October 2015

IAS faculty member Kristy Leissle published an article on major trends in US craft chocolate in the “Economy & Business” section of The Conversation. The article, "Craft chocolate shakes up industry as its sweet season begins," documents ...

IAS Dean and faculty member Bruce Burgett spoke twice at Fordham University.  The first discussion was focused on the development of undergraduate interdisciplinary curricula.  The second, sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, focused on interdisciplinary and engaged curriculum at the Master’s level.

IAS faculty members contributed to six different events at the American Studies Association conference in Toronto, Canada. Bruce Burgett  chaired a roundtable on “After the Misery: What Are Critical University Studies For?,” responding with the answer “Transdisciplinary Praxis.”  Dan Berger ...

David Goldstein, IAS senior lecturer and Director of the Teaching and Learning Center, served as a Visiting Scholar at Waseda University in Tokyo for the month of July. Along with three colleagues from UW Seattle, he helped launch a Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology that will be jointly run by Waseda and the UW. Back in the U.S. ...

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum recently spoke on a panel discussing the feminist potential of the sci-fi dystopian film Mad Max, Fury Road (2015). The panel  -- part of GeekGirlCon ’15 held at the Washington State Convention Center -- included...