February 2021
Meet an IAS Residential Fellow: Jason Kerwin
Jason Kerwin
Applied Economics, College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
IAS Faculty Fellow, Spring 2021
Overcoming Procrastination and Other Behavioral Barriers in the HIV Epidemic
Meet an IAS Staff Member: Denise Pike
Denise Pike
Project Manager
Minnesota Transform: A Just University for Just Futures
I am so thrilled to join the Minnesota Transform team as project manager. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Urban Studies and a Master’s in Heritage Studies and Public History (HSPH). I bring to the initiative a background in public history focused racial justice projects adjacent to the University.
Beyond Assimilation and Resistance: Očhéti Šakówiŋ Peoplehood Past, Present, and Future
Featuring:
Chris Pexa, American Indian Studies, CLA
Jim Rock, Dakhóta scholar

IAS Reads: February 2021
This month, we’re reading up for events featuring two books—one on how we can reshape the University to work more thoughtfully with the greater public (Generous Thinking), and another on the ongoing resistance and reclamation of Indigenous peoplehood and identity (Translated Nation). Please join us for these events, or read along with us!
FAWK This Shit: A “Performance” and Conversation with Asian Women Who are Over It
Featuring:
May Lee-Yang
Saymoukda Vonsay
Naomi Ko
Join May, Saymoukda, and Naomi as they talk about how they use comedy and humor to disarm, attack, and unpack the sh*t of the world. Plus a roundtable conversation with Professor Maggie Hennefeld (Cultural Studies & Comparative Literature).

Meet an IAS Residential Fellow: Jennifer Row
Jennifer Row
French & Italian, College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
IAS Faculty Fellow, Spring 2021
IAS in the News, February 2021
A collection of recent news featuring IAS residential fellows, staff, and initiatives.