News from the School of IAS
Adam Romero publishes article about the relation between pesticides and aesthetics standards for fruits and vegetables
Adam Romero published an article in Environmental History that examines how overproduction of crops and aesthetic standards influenced pesticide use in post-WWII California. The article, “Inescapable but not Inevitable Ecologies,” is part of a forum reflecting on “Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge” by Linda Nash on its 20th Anniversary.
October 23, 2026
Senior Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali Honored with UIUC Distinguished Legacy Award
Senior Artist-in-Residence Anida Yoeu Ali recently returned to her undergraduate alma mater, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to receive the prestigious Distinguished Legacy Award from the College of Fine and Applied Arts (FAA). The award recognizes alumni whose exceptional achievements, leadership, and lasting contributions have brought distinction to their professions and honor to the...
October 23, 2026
“Anida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug” opens in L.A. and makes the cover of the Los Angeles Times
Senior Artist-in-Residence opened her solo exhibition “Anida Yoeu Ali: The Buddhist Bug” at the Vincent Price Art Museum in Los Angeles. Curated by Steve Wong and Sonia Mak, the exhibition is the largest showing of Ali’s award-winning project and will be on view for nine months from Sept. 26-May 22, 2027. Ali will be doing...
October 23, 2026
Dr. Jaki Yi awarded the Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research from the Asian American Psychological Association
Dr. Jacqueline (Jaki) Yi received the 2026 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research from the Asian American Psychological Association (AAPA). This national award recognizes an early career psychologist whose scholarship has made significant contributions to advancing psychological theory and research in Asian American psychology. Dr. Yi was honored at the 2026 AAPA Convention...
October 23, 2026
Jennifer Atkinson Shares Climate Anxiety Strategies with ALA, EarthLab, and In the Meanwhile
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson partnered with the American Library Association, UW EarthLab, and the podcast “In the Meanwhile” to share strategies for supporting young people facing climate despair. Atkinson joined a panel on eco-anxiety hosted by the American Library Association (ALA). Alongside authors Kelsey LaPort, Noel Reich, and Heather White, she discussed eco-anxiety, burnout,...
October 16, 2026
From Washington to Iceland: Exploring Geology and Sustainability
What can the landscapes of Washington and Iceland teach us about sustainability? This summer, 19 University of Washington students, including 10 from UW Bothell’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, explored this question through “Water, Fire, and Ice: How Geology Shapes Sustainability in Washington and Iceland,” a study abroad experience led by IAS faculty, Avery...
October 16, 2026
Min Tang presents at the 2026 Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) Conference
IAS faculty Dr. Min Tang presented at the 2026 annual conference of Society for Social Studies of Science (4S). In her presentation titled “Who controls the AI unicorns? Unravel the capital supply chain in the emerging AI industry”, Dr. Tang shared her research on the issues of financialization and geopolitics in the emerging artificial intelligence...
October 9, 2026
Shannon Cram Awarded Writing Residency at Yaddo
IAS faculty member Shannon Cram was awarded a prestigious writing residency at Yaddo. Based in Saratoga Springs, New York, Yaddo brings writers and artists together from around the world to spend concentrated time on creative projects. Cram spent two and a half weeks there in August, learning from fellow residents and working on her new...
October 9, 2026
Karam Dana’s “To Stand With Palestine” wins 2026 Evelyn Shakir Nonfiction Academic Award
IAS faculty member Karam Dana’s book, “To Stand With Palestine: Transnational Resistance and Political Evolution in the United States,” has been named the winner of the 2026 the Arab American National Museum’s Evelyn Shakir Nonfiction Academic Book Award. Professor Dana will formally receive the award in Michigan this October. The book examines the changing discourse...
September 18, 2026
Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali awarded Interlude Artist Residency
This summer, IAS faculty Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali were recipients of a month-long residency at Interlude Artist Residency in Hudson, N.Y., a highly competitive program uniquely designed to support artist couples and their families. During the residency, Sugano worked on a new series of surrealist paintings, while Ali developed the early conceptual framework...
August 19, 2026