IAS News

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne wrote a piece for Ms. Magazine online about the importance of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS), especially in the Trump era. In it she argues that GWSS is fundamental for its explanatory power; it is needed for its ability to demand accountability, and its expertise in documenting both injustice and resistance. Shayne makes her case in part by ...

UW Bothell students, staff, faculty and community partners are working to ensure that students — and their families and members of their home communities — count this year. Shauniece Drayton, IAS alum and program coordinator of the student organization Achieving Community Transformation, leads the UW Bothell Census Complete Count committee, and IAS faculty members Gary Carpenter and Charlie Collins are teaching community based learning courses that partner with local organizations to increase participation.

IAS faculty member Barbara Noah is included in an exhibition at the Portland Art Museum titled Volcano! It is curated by Dawson Carr and commemorates the 40th anniversary of the eruptions of Mount St. Helens. There are ...

For her commitment to the success of fellow students, Elizabeth “Ellie” Boone received an Undergraduate Rising Star Award in November from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Boone, a senior majoring in Community Psychology with a minor in Education, was one of only six students across the country and Canada to receive this honor.

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian has been awarded a five-month Fulbright US Scholar award for Morocco. Starting in September 2020, Kurian will be based at the University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdella, Fez, where she will carry out research on digital feminism.  Data gathered will ...