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.

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.”

Carol Stabile—director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon, and professor, School of Journalism and Communication and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies—has received the 2013 Farrar Media and Civil Rights History Award for her article “The Typhoid Marys of the Left; Gender, Race and the Broadcast Blacklist” published in the Summer 2011 issue of Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies. Her article was one of a competitive field of entries judged by a national panel of experts in the field. Stabile will present at a special standalone session at the symposium on her current research. The session is a highlight of the symposium.

Here is what the judges had to say about her article:

H. Leslie Steeves is one of seven winners of the UO’s 2013 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Award. Steeves, professor  and associate dean of Graduate Affairs and Research, UO School of Journalism and Communication, is also a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate. CSWS has helped fund her case study of the One Laptop Per Child Project and information and communication technologies in Ghana.

The awards recognize university classified staff, faculty and officers of administration whose contributions to the campus community, beyond typical job expectations, also uphold and exemplify ideals supported by Martin Luther King, Jr. This year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards winners were selected based on nominations from campus colleagues.

Jennifer Reynolds, assistant professor in the University of Oregon School of Law and associate director for the Appropriate Dispute Resolution Program, is among three UO recipients of a 2012 Distinguished Teaching Award from the UO Office of Academic Affairs. She received the Ersted Award. Reynolds teaches courses on civil procedure, mediation and negotiation. She is a faculty affiliate of the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Five University of Oregon faculty members named Fulbright Scholars | Communications

Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among five members of the UO faculty recently named as Fulbright Scholars for 2012-13. They are:

• Associate Professor Lisa Marie Gilman, anthropology; host institution is Mzuzu University in Malawi.
• Professor David Li, literature; host institution is University of the Arts London in the United Kingdom.

Minson wins mentor award | Inside Oregon.

October 16, 2012—Chris Minson’s leadership in the University of Oregon’s Department of Human Physiology—teaching and mentoring students, building the curriculum and forging relationships across campus and with area physicians—has earned him the 2012 Mentor Award from the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon….Read more

Christopher T. Minson, professor and department head, is a CSWS faculty affiliate.