News from the School of IAS

Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali featured in the New York Times

IAS faculty Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali are highlighted in the New York Times for their upcoming November residency at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design. In the article titled, “A Hawaii Home for Islamic Art Widens Its Scope” Sugano and Ali, through their media lab Studio Revolt, are mentioned as invited “artists charged with exploring Muslim and Hawaiian cultures in new ways.”

October 24, 2019

Nitta and Chen bring IAS students to work with the City of Bellevue

IAS faculty members Keith Nitta and Mark Chen participated in 2018-19 Livable City Year program, partnering with the City of Bellevue, WA. This participation made it possible for IAS undergraduate and graduate students to work with the city client to address real-world challenges in Bellevue. ...

October 23, 2019

Anny Smith passes the Certified Health Education Specialist exam

Anny Smith graduated from UW Bothell in 2019 with a BA in Health Studies and minor in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS). Smith passed the Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) exam this last week and this certification will be invaluable in her future work as a social worker. She hopes to bridge social justice with her background in healthcare and GWSS to provide a more holistic approach with those she serves by developing programs to address root causes of ...

October 21, 2019

Wanda Gregory’s course on “Black Mirror” featured

“What originally intrigued me about ‘Black Mirror’ was its intersections: technology, society, ethics, business,” says IAS faculty member Wanda Gregory. “Exploring the network that these connections form creates space for fascinating conversations and questions.”

October 21, 2019

Ching-In Chen’s “Score for a Prison Town” included in Of Texas exhibition

IAS faculty member Ching-In Chen’s “Score for a Prison Town” is included in Of Texas, an exhibition and publication of instruction or score-based artworks, poems, and texts created by people who live in Texas, are from Texas, or are somehow deeply connected to Texas; or otherwise, “of Texas.” The exhibit will have an opening reception at ...

October 21, 2019

Alka Kurian interviews Fatima Bhutto

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian launches the second episode of her podcast #SouthAsianFilmsAndBooks. It is based on her conversation with Fatima Bhutto on her latest book New Kings of the World where the author talks about how mass-produced Western cultural products are being swept aside as a result of the rise of Bollywood films ...

October 16, 2019

Gustafson and Adams present on mutual civic engagement

A cross-campus collaboration focused on reciprocity and mutuality led Kristin Gustafson, IAS faculty, and Kara Adams, director of community engagement, to present their research at the Engagement Scholarship Consortium International Conference in October. The conference, held in Denver, focused on advancing community engagement in higher education.

October 15, 2019

Wanda Gregory on the representation of race in Doctor Who

IAS faculty member Wanda Gregory spoke at Los Angeles Comic Con on October 12th as part of a panel exploring the representation of race in the television series Doctor Who and other time travel movies and television shows. She also had a presentation and extended abstract accepted for the Philosophy of Games Conference in St. Petersburg, Russia this month. Her ...

October 15, 2019