performance Art/Acting
Kristy Leissle: Feminist International Political Economy; Globalization and Global Commodities Trade; Race, Class, and Gender; Development Studies; Sub-Saharan Africa
Stacey Levine: Composition, Literature, Creative Writing
David Nixon: Philosophy, American Music
Robin Oppenheimer: Creative Collaboration Across Arts & Sciences, Image Design and Media Studies
Paula J. Peters: American Dance History, Dance Pedagogy, Composition and Technique
Loren Redwood: American Studies, Gender Studies, Comparative Ethnic Studies, Immigration/Migration and Transnational Labor
Stuart Streichler: Law and Society, Human Rights, Criminal Justice, American Constitutional Law
Kimberly Williams-Guillen: Anthropology, Primate and Human Ecology
Pre-Doctoral Lecturers
Amy Lambert: Ecology, Environmental Studies
Sydney Lewis: African-American Literature and Culture, Cultural Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, Performance Studies
Rebeca Rivera: Environmental Anthropology, Urban Ecology
Georgia Roberts: Global Hip Hop Culture, American and Comparative Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, 19th Century American Literature
Jeanette Sanchez: Theatre, Performance Studies, Chicana/o Feminism and Performance.
Simón Trujillo: Chicana/o Studies, African-American Studies, American Ethnic Cultural Studies.
Sam Yum: Cultural Anthropology, Nation, Culture and Identity, Visual Media, New Media Production.
PIP Teaching Fellows
The Project for Interdisciplinary Pedagogy (PIP) provides an opportunity for 4-6 University of Washington doctoral students to develop their teaching skills. Learn more about current and past PIP Fellows.
Robertson Allen (mentored by Wanda Gregory): Visual Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies, Media and Labor Studies, and the Anthropology of War and Violence.
Carrie Lanza (mentored by Kari Lerum): Methods in Maternal and Child Health, Arts-Based Practice for Community Building, Social Action and Decolonization.
Rachel Mitchell (mentored by Dave Stokes): Improving Scientific Communication Skills, Invasive Species and Plant Community Ecology.
Jed Murr (mentored by Ben Gardner): Engaging Race, Racism, Cultures of Globalization and Violence, and the Politics of Memory and Forgetting in the Contemporary U.S.
Nicole Torres (mentored by Leslie Ashbaugh): Language, Visual Representation, and the Importance of Narrative in the Social Ecology of Militarization.
Simón Trujillo (second year PIP mentor): Chicana/o Studies; African-American Studies; American Ethnic Cultural Studies.
Adjunct Faculty
Cherry Banks, Education
Tom Bellamy, Education
Wanda Gregory, Science & Technology
Susan Jeffords, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Peter Littig, Science & Technology
Marc Servetnick, Science & Technology
Jane Van Galen. Education
Bryan White, Science & Technology
Affiliate Faculty
Miriam Bartha: Assistant Director of the Simpson Center for the Humanities (UW Seattle)
Jackie Belanger: Reference & Instruction/Arts and Humanities Librarian
Andreas Brockhaus: Director of Learning Technologies
Karen Ericson: Community Partnership Coordinator for the Teaching and Learning Center
Erin Hill: Director of the Quantitative Skills Center
Angelica Macklin: Digital Media Lab Coordinator
Suzan Parker: Acting Head of References/Social Science Librarian
Karen Rosenberg: Director of the Writing Center
Kim Sharp: Manager of the Writing Center
Randy Spaulding: Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board
Carly Vynne: Center for Conservation Biology (UW Seattle)
Kim Wilson: Career Counselor
Research Faculty
Dan Goldhaber, Center for Education Data & Research
Paul Hill, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Staff
Undergraduate Office
Pam DePriest, Administrative Coordinator
Rachel Foote, Assistant Director of Academic Services
Michele Libin, Program Coordinator
Lindsey McCarthy, Academic Adviser
Rachel Pulver, Office Assistant III
Jessica Trenkamp, Academic Adviser
Graduate Office
Andrew Brusletten, Program Manager
Lisa Olason, Community Relations Manager
Leslie Schiffman, Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Thomas, Associate Director of Graduate Education