GWSS 577: Women of Color in Academia

Winter 2017; TuTh 1:30-3:20 p.m. / Parrington 112 SLN 15320 – 5 credits

Instructor: Angela B. Ginorio

In this reading, writing, and discussion course, we will explore how “women of color” in academia (both members of the faculty and graduate students) are positioned–through field of scholarship and socially-defined identities–to question and redefine academia, education, and the established boundaries between academia and other communities.  The discussion will focus on four contexts: institutional, departmental, disciplinary, classroom.  In addition, interpersonal relations and intrapersonal issues will be considered.

The goals for this class are to actively, through reading, writing, and discussion:

–Gain working knowledge of the experiences of “women of color” in academia in the U.S.

–Understand the institutional sites and forms of knowledge production and validation in academia in the U.S. – from classrooms to departments, from journals to professional organizations –Use these understandings of knowledge production to generate insurgent knowledge in our own work and practice –Gain in-depth knowledge about how power is exerted in one of contexts examined in the course, as it pertains to “women of color” in academia –Create and participate in a community of critical learners

This year’s QBall is scheduled for January 13th, 2017 at the HUB Lyceum from 7-10 pm. This year, we plan on highlighting queer performers and artists. The QSC needs dancers/dance groups, singers, video makers, etc willing to showcase their skills at the QBall. We are also looking to showcase queer-themed art at the event. If you are interested, please fill out this google form before January 5th, 2017: http://tinyurl.com/uwqball. In order to perform at the QBall, you will need to attend a mandatory tech rehearsal the day of the performance from 2-4pm.  Please share the link to anyone who might be interested. Hope to see you all on January 13th!

 

*SAVE THE DATE – PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EVENT FOR UW GRADUATE STUDENTS & POSTDOCS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES*

Thinking Expansively About Careers in Public Service – for UW Graduate Students and Postdocs in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Thursday, January 19, 2017, 5 pm – 7 pm
Rm. 145, Husky Union Building, UW Seattle
*Free – with light foods and refreshments*

Event Page: bit.ly/2eO7hl7
Download Event Flyer: bit.ly/2fFf2Hn

You are invited to hear from a panel of public service professionals who will share insights and strategies for making that transition from being a grad student to working in non-profit, county, city, and state sectors. A networking reception will follow the panel discussion.

Sponsored by Core Programs in the Graduate School and the Career and Internship Center, this event is designed to be an opportunity for current UW Graduate Students and Postdocs to:

–Explore various career paths in the broad field of Public Service
–Learn how to enhance their job marketability
–Develop connections with public service professionals who have earned graduate-level degrees in the Humanities and Social Sciences

To request disability accommodation, contact the Disability Services Office at 206.543.6450 (voice), 206.543.6452 (TTY), 206.685.7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu, preferably at least 10 days in advance of the event.

INFX 598 A/B: Digital Media & Community Development

Winter 2017 | T/Th 3:30-5:30pm

Dr. Negin Dahya

The Information School

The focus of this course is to explore the role of digital and social media in the global exchange of information, with a focus on visual culture, digital and social media. The course explores the relationship between popular cultural tools and trends in relation to community development and mobilization, and related to online/offline social action (philanthropy, humanitarian aid, political movements, etc.). Lines of inquiry in this course will focus on how particular forms of digital media can inform, mobilize, challenge, or undermine social and political norms, expectations, and practices. What is the role of digital media in the distribution of information towards community development and social change? How do digital and online campaigns impact on-the-ground social movements? What are the strengths and limitations to using digital media to influence and mobilize people around a topic of interest?  How are digital tools and campaigns impacting public perception, engagement, and (in)action about contemporary and historical social issues?

Contemporary topics such as Black Lives Matter, #NODAPL, and the role of social media in the 2016 election will be topics of discussion. Media and cultural theories exploring practices of looking (visual cultural theory), the culture industry and the spectacle of society (cultural theory) will be included as readings alongside contemporary research studies in education, library and information science, childhood and youth studies, and media studies. Weekly seminar discussions will be structured around topics such as viral videos, ‘clicktivism,’ crowdfunding, online activism and user generated content, youth engagement, and serious videogames. Readings and multimedia viewings will focus on the role of technology in the spread of information and the perpetuation of power and political structures with a focus on issues of equity related to gender, race, class, sexuality, and ability. Students will have the opportunity to complete group projects covering a movement of their choice, tracking and tracing the online and offline history, developments, and impacts of political action related to their topic.

