IAS News

IAS faculty member Becca Price and her colleagues Clark Coffman (Iowa State), Jenn Thompson (University of Georgia), Danielle Thompson-Ryan (Laramie County Community College) presented a webinar in the series Online with LSE. Their webinar was titled  Exploring the anatomy of a research study: Behind the scenes of a qualitative research study with strong theoretical framing. ...

IAS faculty member Margaret Redsteer provided the inaugural keynote talk for the Annual Symposium on Indigenous Knowledge at Utah State University on March 19, 2021. The presentation "Earth Science, Indigenous knowledge, and Tribal Sovereignty" discussed how science on Indigenous lands is linked to moving Native communities toward a future of ...

Grace Ryan, IAS Program Coordinator for Operations and Events, received one of the very first IAS Staff Recognition Awards. Grace was nominated by IAS faculty member Colin Danby. Grace’s extraordinary coordination, attention to detail, and thoughtful communication ensured that IAS led a successful search for ...

IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson gave a keynote talk at Chico State University’s This Way to Sustainability Conference where she addressed the rise in fear, anxiety and despair in the face of our climate crisis. Recent research shows that 26% of adults in the U.S. now characterize climate change as “alarming” (Yale Program on Climate Communication, 2020). Atkinson noted that ...

IAS faculty member Ted Hiebert co-hosted the 2021 World Telekinesis Competition, an organized tournament in which teams from around the world compete to influence the behavior of a candle, using the power of their minds alone. 16 teams from around the world ...