affiliate research

Faith Barter explores antebellum Black authorship in new book

A new book by CSWS affiliate Faith Barter, assistant professor of English at the UO, explores Black writers as architects of legal possibility in the antebellum South. Her book, Black Pro Se: Authorship and the Limits of Law in Nineteenth-Century African American Literature (2025) was published by University of North Carolina Press. She received a 2019-20 CSWS Faculty Research Grant for this project.

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2024 Annual Review

  • Anita Hill: Reflections on the 2024 Lorwin Lecture
  • A Message from the CSWS Director by Sangita Gopal, Associate Professor, Department of Cinema Studies
  • Feminist Futures: Moments from the CSWS 50th Anniversary by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
  • Past Lessons, Future Visions: CSWS Alumni Symposium by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
  • Q&A: Bryant Taylor by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
Publication Year
2024

UO researchers to study the health effects of homelessness

Editor's note: Seed funding for Weaver's research was provided by a CSWS faculty research grant. 

From Around the O—As cities of all sizes struggle with rising homelessness, researchers at the University of Oregon are studying the link between stress and long-term health conditions among people without housing and how it drives health inequity.

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2023 Annual Review

  • Women’s Visual Protest Movements in Iran: A Conversation with Parichehr Kazemi by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
  • Haunting Ecologies by Jenée Wilde, Senior Instructor, Department of English
  • An Invitation from the Director of CSWS by Sangita Gopal, Associate Professor, Department of Cinema Studies
  • Reflections on Gender, Sexuality, and Power
  • New Faculty Reception
Publication Year
2023