PUB POL 573A: K-12 Education Policy & Governance

Instructor: Bill Zumeta

Meets: Mon-Wed 3-4:20 PM

Description: This MPA elective will touch on a range of topics in contemporary education policy while providing students an opportunity to apply and extend their knowledge and skills in economics, statistics, policy analysis, evaluation, and management analysis.  In the course we will explore why education tends to be publicly provided and also the reasons behind instances where it is not so or where elements of privatization are integrated into public provision – such as public school choice, charter schools, contract schools, and voucher arrangements. We will also look at American federalism in the context of education – the limited but waxing and waning role of the federal government (e.g., in areas like standards and testing such as the Common Core, desegregation policy, and federal efforts to make education policy more evidence based) as well as the role of the states, and of the 15,000 or so local school districts with elected boards embodying “local control” of American public education. How did the U.S. education system come to be governed this way and what consequences does it have? What are the implications of significant changes that have been afoot in recent decades in the locus of governance as well as pushback against them?

We will study in depth the arrangements for K-12 education funding in the U.S. and the consequences these have for equity as well as the current ferment and challenges around policy remedies (e.g., the McCleary Supreme Court case in Washington).  We will also study policies related to the most crucial resource related to student achievement: teachers, including their recruitment and training, their effectiveness and evaluation, and related labor market issues.  Another topic will be the P-20 education continuum (pre-school to graduate school), which turns out to be a fragile ladder for many because of the way our educational system is structured. What policy remedies are available or have been tried to make the system more seamless for students?  Finally, we will take a look at “horizontal” links–or the lack of same–with related social sectors (health, social services, criminal justice) whose links to education could certainly improve performance on both sides. We will touch on why these links are generally weak as well as how these challenges might be overcome.

Join us for our 1-credit UCONJ 624 course on Health Equity and Community Organizing! Contact David Fernando at somserve@uw.edu for an add code or with questions! 

PUBLIC POLICY, LAW, AND EQUITY (4 credits)

PUBPOL 573 B, SLN 19622

WINTER QUARTER

T/TH  2:00 – 3:20

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is an interdisciplinary course examining how public policy and laws influence disparities based on race, ethnicity, and sex. Students will develop a foundation in understanding race and gender as a social construct, the social science of implicit bias based on race and sex, and how these biases can shape public policy. The course will cover several public policy areas, including: the criminal justice system, education, employment, immigration, and the environment. Students will work in teams and collaborate to address a policy of interest to the group.

From the instructor:

I teach at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance. I am an attorney and I have a background in anti-discrimination law. I use social science research as well as case law in this course. My required reading will include Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. I am teaching this course a second time, and I would welcome graduate students from the School of Social Work.  If students have any questions about the course, they may email me at gonzm@uw.edu.

PUBPOL 573 B, Winter

T/TH 2:00 -3:20

Professor Michelle Gonzalez

An interdisciplinary course examining how public policy and laws influence disparities based on race, ethnicity, and sex. Public policy areas include: criminal justice, education, employment, immigration, and the environment.

Open to all graduate students. Contact professor Gonzalez for more information, GONZM@UW.EDU

 

Put your ideals into practice!

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will be holding recruitment information sessions in Seattle and Portland. This is your opportunity to meet our recruitment team and learn about how you can join our team of dedicated aid workers. We’re currently recruiting for a variety of medical and non-medical positions.

Recruitment Info Session December 6, 2016 7:00PM – 8:30PM PST Belltown Community Center 415 Bell St. Seattle, WA 98121

Recruitment Info Session December 8, 2016 7:00PM – 8:30PM PST Friendly House 1737 NW 26th Avenue Portland, OR 97210

Doctors Without Borders provides emergency medical aid to people in crisis in more than 60 countries around the world. Learn more about us.
Please help distribute this event posting to your co-workers and friends.

Seattle Info Session Event Flyer
Portland Info Session Event Flyer

Copyright © 2016 Doctors Without Borders, All rights reserved.

