November 2015

This fall’s Mentor Chats featured alumni working in the business sector.  Hillary U ('10, Culture, Literature and the Arts, Society, Ethics and Human Behavior) and Zaheeda Edwards (’95, Liberal Studies) met with students to discuss their career trajectories and the value of interdisciplinary training within corporate settings.   Both highlighted ...

This past week saw the publication of IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk's collaborative project Abra: A Living Text, created with Kate Durbin and Ian Hatcher.  Abra presses at the boundaries of the book, coupling a limited-edition, fine press artists' book with a free art app for iPad and iPhone that ...

IAS faculty member David Goldstein published “Holistic Learning-Centeredness: De-Centering the University for Social Justice” in the inaugural issue of Race & Pedagogy.  Goldstein argues that de-centering the college campus in favor of ...

IAS faculty members Santiago Lopez and David Stokes published “Modeling the Invasion of Holly (Ilex aquifolium): Spatial Relationships and Spread Trajectories” in the journal The Professional Geographer. The article ...

Lopez also gave a lightning talk at this year’s GIS Day Conference at UW Seattle. Lopez presented the work students ...

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian co-directed the 10th Seattle South Asian Film Festival (SSAFF) October 15 - 25, 2015. Held over five cities in the Greater Seattle area, with nearly 60 films, and 25 invited filmmakers, SSAFF is the biggest and the most diverse film festival of its kind in the US. 

As part of the festival ...