Alumni Stories

During the coronavirus pandemic, Jonathan Cluts, who has deep ties to UW Bothell and experience at Microsoft and in music production, has been a positive example of the ways people can give back to the community. Cluts is an IAS alum (’94), member of the IAS Advisory Board, and former director of strategic initiatives at UW Bothell.

IAS alum Helen K. Thomas (M.A. in Cultural Studies, '16) has received a Fulbright Award to conduct research on using literature to cultivate empowerment and global citizenship in girls in Nigeria. Helen has continued to pursue her research interests in black representation and young adult fiction and its formative power for young black readers.  She will be pursuing ...

IAS students Midia De Souza and Shugla Kakar were awarded the 2020 Chancellor’s Medal, which is presented to students whose commitment to learning and overcoming obstacles is a source of inspiration to other students and faculty. De Souza and Kakar are also distinguished as two of the annual Husky 100 — students who make the most of their UW experience.

Hearing Voices is a curated collection of video works produced by students and alumni of the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at UW Bothell.  It is a forum for sharing projects, and a space to listen to and hear from the wide range of creative voices that emerge from our artistic community. Current works include ...

MFA alum Cristina Cortez (’18) has published a new book, Tawantinsuyu: Poems of the Time of the Inca, a bilingual English/Spanish edition. A representation of the Andean past, each poem is a celebration of the cultural achievements of the indigenous people and is written from the perspective of the structures that were built during the Inca period. “Tawantinsuyu would not ...