News from the School of IAS

IAS Faculty Jin-Kyu Jung co-authored a paper in a special issue of “More-Than-Human Mapping”

Jin-Kyu Jung and Ted Hieber published a paper on “More-Than-Human Psychogeography: On “Bat-Like” Places and Imaginary Geographie” in the special issue of “More-Than-Human Mappings” in the Livingmaps Review journal. The paper uses a creative re-interpretation of psychogeography as a conceptual framework—less about the psychological dimensions of real space and more about the mind’s spatiality, for...

February 2, 2026

IAS Professor Santiago Lopez publishes book chapter on air pollution and Earth observation technologies

IAS Professor Santiago Lopez published a book chapter in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Augsburg and the Salesian Polytechnic University examining the use of Earth observation technologies to assess air quality risks to society. The chapter highlights satellite remote sensing as a powerful tool for monitoring air pollution, particularly in regions with limited...

February 2, 2026

Santiago Lopez and IAS alumni Neal Hicks and Jacqueline Feola publish invasive species research

UW Bothell School of IAS Professor Santiago Lopez and alumni Neal Hicks and Jacqueline Feola, recently published a new research article examining the factors driving the spread of English holly (Ilex aquifolium) in Pacific Northwest urban forests in the journal Discover Plants. Their findings provide important guidance for urban forest management and restoration, helping to...

February 2, 2026

Shannon Cram presents at the Atomic Photographers Guild

IAS faculty member Shannon Cram presented to the Atomic Photographers Guild about environmental cleanup at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. She was joined by photographer, architect, and guild member Harley Cowan who shared documentary images of Hanford’s B Reactor, T plant, and other historic buildings on site. The Atomic Photographers Guild is “an international collective of...

January 27, 2026

Adam Romero publishes a review of Chemical Geographies scholarship

IAS faculty member Adam Romero recently published a review of Chemical Geographies scholarship. Chemical Geographies is a loose body of literature that moves beyond the impact of chemicals from a singularly environmental or toxicological perspective to explore how chemistry and chemicals lie at heart of what it means to be human today.

January 27, 2026

Kari Lerum publishes in special forum on Femme Interiorities

Kari Lerum recently published an article entitled “Made again Femme” for an invited forum on Femme Interiorities in the journal Society & Space. The forum features experimental writing from scholars meditating on the spatial metaphor of “interiority” as it applies to femininity and femme identity. Lerum’s contribution transports femme from a relational reference to Femme...

December 15, 2025

Jennifer Atkinson featured in book on climate change journalism

Jennifer Atkinson was interviewed about the mental health toll experienced by professionals and students who work on climate change for the new book Hot Takes by NPR’s senior climate editor Sadie Babits. In the final chapter on “Trauma-Informed Reporting and Self-Care,” Babits speaks with Atkinson about the emotional lives of climate change professionals, along with...

November 19, 2025

Shannon Cram presents at Whitman College

IAS faculty member Shannon Cram gave a public talk at Whitman College about contamination and cleanup at the nearby Hanford Nuclear Site. She also visited two classes–Introduction to Environmental Studies and Environmental Health–where she talked with students about the everyday life of waste and toxicity. A story about Cram’s talk appeared in the Whitman Wire.

November 17, 2025

IAS Affiliate Faculty Jill Freidberg releases new book of oral histories

IAS Affiliate Faculty Jill Freidberg has a new book of oral histories entitled Limitless, Stories from the Neighborhood that Shaped Seattle. The culmination of a multi-year oral history project, in Seattle’s historically redlined Central District neighborhood, Limitless features stories of innovation, interdependence, self-determination, creativity, and resistance alongside artworks by seven Central District artists. Published by...

November 17, 2025