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IAS Professor Jin-Kyu Jung teams with former faculty and MFA alum to write an essay on “Surfacing Urban Ghosts.”
Dr. Jin-Kyu Jung, former IAS Professor Dr. Ted Hiebert, and Master of Fine Arts alum, Noor Alnaaz Islam, ’25, have published an essay in Performance Research titled, “Surfacing Urban Ghosts: Buried cities and electromagnetic imaginations.” The Haunted Seattle project examines alternative maps and perceptions of Seattle’s underground cityscape and the hidden histories that shape it....
May 29, 2026
Dr. Minda Martin’s “Old Growth” wins Best Experimental Short Film
Professor Minda Martin’s short film “Old Growth” (2026) receives Best Experimental Short Film from the Arizona International Film Festival. “Old Growth” explores the beauty and fragility of the Pacific Northwest’s Hoh Rainforest. What began as a poetic tribute to an ancient forest evolved into a reflection on climate change, wildfire, and deforestation, using immersive imagery...
May 29, 2026
IAS students help shape policy in Olympia
A group of students from University of Washington Bothell’s School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences spent winter quarter in Olympia, working alongside lawmakers during the legislative session. They responded to constituents, attended hearings, tracked bills, supported advocacy efforts, and navigated the realities of public policy work in real time. For Jennifer Ramirez and Hiro Hirano-Holcomb,...
May 28, 2026
Dr. Georgia Roberts, 2026 UW Distinguished Teaching Award
Dr. Roberts‘ colleagues and students nominated her with the highest praise for this award, including her transformative, inclusive learning environments that connect interdisciplinary scholarship, critical inquiry and reflective practice to students’ lived experiences. As a recognized expert in American Studies with a focus on literature and popular music, Roberts has shaped UW Bothell through exceptional...
May 11, 2026
Jennifer Atkinson co-authors paper on climate change and youth mental health in PLOS Climate
Working with colleagues at UW Seattle and King County Public Health, Dr. Jennifer Atkinson published An Expert-Informed Framework for Promoting Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health and Well-being Amidst Climate Change in the Public Library of Science (PLOS) journal. Their study synthesizes insights from professionals in public health, education, and clinical and community sectors to...
April 20, 2026
IAS Students Selected to Present Research at International CHI Conference
Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences undergraduate students, Jayrylle Jaylo and Mia Chastain, have been selected to present at the 2026 Association for Computing Machinery Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) in Barcelona, where they will share their research, “Visualization use in Qualitative Research Reports: Evolving media types and competing epistemologies.” As part of the...
April 20, 2026
Dr. Collins Honored with UW Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
Dr. Charlie Collins has been selected as a recipient of this year’s Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor Award, presented by the University of Washington’s Office of Undergraduate Research. Chosen from an impressive pool of 305 nominations, Collins was nominated by his mentees—four of whom have been selected for Population Health Recognition Awards and will present their...
April 10, 2026
Dr. Julie Shayne publishes in Ms. Magazine about the importance of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies
Dr. Shayne has a new piece in Ms. Magazine online called “I Want to Be Obsolete. Instead, I’m Afraid to Teach.” The piece appears in the new series “Banned!” which features op-eds and personal reflections about the current attacks on higher education. In her piece, Shayne reflects on the irony of the current moment in which feminist academics have so...
April 3, 2026
Adam Romero awarded the UW Simpson Center Society of Scholars Fellowship
Adam Romero received the UW Simpson Center Society of Scholars Fellowship for his new book project Industrial Chemicals and the Problem of Too Much Food (1945-1985). The book explores the relationship between the chronic overproduction of food and fiber in the United States and the rapid expansion of industrial chemicals in the decades after WWII.
April 3, 2026
Jennifer Atkinson presents on climate hope at Berklee College of Music
IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson was a Visiting Artist at Berklee College of Music in March 2026, where she facilitated a discussion and presentation on “Radical Hope as Resistance.” Drawing on her teaching and research on the emotional dimensions of climate change, Atkinson highlighted ways that choosing hope—and rejecting narratives of inevitable ecological and political...
March 6, 2026