IAS News

IAS faculty members Jin-Kyu Jung and Christian Anderson co-chaired a panel session on “(Un)Mapping Social and Spatial Inequality: Extending Socio-Theoretically Informed Critical Approaches to Engage Policy” at the 2021 University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) Symposium held virtually. The session ...

IAS faculty members Jennifer Atkinson and Kari Lerum were awarded the SRCP Seed Grant for 2021. The UW Bothell Scholarship, Research, and Creative Practice (SRCP) Seed Grant program is intended to competitively support UW Bothell faculty in all disciplines who are starting new projects or relaunching current projects in ...

IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen collaborated with other pre-tenure women and non-binary faculty of color at the University of Washington to write an opinion piece about the impact of navigating the transitions resulting from coronavirus on women or non-binary faculty of color early in their academic careers.

Last November, Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum Mateó B. Ochoa joined Sundance Institute as their Senior Manager of Community Programs. In this role, Ochoa amplifies the creative works of local theater artists and filmmakers through live and digital public programs throughout the State of Utah. Perhaps best known for its annual film festival, Sundance Institute is a leader in discovering and supporting independent artists, and its reach is worldwide. It’s a place that suits Ochoa’s commitment to elevating other artists — and a place they did not expect to find themself one year ago.

The performing arts organization, On the Boards, has announced M.A. in Cultural Studies alum Berette S Macaulay as their inaugural Curatorial Fellow. Macaulay is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and writer from Jamaica and Sierra Leone whose research and visual arts practice engage themes of belonging, identity-performance, illegibility, love, memory, and mythmaking. The Curatorial Fellow has ...