News from School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
Category: Teaching
Becca Price publishes results of science education program
IAS faculty member Becca Price and colleagues published a paper about the success of the Science Teaching Experience Program: Working in Science Education. Ph.D. scientists who go through the program are very successful at teaching with techniques that we know work especially well and that include everyone in the class in the learning. A key feature of the program is ...
November 4, 2021
Kristin Gustafson presents “Balanced Research Tools for Asian American Media History”
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson presented “Balanced Research Tools for Asian American Media History” at the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s August conference. She shared two teaching modules as part of the ...
October 4, 2021
Ching-In Chen teaches at LiTFUSE Poetry Workshop
IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen taught two workshops at this year’s 15th Annual LiTFUSE Poetry Workshop in Tieton, Washington and has nominated MFA student Madison Nikfard and Master of Arts in Cultural Studies student Sam Prudente to serve as ...
September 27, 2021
Films for a feminist future
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum's class, "Girls on Film," introduces students to feminist theory and film. The class screens films that explore the cultural and institutional implications of coming-of-age narratives. To be viewed in class, the films must be directed by a woman, have a female lead and pass the Bechdel test — a measure of the representation of women in fiction.
July 15, 2021
Carrie Bodle selected as 2021 Technology Teaching Fellow
IAS faculty member Carrie Bodle was selected for the 2021 Technology Teaching Fellows Institute through the Center for Teaching and Learning at the University of Washington. The Technology Teaching Fellows Institute (TTFI) offers participants the chance to learn with other faculty members, learning technologists, instructional consultants, and librarians.
June 16, 2021
IAS faculty and staff receive Connected Learning Excellence Awards
Eleven IAS faculty members and one staff member have received Connected Learning Excellence Awards for eight projects. The Connected Learning Excellence Award is intended to support UW Bothell faculty and faculty led teams who provide high impact experiential learning opportunities for students. The IAS recipients and their projects for 2021 are ...
May 28, 2021
Chelsea Nesvig and Nia Lam publish “Online library research refresher activities for third-year transfer students”
UW Bothell librarians Chelsea Nesvig and Nia Lam published a book chapter, “Online library research refresher activities for third-year transfer students” in Transfer Student Success: Academic Library Outreach and Engagement, published by ALA Editions.
May 21, 2021
Jessica Trenkamp receives IAS Staff Recognition Award
Congratulations to Jessica Trenkamp, our Senior Academic Advisor, for receiving an IAS Staff Recognition Award! Trenkamp’s extraordinary support of the Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) students and faculty, before and during remote operations, has had a profound impact on the program and its members. She advocates for ...
May 12, 2021
Becca Price moderates conversation on inclusive teaching
IAS faculty member Becca Price moderated a conversation about inclusive teaching with Bryan Dewsbury (The University of Rhode Island) and Cynthia Brame (Vanderbilt University). The conversation was part of the Online with LSE webinar series sponsored by CBE-Life Sciences Education.
May 7, 2021
Becca Price: Pandemic-Related Instructor Talk
IAS faculty member Becca Price spent fall and winter of 2019/20 supporting a team of postdoctoral scholars as they developed biology seminar courses to teach at UW Bothell and at UW Seattle for spring of 2020. These beginning instructors had to quickly change their approach to teaching in the face of the emotional crises of that spring and the sudden shift to remote teaching. Price and the instructors published a paper ...
May 5, 2021