May 2015

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published an essay in The Feminist Wire entitled “Cisgender FemmeNist reflections on Trans* Justice.” Drawing from personal, cultural, and political reflections the article calls for fans of trans* celebrities to move from adoration to action for trans* justice. Lerum also

Emily Anderson ('09, Society, Ethics & Human Behavior) met with undergraduate students to share her experiences in the corporate sector and law school.

Currently, Emily is the Senior Compliance Program Manager for the Privacy Compliance Team in Legal Corporate Affairs at Microsoft and a third year law student at Seattle University School of Law.  Since graduating from UW Bothell, Emily has used her IAS education to excel in the fields of criminal justice, computer and network security, software release management, and legal corporate compliance. Emily is passionate about empowering students to get out of their comfort zone and challenge their potential.  Of the advice she offered...

IAS faculty member Ben Gardner co-organized a symposium on “Extraction, Contention and Development,” along with colleagues Sunila Kale and Tony Lucero from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. 

IAS student Jessica Christie has received a UW Bothell Founders Fellowship and a Mary Gates Research Scholarship, both of which support her senior thesis research.  Christie is an Individualized Study major pursuing ...