News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Cultural Studies
Kari Lerum Publishes in Sex Roles
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum is the lead author of an article published in the journal Sex Roles. The article...
August 17, 2015
Nafasi Ferrell: Let’s Talk! Race and Class through Hip-Hop and Poetry
Nafasi Ferrell, a second year Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student, developed and facilitated a three-hour workshop at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center with community members of varying ages. Let’s Talk!! Race and Class Through Hip-Hop and Poetry challenged participants to define and redefine their understandings of race and class using the mediums of hip-hop and poetry.
July 23, 2015
Dan Berger comments on President Barack Obama’s historic prison visit
IAS faculty member Dan Berger spoke to several media outlets in response to President Barack Obama's visit to a federal prison.
July 20, 2015
Julie Hurst to be the New Director of Campus Engagement at Seattle University
Master of Arts in Cultural Studies alum (2015) Julie Hurst will be the new Director of Campus Engagement in the Center for Service and Engagement at Seattle University. Julie worked previously in the fields of Student Affairs and Study Abroad. As a graduate student in IAS...
July 17, 2015
IAS faculty members and students participate in the 2015 Cultural Studies Association conference.
Twelve IAS faculty members and students participated in the 2015 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) conference, engaging in activities ranging from plenary sessions and roundtables to workshops and seminars. All contributed to the conference theme, “Another University is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy.”
July 16, 2015
Dan Berger publishes op-ed on initiative to reduce the American jail population
IAS faculty member Dan Berger publishes op-ed in Truthout about the MacArthur Foundation's $75 million initiative to reduce the American jail population. As part of that program, the Foundation has asked jail staff at 20 municipalities around the country to work with judges, prosecutors, court administrators, police and correctional officials to reduce the size of the jail population. In his op-ed...
July 9, 2015
Christian Anderson, Jin-Kyu Jung, and Santiago Lopez present at Association of American Geographers in Chicago
IAS faculty members Christian Anderson, Jin-Kyu Jung, and Santiago Lopez presented their research at the 2015 meeting of the Association of American Geographers in Chicago, Illinois.
July 9, 2015
Kari Lerum Publishes in The Feminist Wire and Moderates Panel at Sextravaganza
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published an essay in The Feminist Wire entitled “Cisgender FemmeNist reflections on Trans* Justice.” Drawing from personal, cultural, and political reflections the article calls for fans of trans* celebrities to move from adoration to action for trans* justice. Lerum also
July 9, 2015
Ben Gardner co-organizes “Extraction, Contention and Development” symposium
IAS faculty member Ben Gardner co-organized a symposium on “Extraction, Contention and Development,” along with colleagues Sunila Kale and Tony Lucero from the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
July 9, 2015
Johanna Crane wins RRF Scholar Award, and gives invited talks on global health
IAS faculty member Johanna Crane received a UW Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award to support her new research project, "Aging and Health Care in Prison: An Ethnographic Study." She also...
July 9, 2015