February 2019

IAS faculty member Shannon Cram participated in the Henry Art Gallery's Viewpoints series which pairs works from the Henry's permanent collection with commentary from University of Washington faculty.  Cram joined UW Tacoma professor Beverly Naidus and UW Seattle professor Jennifer Nemhauser in responding to a collection of fourteen untitled prints by Bruce Conner. 

IAS faculty members Jin-Kyu Jung and Ted Hiebert received a Royalty Research Fund (RRF) Scholar award for their collaboration on “Imagining the Details: Creative-Critical Engagement of Mapping and Imagining.” The project builds on their previous collaboration that expands our vision of bringing together qualitative GIS/geovisualization and contemporary art by addressing questions as complex as urban community and homelessness. The main goal will be to ...

In mid-February, IAS faculty member Kevin Y. Kim gave a talk, titled “‘Never Again Enter Upon Such Crusades’: Herbert C. Hoover and the Meaning of Conservatism” at the Harvard International and Global History Seminar, hosted by the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History at Harvard University. This paper focused on former U.S. president Herbert Hoover’s pursuit of a U.S. grand strategy of “restraint” across ...

AS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson spoke at Muhlenberg College's Center for Ethics event series, The Ethics of the Anthropocene: Crisis Earth. Her talk on "Climate Depression and Environmental Angst" explored the complex emotional and ethical issues faced by the Climate Generation, offering strategies for students, educators, and activists to stay engaged in environmental justice work over the long run. Both her lecture and ...

IAS faculty member Lauren Lichty co-edited a two-volume special issue of the Global Journal of Community Psychology Practice titled, “Developing Undergraduate Community Psychology Pedagogy and Research Practice” with Eylin Palamaro-Munsell (Northern Arizona University) and Jen Wallin-Ruschman (College of Idaho). Lichty was lead ...