News from the School of IAS
Brittaney Bunjong to Appear in November Issue of Allrecipes.com Magazine
Media & Communication Studies (MCS) major Brittaney Bunjong is a foodie. Inspired by her mother she has been interested in food all her life. Her blog, “Plenty of Pineapples,” was started as a hobby in which she shared recipes from her Thai and Hispanic background.
May 18, 2016
Gustafson and Adams Present on “Mutual Civic Engagement: Reciprocity for Journalism Students and Community Practitioners”
IAS faculty member Kristin Gustafson and Kara Adams, the interim director of UW Bothell’s Community Based Learning and Research, developed their collaboration on teaching and learning by participating in the IUPUI Research Academy at the 8th Annual Connecting Campuses with Communities in Indianapolis in May. ...
May 18, 2016
Kari Lerum Publishes in the Sage Encyclopedia of GLBTQ Studies
IAS faculty member Kari Lerum published an essay on “Sex Work and Criminalization” in the recently released Sage Encyclopedia of GLBTQ Studies. Lerum’s entry explains why sex work is an important topic for GLBTQ studies, including ...
May 18, 2016
Christian Anderson and Jin-Kyu Jung Publish “Extending the conversation on socially engaged geographic visualization: representing spatial inequality in Buffalo, New York”
IAS faculty members Christian Anderson and Jin-Kyu Jung co-authored a paper, “Extending the conversation on socially engaged geographic visualization: representing spatial inequality in Buffalo, New York,” in Urban Geography. The paper is situated at the intersections among GIS and geovisualization, critical social theory, and urban studies ...
May 18, 2016
Three IAS Students Publish Entry in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
IAS undergraduate students Elizabeth Huffaker, Alejandra Pérez, and Jessica Velasquez co-authored an entry called “Chicana Feminism” which was just published in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples.
May 18, 2016
Three IAS Students Publish Entry in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies
IAS undergraduate students Elizabeth Huffaker, Alejandra Pérez, and Jessica Velasquez co-authored an entry called “Chicana Feminism” which was just published in The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples.
May 18, 2016
Julie Shayne Blogs About Her Decision to Leave the Tenure Track
IAS faculty member Julie Shayne was asked by the editor of the blog Conditionally Accepted to discuss alternative paths through academia. In her post Shayne reflects on the decision she made a full decade ago. Honestly discussing the frustrations of ...
May 18, 2016
IAS Faculty Present Work at Annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Conference
IAS faculty members Amaranth Borsuk, Sarah Dowling, and micha cárdenas attended the annual AWP conference in Los Angeles this April, where they presented work on panels and took part in off-site readings. cárdenas presented on a panel "Necessary Hybridity: The Politics & Performance of Making Multigenre, Multimedia, Multiethnic Literature Visible." The panel addressed ...
May 17, 2016
Amaranth Borsuk Publishes Two New Books of Poems
This spring sees the publication of two new books of poems by IAS faculty member Amaranth Borsuk. Pomegranate Eater was just released by Kore, a feminist press based in Tucson whose mission is "to publish and promote excellent works of stunning literary value and innovation by a diversity of women, including those traditionally underrepresented in the cultural mainstream and to educate young people about the power of voice and effecting change through literary activism."
May 17, 2016
Jed Murr and other Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Fellows Participate the 10th Annual COIL Conference in NYC
IAS faculty member Jed Murr, one of the recepients of this year's Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) Faculty Fellowships, traveled with a cohort from UWB, UWS, and UWT to the 10th Annual COIL Conference held at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City on April 25th-26th. The SUNY COIL Center's annual international conference the brings together 350+ professors, international programs staff, instructional technologists, and university and college administrators from SUNY, across the U.S. and around the world to share interactive pedagogy and collaboration models and best practices. Collaborative Online International Learning intends to ...
May 11, 2016