The Fall 2022 edition of Research Matters is now available. First published in 2005, this newsletter highlights the research of faculty scholar who have received CSWS grant funding.

As the 2022-23 grant funding cycle rapidly approaches, CSWS will be hosting an information session and a grant writing workshop to support graduate students and faculty through the funding application process.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society has issued the following statement declaring solidarity with demonstrators in Iran who are protesting the tragic death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iranian morality police. Many thanks to Parichehr Kazemi, Zeinab Nobowati, and the CSWS Advisory Board for their contributions to this statement:

The 2022 CSWS Annual Review is now available. You can download a PDF here or pick up print copies at the Oct. 26 New Faculty Welcome Reception. Read more about the issue in the editor's introduction below.

The Center for the Study of Women and Society (CSWS) and Office of the Provost are delighted to resume our New Faculty Welcome reception on Oct. 26, 2022. Please join us at our first in-person, post-pandemic reception and help us welcome women, feminist-identified, and faculty allies of all genders who have joined our campus community in the last three years.

From Fall 2022 Oregon Quarterly—Indigenous students deserve Indigenous teachers.

CSWS congratulates our faculty affiliates who are among the 92 faculty members across campus to receive promotions in 2022:

• Lamia Karim, Professor, Anthropology
• Krystale E. Littlejohn, Associate Professor, Sociology
• Alison Schmitke, Senior Lecturer II, Education Studies
• Tien-Tien Yu, Associate Professor, Physics

Edited from a story in Around the O—CSWS affiliates Katie Lynch, senior instructor of environmental studies, and Lara Bovilsky, professor of English, are among seven UO faculty members recognized for their exceptional teaching with the 2022 Distinguished Teaching Awards.

Lynch was honored for her longstanding excellence with the Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award. As codirector of the Environmental Leadership Program, Lynch works with students who are getting involved outside the classroom.

From Around the O—Figuring out how to bring more women and diverse populations into academia has been debated for decades. The UO’s Wendy Machalicek believes the answer is leading the way for others — and keeping the door open behind you.

CSWS is now taking applications for two part-time staff positions: a project coordinator and an office specialist.

The project coordinator will oversee the planning and administration of our 50th anniversary events, fundraising activities, and donor development campaign to advance the Center’s mission.

In April, CSWS and United Academics hosted "Balancing Work and Caregiving: A Best Practices Teach-in," with 43 participants. As a follow-up, UA has released a report that lays out the scope of the issues at University of Oregon and provide hands-on practical strategies to address challenges that have existed long before the Covid-19 pandemic.

In their most recent round of bargaining with the University of Oregon, United Academics' team succeeded in making significant advancements for caregivers in our community.

On Tuesday, UA reported the following to its members:

Associate Professor Julie Weise, history, has received one of four 2022 Williams instructional grants. Winners of the award receive funding for projects that support learning experiences in their department.

According to Around the O, Weise will focus on an issue that’s close to her heart and connects to her work in the department of history.

A video of the April 27 “Balancing Work and Caregiving: A Best Practices Teach-In," sponsored by Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) and United Academics (UA), is now available.

Four CSWS faculty affiliates are among those selected to receive the first round of Environmental Initiative Seed Funding Program awards, established this year to support research and curricular projects at University of Oregon. Affiliate winners include:

Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among the winners of the 2021-22 Outstanding Research Awards from the Office of the Vice President of Research and Innovation. The awards recognize and celebrate achievements in research and scholarship and highlight notable research activities taking place at the University of Oregon.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society is pleased to invite the University of Oregon community to attend internal candidate talks for the position of CSWS Director. The two candidates are: Professor Alisa Freedman, East Asian Languages and Literatures; and Associate Professor Sangita Gopal, English and Cinema Studies, and Interim Director of CSWS.

Both candidates will give public talks via Zoom as well as hold Open House drop-in hours at CSWS for faculty, staff, students, and community members to talk informally with the candidates. The event schedule is as follows:

On May 20, UC Berkeley sociologist Raka Ray will present the annual CSWS Acker-Morgen Memorial Lecture on “The Politics of Masculinity in the Absence of Work.” The talk will be held 3:30-5 p.m. in the Ford Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Talk and reception are free and open to the public. Masks will be provided for audience members, and the outdoor reception will be held on the north patio of JSMA.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

From Around the O—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named racism as a serious public health threat, and UO philosopher Camisha Russell’s latest research examines racism in health care and offers some ideas about how to address such structural injustice.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) is delighted to announce funding awards for AY 2022-23 of nearly $81,000 to support scholarship, research, and creative work on women and gender. A total of 18 grants were given to 16 graduate students and three faculty members.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

From Around the O—After two years as a virtual event due to the pandemic, Take Back the Night is returning as an in-person gathering on the University of Oregon campus and downtown Eugene.

Annelise Heinz and Bryna Goodman, CSWS faculty affiliates in the history department, have been named Oregon Literary Arts 2022 Book Awards finalist list for their recent works. A third UO faculty member was also named a finalist. The book awards honor the state’s most accomplished writers in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers and graphic literature. All three of the UO’s nominees are nominated in the general nonfiction category. The winners of each category will be announced April 25. From Around the O:

Nine CSWS faculty affiliates are recipients of Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) 2022-23 faculty research and teaching fellowships.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

On April 27, the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) and United Academics (UA) will host “Balancing Work and Caregiving: A Best Practices Teach-In.”

From Around The O—A traveling exhibition from the National Archives, “One Half of the People: Advancing Equality for Women,” finally arrives at the Knight Library this month after being postponed two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four CSWS affiliates are among the recipients of the 2022 Faculty Research Awards. Distributed annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, Faculty Research Awards support scholarship, creative projects, and quantitative or qualitative research from all disciplinary backgrounds.

“I congratulate all the 2022 awardees, who include faculty from across this institution and in all career phases,” said Cass Moseley, interim vice president for research and Innovation. “In particular, I’m very pleased with the diversity and quality of projects selected.”

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) invites applications for the Director position. This three-year renewable appointment as director will begin September 15, 2022. The director should be a tenured professor at the University of Oregon and have an active research agenda relevant to the work of CSWS. The appointee will have reduced FTE in their department while serving as CSWS director at 0.5 FTE with a stipend of $6,600 from the Office of VPRI.

Kate Kelp-Stebbins, assistant professor of English, is the 2022 Tykeson Teaching Award recipient for excellence in teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences humanities division. She is a CSWS faculty affiliate.