December 2015

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum joined Mary of Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP) Seattle to dialogue about sex worker rights on the community talk show and podcast And…Discuss!?  Before a live audience at The Edmonds Theater, IAS alum Chad Bates (’14, Global Studies) and the panelists discussed definitions of sex work and challenges within the industry. 

Jane Graves wrote a feature article about the Institute for New Connotative Action, INCA, for the Stranger. In the article she talks about the space, Bergman & Salinas, and also about fellow IAS faculty member micha cárdenas' upcoming exhibition at INCA.

Asaya Plumly, a first-year MA in Cultural Studies student, has been named the graduate student representative on the newly constituted campus Diversity Council. The Diversity Council is charged with guiding campus work to fully implement the Diversity Action Plan, and “intentionally include(s) membership from all campus units and appropriate diversity related student groups.”

Asaya comes from a mixed race family and ...

IAS faculty member Karam Dana has just published an op-ed in response to GOP presidential candidate Donald Tump’s call for closing immigration to the United States for all Muslims.  “Feeding the Monster: Islamophobia, Ratings, and Elections” appeared today on the site Informed Comment: thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion.  In his post, Dana addresses ...

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne, in collaboration with librarians Dave Ellenwood and Denise Hattwig have launched the UW Bothell Social Justice & Diversity Archive hosted by the UWB Library. The archive began with students in Shayne’s "Histories and Movements of Gender and Sexuality" course (Spring 2015), researching local gender justice and feminist organizations.