by Michelle Byrne, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychology
What does mental illness have to do with adolescent girls’ immune health? How can we better understand the development of girls who experience abuse? Are there health disparities for girls, especially girls that experience childhood adversity and depression? Our project asked these questions in order to fully explore how girls’ physical and mental health may be linked.
by Emily Halnon, University Communications, reprinted from Oregon Quarterly (Spring 2018)
The first time UO sociologist Eileen Otis walked into a Walmart, she was far from home—Kunming, China, to be exact. She was immediately struck by how greatly the Chinese version of the massive retailer differed from its American counterpart.
by Shoniqua Roach, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
by tova stabin, University Communications
The history of Eugene’s lesbian community from the 1960s through the 1990s will be kept alive through video interviews and archival documents of more than 140 women taking part in the UO’s Lesbian Oral History project.
Judith Raiskin, associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Linda Long, curator of manuscripts in Special Collections and University Archives in UO Libraries, are conducting the project as part of the library’s effort to preserve Oregon history.
by Ernesto J. Martínez, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies
By Maria Fernanda Escallón, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology
by Mayra Bottaro, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages
by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, and
Ana-Maurine Lara, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
by Nicole Giuliani, Assistant Professor, School Psychology Program
Interviewed by Michelle McKinley, CSWS Director and Professor, School of Law, and Alice Evans, CSWS Managing Editor
With a new book forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, Angela Joya is pressing forward with more projects focused on the Middle East and North Africa. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Joya was born in Afghanistan, lived for twelve years as a refugee in Pakistan, and immigrated with her family to Canada when she was sixteen.
Q :Tell us about your book project.
