Hi folks, come hear our next IAS Seminar Speaker in our Sustainability Series. Professor Anne Wessells from UWT's Urban Studies Program will give her talk "On the Working Waterfront: Integrating Multiple Uses and Creating Public Access in Urban Industrial Shoreline Areas". Wed, Nov 2, 12:30-1:30pm in JOY 117 (open to the public) Anne Wessells joined the Urban Studies faculty in Fall 2008. She received her PhD in Social Ecology in 2007 from the University of California, Irvine, through the Department of Planning, Policy and Design. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked in urban planning and economic development in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; during this time, she earned a masters degree from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania (2000). Her theoretical interests are in modes of urban governance, including collaborative spatial planning; the figurative and literal construction of human-nature systems; and performativity concepts of social practice theory, especially as they relate to urban policy and political power. Professor Wessells' dissertation research focused on the creation of new waterfront park spaces in four U.S. cities, investigating how multiple land use imperatives were selectively promoted, integrated and/or abandoned in the redevelopment of urban waterway sites. Drawing on Actor-Network Theory (as articulated by Bruno Latour in particular), this work emphasizes the importance of both narrative and visual representation in developing alternative political agency, in order to engage and transform status quo 'structures' of urban economic development practice. Professor Wessells is currently pursuing new research in the area of urban recreation, place attachment, and social-ecological equity. Her teaching at UWT is focused on land use planning, urban sustainability, and public policy, with a thematic emphasis on political voice and citizen empowerment. Cheers, Jim James E. Gawel, Ph.D. Assoc. Prof. of Environmental Chemistry and Engineering Environmental Sciences Program Coordinator University of Washington - Tacoma 1900 Commerce St. Campus Box 358436 Tacoma, WA 98402 Phone: 253-692-5815 E-mail: jimgawel@u.washington.edu URL: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/environmentalprogram