Welcome to the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences (IAS). We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees designed for students who want to draw connections across diverse fields of study and to link academic work with real life concerns. IAS students benefit from small classes, accessible faculty, innovative teaching, and collaborative and experiential research and learning opportunities.
News and Events
David Nixon named as Scholar-in-Residence at Town Hall Seattle
Gwen Ottinger publishes Refining Expertise with New York University Press
Julie Shayne speaks on edited collections at the Sociologists for Women in Society conference
Kari Lerum speaks on anti-trafficking campaigns at the Evergreen State College
Rebecca Brown dialogues with Garry Wills and First Baptist Church in Seattle
Amoshaun Toft, Paul Kim, and Ellen McCleerey speak on the power of radio
Rebecca Price publishes “Natural Selection Is a Sorting Process” in American Biology Teacher
Kari Lerum speaks at conference on trafficking and the rights of migrants
Santiago Lopez published article in the Geographical Review
Crispin Thurlow speaks about gender neutral language on KING 5
IAS Alum Jonathan Cluts speaks at the UW Bothell Innovation Forum
Camille Walsh and IAS students help launch City of Bothell Youth Court
IAS student Paulette Costanza wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Dan Berger speaks on two plenaries in the United States and Germany
Neil Low published his fifth book, Deadly Attraction
Jill Freidberg produces radio news story for Free Speech Radio News
David Nixon named an artist who will define 2013 by City Arts Magazine
Amaranth Borsuk and Joe Milutis represent the new MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics at Elliott Bay Book Company
Joe Milutis publishes a new book, Failure: A Writer’s Life
Article by Rebecca Price published and highlighted in Life Sciences Education
Julie Shayne helps to archive Aquelarre: Latin American Women's Magazine
Rebecca Brown reads, interviews, and publishes a new essay and short story
IAS student Marcus Johnson wins Mary Gates Research Scholarship
Bill Seaburg retires after two decades in IAS
Six IAS faculty members win UW Simpson Center for the Humanities grants
Steve Collins passes the Professional Engineering exam in Washington State
Ted Hiebert participates in three Seattle art exhibitions in January and February
Kanta Kochhar-Lindgren speaks and performs in Tennessee and Hong Kong
Becca Price wins Inquiry-Based Instruction Prize from Science
Amaranth Borsuk maps the future of the book in Mexico City and Chicago
Dan Berger publishes interview with David Gilbert on Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, and mass incarceration
Gwen Ottinger joins the Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes
IAS students paint murals in Arts, Politics, and Social Change
Gwen Ottinger speaks about science, innovation, and science fiction on the "Perpetual Notion Machine"
Susan Harewood presents two papers as the 2012 National Communication Association convention
IAS faculty members participate in 2012-2013 Research Interest Groups
Bruce Burgett speaks on public scholarship, community engagement, and diversity
Dan Berger speaks about Puerto Rico, social movements, and prisons
Ron Krabill presents on human rights, global citizenship, and public scholarship
Ted Hiebert curates group art exhibit at the Open Space Artist Run Centre in Victoria, British Columbia
Rebecca Brown's publishes "Diminished" in PageBoy Magazine -- and more
Wanda Gregory joins Board of Trustees for Reel Grrls
Karam Dana speaks at the Middle East Studies Association
Johanna Crane and Gwen Ottinger present research at the American Anthropological Association conference
Kari Lerum builds partnership with the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women
Crispin Thurlow speaks at the University of Hong Kong on "Why I Hate Facebook"
Alka Kurian presents two papers at the National Women's Studies Association conference
IAS faculty members named as 2012-13 Community-Based Learning and Research Fellows
Martha Groom mentors women in STEM fields
Karam Dana publishes in the Syrian Studies Association Bulletin
Julie Shayne and Camille Walsh present papers at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference
IAS student, Edward LaPoint, publishes Veterans Day op-ed in the Seattle Times
Joe Milutis publishes essays in Cabinet and Triple Canopy
Dan Berger hosts prison activist and independent scholar Victoria Law
Bladfold, David Nixon's animated film, debutes at ACT Theater in Seattle
Deborah Caplow discusses The Black Book of Nazi Terror in Europe at the IAS Research Colloquium
Kristy Leissle publishes "Cosmopolitan cocoa farmers" in the Journal of African Cultural Studies
Kari Lerum publishes "Circus" in special Day of the Dead issue of TRIVIA: voices of feminism
Colin Danby publishes "Postwar Norm" in Rethinking Marxism
Rebecca Brown's creative work translated into Dutch and Japanese
S. Charusheela hosts Rethinking Marxism conference on “Stranger Economics”
Dan Jacoby moderates panel discussion at Town Hall Seattle on The Making of Global Capitalism
Rebecca Brown delivers gonzo zombie lecture on Halloween
Amaranth Borsuk speaks at the “Refiguring the Book” symposium – and more…
Susan Harewood participates in "Listening for a Wider Narrative" keynote panel at St. Martin's University
Sarah Dowling publishes new chapbook, Birds & Bees, through Troll Thread
Rob Turner facilitates workshop on Designing Introductory Courses in Sustainability
David Goldstein publishes book chapter on blended learning
Martha Groom mentors conservation students -- and talks coffee
Ted Hiebert publishes "The Speed of Broken Light" in Performance Research
Dan Berger contributes to new book on racism and militarism in the twenty-first century
Karam Dana's research cited in article on Muslim voters and the 2012 U.S. election
Carrie Bodle performs at Surrey Art Gallery symposium on Sound Thinking
Six IAS students named as Civic Fellows for 2012-2013
Jeanne Heuving publishes Interview with Nathaniel Mackey
Amaranth Borsuk's Between Page and Screen garners positive reviews
IAS students participate in 2012 DC Human Rights Seminar
Gray Kochhar-Lindgren delivers keynote address on global academic leadership
National "Convergence on Poetics" conference launches new MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics
Bruce Burgett and Susan Jeffords contribute to new report on “Making a Case for the Humanities”
Rebecca Brown chosen for Moment Magnitude exhibit at the Frye Art Museum
Dan Jacoby participates in think tank on apprenticeship and labor
Ted Hiebert's work appears in three new art exhibitions in Seattle and Australia
Karam Dana speaks on the death of US Ambassador Christopher Stevens on KIRO 97.3
Rebecca Brown interviews novelist Paul Auster at Seattle Town Hall
Nives Dolsak kicks off the 2012-2013 IAS Research Colloquium with a talk on "The Role of Civil Society in Environmental Policy"
Ted Hiebert publishes a new book: In Praise of Nonsense: Aesthetics, Uncertainty, and Postmodern Identity
Georgia Roberts publishes a new book: Collaborative Futures: Critical Reflections on Publically Active Graduate Education
Alka Kurian publishes a new book: Narratives of Gendered Dissent in South Asian Cinemas