December 2019

This fall's BIS 175 American Government & Politics class worked on a quarter-long group project with the Snohomish County Department of Elections and the UW Bothell Community-Based Learning & Research (CBLR) office. Garth Fell (Snohomish County Elections manager) and Duncan Clauson (Elections and Voter Outreach Specialist) ...

AS faculty member Jason Lambacher presented a paper currently being worked on for publication at the PNW Political Science conference in Boise, ID in November 2019.  The paper argues technological, cultural, and environmental change has produced a world that is awash in nostalgia for what has vanished or is threatened with disappearance.  But while nostalgia is pervasive ...

As part of a BIS 175 American Government & Politics course that focused on voting rights and elections, a recent class hosted a Skype talk and class Q&A with world-renowned election cybersecurity expert Matt Bishop (U.C. Davis, author of widely used textbook Computer Security: Art and Science). Student Zach Ruble helped ...

IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen has published “15,” from the hybrid series, Houston in Compilation, in Lavender Review’s December issue. Lavender Review is a literary journal published by Headmistress Press dedicated to lesbian poetry and art.

One of the final courses seniors take in IAS is BIS 499 Portfolio Capstone. This is where they sum up their undergraduate learning. Read about some of our recent grads: Corbin Rayburn (Law, Economics & Public Policy); Sophia Mallouk (Environmental Science); Dominic Cerillo (Law, Economics & Public Policy); and Destiny Wrenn (Society, Ethics & Human Behavior)!