UO Abroad: International Studies’ Anita Weiss reconnects with writing in Italy | AroundtheO.

1. Where in the world were you?

I was at the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy, on Lake Como, from Feb. 21 to March 21.

2. What work were you doing there?

I went there to write a book, “Interpreting Islam, Modernity and Women’s Rights in Pakistan.” I brought a suitcase of clothes for the month, and another suitcase of books and notes. Plus, of course, my laptop for access to the Internet.

Anita Weiss is a CSWS faculty affiliate. Read more in AroundtheO

Jason Lindo

“Gender-Specific Measures of Economic Conditions and Child Abuse,” the Spring 2013 issue of CSWS Research Matters, examines data collected from California counties, with stark results. Written by Jason Lindo, assistant professor, University of Oregon Department of Economics, the paper takes a different tack than previous studies. Lindo writes that “by focusing on aggregate measures of economic conditions, prior studies have been missing the story.” Instead, his study, funded in part by a 2012 CSWS Faculty Research Grant, takes a close look at the role of gender. “Male layoffs increase rates of child abuse,” he writes, “while female layoffs reduce rates of child abuse.”

Study: Women altering menstruation cycles in large numbers | AroundtheO.

A research team headed by Christopher Minson, a human physiology professor at UO and a CSWS faculty affiliate, shows that “a surprisingly large number of women 18 or older choose to delay or skip monthly menstruation by deviating from the instructions of birth-control pills and other hormonal contraceptives.” Read more in AroundtheO

This story was published originally on the website of the University of Oregon Graduate School.

Shannon Elizabeth Bell, who earned her PhD in Sociology from UO in 2010, was awarded a rare honorable mention for the “Distinguished Dissertation Award” by the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) and ProQuest Dissertation Publishing. First presented in 1981, these awards are made annually to individuals who, in the opinion of the award committee, have completed dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline.

In Print: Race & Ethnicity | AroundtheO.

April 4, 2013 — “University of Oregon Philosophy Professor Naomi Zack’s newest publication, Race and Ethnicity (Bridgepoint Education, Inc., 2012), is a textbook that combines her earlier philosophical work examining the concept of race as culturally relative with a look at the social aspect of race being associated with oppression.” Read more in AroundtheO

Naomi Zack is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

Miriam Abelson planning her research trip to the southeastern U.S.

March 27, 2013—The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon has awarded more than $70,000 in graduate student and faculty research grants to support research on women and gender during the 2013-14 academic year. Nine UO graduate students will receive awards ranging from $2,000 to $16,000. Six faculty scholars will receive awards of up to $6,000.

Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship

Miriam Abelson, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology, was awarded the prestigious Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship. Her field-based research looks at “Transgender Experiences and Transmasculinities in Three U.S. Regions.”

Charise Cheney’s research expands Civil Rights debate | Around the O.