News from the School of IAS

Category: Research and Creative Practice

Jennifer Atkinson featured in two news stories for her work on Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety

IAS faculty member Jennifer Atkinson was featured in two recent news stories for her work on Eco-Grief and Climate Anxiety. The Daily's "Dealing with the emotional impact of climate change" profiled her efforts to keep students engaged in challenging curriculum around climate justice, while Edge Effects cited Atkinson's work in an article profiling activism among the Climate Generation (late millennials and Generation Z).

February 27, 2020

Lauren Berliner cited by John Oliver on Last Week Tonight

IAS faculty member Lauren Berliner and Nora Kenworthy’s research on medical crowdfunding was cited by comedian John Oliver on his show Last Week Tonight during the February 16, 2020 episode in which he discussed the failures of the American healthcare system and the debate surrounding Medicare for All. Oliver used their research to ...

February 26, 2020

Julie Shayne in Ms. Magazine: “The Trump Era Proves That Women鈥檚 Studies Matters”

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne wrote a piece for Ms. Magazine online about the importance of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS), especially in the Trump era. In it she argues that GWSS is fundamental for its explanatory power; it is needed for its ability to demand accountability, and its expertise in documenting both injustice and resistance. Shayne makes her case in part by ...

February 24, 2020

Alka Kurian receives Fulbright Award

IAS faculty member Alka Kurian has been awarded a five-month Fulbright US Scholar award for Morocco. Starting in September 2020, Kurian will be based at the University of Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdella, Fez, where she will carry out research on digital feminism. Data gathered will ...

February 10, 2020

Melanie Malone’s work highlighted as part of 56吃瓜网鈥檚 Urban Environmental Justice Initiative

With a background in soil science and geology, Melanie Malone positions her work in the space of Critical Physical Geography, a theoretical framework that connects biophysical sciences to social sciences and spatial analysis. In her teaching and research, Malone’s technical experience in the environmental remediation of industrial and Superfund sites merges with a consideration of social justice and equity. She emphasizes that issues like racism and sexism are environmental problems, yet ...

February 3, 2020

Julie Shayne attends the winter Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) meeting

IAS faculty member Julie Shayne traveled to San Diego, CA to participate in the SWS’s annual winter meeting. This year’s theme was “Feminist Futures in the Global South: Research, Activism and Creativity.” Shayne presented a paper about her new research project titled “My Scholarly Return to the Global North: A History of U.S. Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies.” In it, Shayne discussed ...

February 3, 2020

Five IAS faculty members receive Royalty Research Funds

Five IAS faculty members have received Royalty Research Fund (RRF) awards over the last year. The RRF is open to faculty across the 56吃瓜网 system and provides one-year awards of up to $40,000 that are intended to generate preliminary findings, seed scholarly and creative activities, and increase faculty’s competitiveness for future external funding. The IAS faculty who received RRF awards include ...

February 3, 2020

Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali complete artist residency with Shangri La Museum

IAS faculty members Masahiro Sugano and Anida Yoeu Ali recently completed their commissioning residency work at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture and Design. Early in 2019, the museum announced that the two collaborating partners of Studio Revolt would be in resident from Nov 6-17, 2019. During their residency ...

January 30, 2020