Our mailing address is:
FHROutreach@NewYork.msf.org

 

UWRA Graduate Student Fellowship in Aging

Application Deadline:  February 1, 2017 12 noon (PST)

The University of Washington Retirement Association has endowed a fellowship to support graduate students of outstanding academic merit who have a demonstrated academic and personal interest in aging-related issues or concerns.

This fellowship will provide a monthly stipend equivalent to the PDTA 2 level (currently $2,572/month), GAIP health insurance, and a waiver of a maximum of 18 credits of state-tuition (except for U-PASS fee and international student fee).  The fellowship must be used in 2017-18 academic year.

At the time of application, students must be matriculated in a UW graduate degree tuition-based program and not in their last year of study.  (Students in fee-based programs are not eligible.)  The recipient of the award must be enrolled in full-time credits (at least 10) during the quarter in which he/she takes the fellowship.

Please see our website at http://grad.uw.edu/graduate-student-funding/for-students/fellowships/list-of-fellowships/uw-retirement-association-fellowship-in-aging/ for further information.  Detailed on that page are also the application requirements and process (statements, letters of recommendation, etc.) as well as criteria for selection.

The selected recipient(s) will be invited to attend the UWRA luncheon in spring 2017.  They will also be asked to give an informal presentation to UWRA members on their research/academic and personal interests related to aging during the year of the award.

Questions regarding this opportunity may be directed to The Graduate School, Office of Fellowships and Awards, megray@uw.edu or 206-685-4248.

MWF 2:30 – 3:50 pm      I&S credit  (5 credits)

Course description:

Study of the evolution of modern building construction with emphasis on the relationship between the projects that have been built over time and the people who built them. This course focuses on the development of building technology, equipment, and materials used by Western civilizations, and how those developments affect what we build today in the United States.

Click here for course flyer

 

AIS 170: American Indian Art and Aesthetics

5 cr. VLPA

Instructor: Dian Million

MW 11:30-1:20

The mind is called ʻmom tune ay chi kunʼ. ʻMom tune ay chi kunʼ is the sacred place inside each one of us where no one else can go. It is in this place that each one of us can dream, fantasize, create and, yes, even talk to the grandfathers and grandmothers. The thoughts and images that come from this place are called ʻmom tune ay chi kunaʼ, which means wisdoms, and they can be given to others in stories, songs, dances and art. Stories are called ʻachimoonaʼ, songs are ʻnugamoonaʼ, dances are ʻneemeetoonaʼ and art is ʻtatsinaikewinʼ. They sound almost the same, donʼt they? That is because all these words, describe gifts that come from the sacred place inside (Maria Campbell, 1985).

Art and aesthetic is the creative force of people and their worldviews. “Indian” art and aesthetic is an interpretation and expression of life by the Indigenous peoples of North America. While numerous Indigenous peoples reside in the western hemisphere, this class introduces you to the aesthetic universe of peoples who are currently known as American Indian, Alaskan Native and some Canadian First Nations. This class will provide you an abundance of thought, expression, stories, dance, art and art objects, film, and music to consider. The intent is to invite you into the sounds, motions, objects, spirit and colors that are the aesthetic universe of Native North America.

https://ais.washington.edu/courses/2017/winter/ais/170/a

The symposium Real Women, Real Voices: Where the People Meet the Policy is a groundbreaking discussion highlighting issues and concerns that affect incarcerated women. The panels feature currently and formerly incarcerated women discussing the effects of incarceration and the carceral state on themselves, their children, and their communities.

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is a grassroots policy initiative focused on the gendered impacts of the carceral state. It has convened organizing meetings around the country and engaged women and girls in prisons, jails, and immigrant detention based on the motto “nothing about us without us.” More information at www.thecouncil.us

Event details at: https://simpsoncenter.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D121423589

 

Hello!

Are you considering a Study Abroad program for Summer 2017?!

The program led by Zynovia Hetherington is called Social Work Ghana: The “Sankofa” Experience in Ghana – Exploration of Race & Identity Development in a Cross Cultural Exchange. If you’re interested in finding more information please click here. This link will provide you information from the program fee to academic credits. A personal statement and two recommendations are required. Please keep an eye out for emails about our next information session!

If you any questions please contact Bilen Million at bilenm@uw.edu or Zynovia Hetherington at zynovia@uw.edu.

”Go Back and Get It!”

This is not really social work related, but could provide some escapism over Thanksgiving week.

  Take care.

