Our other events include an annual ISI lecture, as well as working groups and colloquia. It is our hope that the ISI, its seminar and related activities, will provide a vigorous resource for intellectual and creative energy on the UMass campus. Its range and connective potential should link faculty not only within the College of Humanities and Fine Arts but also in other disciplines and colleges as well.

Contact Us

ISI Director 

Pari Riahi

ISI Assistant

Lilly Etlinger, M.Arch

ISI Board

Brian Dillon, Department of Linguistics

Shona Macdonald, Department of Art

Rebecca Hamlin, Department of Political Science

Angie Willey, Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies