News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Cultural Studies
Dan Berger discusses Eric Holder and civil rights in the International Business Times
IAS faculty member Dan Berger was interviewed for a story in the International Business Times about U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s civil rights legacy. Berger places Holder’s legacy in the context of the protest and civil disobedience currently organized under the banner “black lives matter,” suggesting ...
June 24, 2015
Bruce Kochis and Ron Krabill speak on Conflict and Human Rights
IAS faculty members Bruce Kochis and Ron Krabill contributed to a panel discussion, "Conflict and Human Rights," as a part of Cascadia College's Human Rights Awareness Week.
June 24, 2015
Ron Krabill leads retreat on interdisciplinary pedagogies
IAS faculty member Ron Krabill led a faculty retreat for the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology on developing interdisciplinary pedagogies. ...
June 24, 2015
Julie Shayne’s Taking Risks receives positive reviews
Julie Shayne’s new book Taking Risks: Feminist Activism and Research in the Americas is out in paperback and receiving positive reviews. Taking Risks was reviewed by the journal Gender & Society. Reviewer Elizabeth Borland writes: “Editor Julie Shayne makes a strong case that reflections of feminist risk-taking of varying kinds and degrees help us recognize both the challenges and benefits that can result. For this reason...
June 24, 2015
Dan Berger joins advisory board of Global Dialogues on Incarceration
IAS faculty member Dan Berger joined the advisory board for a national project on mass incarceration coordinated by the Global Dialogues program of the Humanities Action Lab at The New School. Global Dialogues on Incarceration will coordinate over 300 students from a dozen partner universities around the country...
June 24, 2015