News from the School of IAS
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MFA Students Present Research and Writing at Annual PCA/ACA Conference
University of Washington Bothell graduate students Alysa Levi-D’Ancona (‘23), Alexandria Simmons (‘23), and Raelynne Woo (‘23) presented their research and writing at the Popular Culture Association & American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) Conference this Spring.
April 25, 2023
Becca Price publishes on teaching students how to recognize disinformation about Ivermectin
Understanding science has become all the more critical to our daily lives since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and students have urgent questions about what has been going on.
April 13, 2023
Amaranth Borsuk publishes work in Fence
The 40th issue of Fence, a biennial magazine of poetry, fiction, art, and criticism that since 1998 has published "challenging writing distinguished by idiosyncrasy and intelligence rather than by allegiance with camps, schools, or cliques," is full of wonderful and innovative work.
April 6, 2023
Jennifer Atkinson published in new anthology on Solastalgia
Faculty member Jennifer Atkinson’s essay “How to Love a Burning World” was published in Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World (University of Virginia Press).
April 5, 2023
Ferrare receives grant from Spencer Foundation
Joe Ferrare, associate professor in IAS, has received a $25,000 grant from the Spencer Foundation.
April 5, 2023
Jennifer Atkinson Gives Keynote Talk at Woodland Park Zoo Conference on Empathy
Jennifer Atkinson gave the keynote address at a multi-day summit hosted by ACE for Wildlife (Advancing Conservation through Empathy), a network of twenty AZA accredited zoos and aquariums working together to create effective practices to foster empathy for animals and people.
February 21, 2023
Joe Ferrare presents research on the effects of virtual charter schools
Joe Ferrare, associate professor in IAS, recently presented his research on the effects of virtual charter high schools at the annual meeting of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management in Washington, D.C.
November 29, 2022
Rachel Foote, Jennifer Keene, and Lisa Olason receive IAS Staff Recognition Awards
IAS staff are talented and valuable individuals, often performing work behind the scenes to keep the school functioning and to enable exceptional impact. In February, IAS established staff recognition awards to honor staff members for their extraordinary service, skillful leadership, completing special projects, significant dedication, or other outstanding achievements. IAS staff members Rachel Foote, Jennifer Keene, and Lisa Olason are the first recipients of these awards.
May 2, 2021
Grace Ryan receives IAS Staff Recognition Award
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 ...
April 1, 2021
Julie Shayne, GWSS faculty coordinator, blogs about emotional labor in academe
Julie Shayne wrote her second blog piece for Conditionally Accepted about the invisible emotional labor many faculty take on in their capacity as professors and mentors. In it she argues that...
September 18, 2017