Working as part of the UW Bothell Indigenous Mental Health Research Training Experience, together with Corinna Kruger (UW Seattle MSW program alum) and William Hartmann (IAS faculty supervisor), Walls and Sakurai helped analyze all mental health publications on this topic from 2010-2020 and identified several troubling trends “that homogenize Native peoples through the terms used and generalizations made, that racialize Native peoples as an ethnoracial minority group within the U.S., and that pathologize Native peoples by emphasizing health risks and vulnerabilities to the exclusion of Native strengths, resources, and resistance.” They also contributed recommendations for future mental health research with Native peoples and for Native community leaders interested in navigating the mental health literature as a potential resource for addressing concerns about suicide and mental health.

This work was conducted in collaboration with several other Native students and faculty from institutions across the U.S., and it was financially supported by the UW Royalty Research Scholar Fund and the IAS Student Employee Fund.

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Sharing one of the critical moments in an interdisciplinary collaboration between an urban geographer/planner and a visual artist, they provide an example of a playful data intervention conducted by students promoted to engage in the complexities and possibilities of digital urban landscapes. The project looks at urban surveillance as a technological ecosystem—digital infrastructures premised on gathering “data”, while also thinking about poetic and experiential alternatives to this way of conceptualizing space. What they call “Smart City Photo Booths” prompts us to rethink the relationship between data and lived experience with digitally mediated society. Smile for the camera!

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In her talk, e Atkinson discussed how addressing climate challenges requires more than new technology and better policy: we also need the internal resources to navigate an increasingly chaotic world and stay engaged in solutions without burning out. Her talk drew resources from her book, to offer strategies for coping with the emotional toll of our warming world — fear, anger, hopelessness and grief — while channeling those emotions toward meaningful change.

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Adam Romero recently gave the George Perkins Marsh Lecture at Clark University. The lecture series exposes faculty and students to contemporary research on human-environment interactions. His talk, Industrial Chemicals and the Problem of Too Much Food (1945-1985), explored the linkages between national agricultural policy, local politics, and farmer’s use of pesticides and other industrial chemicals in the decades after WWII.

Adam Romero speaks at the Rachel Carson Forum at Evergreen College

Adam Romero was recently a speaker at Evergreen College as part of the Rachel Carson Forum. He spoke about and lead a discussion on what farmer-centric sustainable agriculture might look like at the national level.

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The seeks to strengthen the resilience of Washington’s coastal communities through collaboration, education, and knowledge exchange. They host a website that provides a curated selection of relevant science, best practices, and other resources related to coastal hazards in Washington. CHRN also hosts a variety of events, like Lunch and Learns and in-person meetings as opportunities for those in their Network to interact with and learn from each other.

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IAS faculty member Shannon Cram gave a public talk at the University of Oregon in February, as part of a year-long about nuclear industry in the United States and Japan. In March, she gave a related guest lecture in a UO history class called The Atomic World.

Adam Romero and Shannon Cram present at Amherst College

IAS faculty members Adam Romero and Shannon Cram were invited to Amherst College in March, where they participated in a book workshop with colleagues from Amherst and Clark University and gave guest lectures in Environmental Anthropology and Sociology of Development classes. As part of their visit, Cram also gave a about her book, .

Shannon Cram delivers keynote address at American Association of Geographers meeting

Cram delivered this year’s keynote address for the of the . Her talk considered the administrative histories and practices that inform US nuclear waste management, with a particular focus on the body as a site of politics. Cram received the group’s Outstanding Book Award last year.

Shannon Cram is Scholar in Residence at Drexel University’s Center for Science, Technology & Society

In May, Cram served as Scholar in Residence at Drexel University’s . Each year, the Center invites an STS scholar to campus for an in-depth engagement with one of their books, purchasing copies for all faculty who would like to participate. As part of the program, Cram had the opportunity to spend time with members of the STS faculty and present her work to the group.

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