Lin

From the movie distribution company:

We are excited to announce a new movie MISS SLOANE is coming out on December 9th! This is a movie about a brilliant and ruthless lobbyist, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain), who is notorious for her unparalleled talent and her desire to win at all costs, even when it puts her own career at risk.

We are doing a free advanced screening of MISS SLOANE! The screening will take place on Tuesday 22^nd at Regal Thornton Place at 7PM. Here is the link to the google forum where you can sign up: https://goo.gl/forms/bzi1aAERVnh2Hv2a2.

Synopsis: In the high-stakes world of political power-brokers, Elizabeth Sloane (Jessica Chastain) is the most sought after and formidable lobbyist in D.C. Known equally for her cunning and her track record of success, she has always done whatever is required to win. However, when she takes on the most powerful opponent of her career, she finds that winning might cost her too much.

Trailer: http://misssloanemovie.com/#/trailer/

Official Website: http://misssloanemovie.com/

Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, 5 – 8 p.m. William H. Gates Hall (LAW), Room 133, UW Seattle campus

The symposium Real Women, Real Voices: Where the People Meet the Policy is a groundbreaking discussion highlighting issues and concerns that affect incarcerated women. The panels feature currently and formerly incarcerated women discussing the effects of incarceration and the carceral state on themselves, their children, and their communities.

The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls is a grassroots policy initiative focused on the gendered impacts of the carceral state. It has convened organizing meetings around the country and engaged women and girls in prisons, jails, and immigrant detention based on the motto “nothing about us without us.” More information at www.thecouncil.us

Event details at: https://simpsoncenter.org/calendar?trumbaEmbed=view%3Devent%26eventid%3D121423589

From the Psych Department (we’ve had SSW students take this previously and it was well-liked)

Lin

As part of the Evidence-Based Practice Institute’s Workforce Development Initiative, we offer an interdisciplinary graduate course through the Dept. of Psychology. This winter quarter we are offering a course on evidence-based treatments for older children and adolescents with behavioral and psychiatric disorders involved in multiple services systems.

This course is open to current graduate students.

Terry Lee, MD and Josh Leblang, EdS will be teaching this Winter Quarter’s PSYCH 543 Advances in Child Clinical Psychology. This is part of a course series focused on evidence-based treatments and practices for an interdisciplinary audience.

This winter quarter course will provide students with an in-depth review of the range of evidenced-based treatments (EBTs) appropriate for some of the most complex cases – older children and adolescents with behavioral and psychiatric disorders who are involved with multiple service systems, including mental health, juvenile justice, chemical dependency, school systems and special education, and child welfare systems/protective services. The focus is on youth from late childhood through adolescence and their families and care providers. The course emphasizes a practical approach to acquiring the core necessary skills, attitudes, and knowledge for effective work with this population. The aim of the class is to provide students not only a practical understanding of the common elements of the EBT’s, but also hands-on practice of some of the skills required to implement these treatments. Particular emphasis will be placed on skill sets arising out of the following EBT’s: Multisystemic Therapy, Family Integrated Transitions, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Relapse Prevention, and Motivational Interviewing.

Meeting time for this course is Thursdays from 2-4:50 pm. Please email Dr. Terry Lee directly at drterry@uw.edu for registration information and more information.

Please spread the word about events honoring Trans Day of Remembrance.  More than ever before we need to be there for each other as a community.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/201628853611908/

Details

Programming coming up next week for Trans Day of Remembrance:

TDOR Sign Making
Q Center, HUB315 All Week
Join the Q Center during their normal operating hours to honor those who have lost their lives to transphobia, racism, sexism, and other intolerable forms of bigotry by making signs and other forms of art. Or enjoy hot tea and cocoa and use their back room for self care and centering exercises.

Pantran Student Discussion
Q Center, HUB 315 3-4PM 11/15
A space for those concerned about transgender rights at the University of Washington, we intend to identify problems faced by trans/gender-nonconforming student, staff, and faculty, network resources and efforts to improve these situations, and meet and greet like-minded individuals.

Gender Discussion Group
Q Center, HUB 315, 4-6PM
A weekly, facilitated meeting centering conversation by and for transgender and gender non-conforming folx.

Read more

This program is open to MSW students and is run by one of our SSW Faculty members.  Credits count toward your elective requirement.

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