STEAM Fellowship

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In 2025, the Center for the Study of Women in Society launched the CSWS Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellowship, which provides funding for students to pursue gender-based research with a faculty mentor in support of the CSWS mission. Your gift to CSWS will help support the next generation of cutting-edge feminist research at the University of Oregon.

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2026 STEAM Fellows

Claire Jones and Michelle Rogers.

2026 Undergraduate STEAM Fellows announced

University of Oregon students Claire Jones and Michelle Rogers have been named 2026 Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellows by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Launched in 2025 with funding from our 50th anniversary Duckfunder campaign, this undergraduate fellowship creates opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations among science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) faculty and students on campus and to enhance pathways for underrepresented students in STEAM to succeed. 

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2025 STEAM Fellows

The 2025 CSWS-OVPRI Undergraduate Steam Summer Fellows are, from left, Cing Dim, Sophia Foerster, Anisha Srinivasan, and Alex Underwood .

Personal Stories Inspire Summer Undergraduate Research Projects

by Jenée Wilde, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of English

The Center for the Study of Women in Society has launched a new student-centered research initiative—the CSWS Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellowship. Over the summer, undergraduate fellows collaborated with University of Oregon faculty mentors to develop interdisciplinary research and creative projects that engage with STEAM fields—science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. Our STEAM fellows approach their inquiry with gender and intersectionality as an analytical framework.

STEAM Research Projects

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Video: Cing Dim

Cing Dim is an advertising major and part of the 2025 cohort of CSWS-OVPRI Undergraduate STEAM Summer Fellows. Her project is titled: “Lost from Home, Disconnected from Roots,” which produced a short animated film about ending the silence around generational sexual trauma. 

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Video: Alex Underwood

Sociology major Alex Underwood's discusses his 2025 summer project that documents queer histories through intergenerational storytelling and art—specifically portraiture.

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Video: Anisha Srinivasan

Psychology major Anisha Srinivasan discusses her 2025 summer research study on the intersection of race and gender in memory biases along with her faculty mentor Chanel Meyers, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oregon.

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Video: Sophia Foerster

Multidisciplinary science major Sophia Foerster discusses her 2025 summer project that explores gaps in medical research about how women’s joints work differently from men's, along with her faculty mentor is Nick Willett, associate professor of bioengineering at the the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon.  
 

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Claire Jones and Michelle Rogers

Ducks Rise to Support Undergraduate STEAM Fellowships at CSWS

Through a competitive application process, CSWS selected biochemistry major Claire Jones and dance major Michelle Rogers as our 2026 STEAM Fellows. Jones and Rogers wrote personal statements that share how their experiences and goals reflect the CSWS mission. Their stories illustrate the importance of continuing these fellowships.
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CSWS reaches Ducks Give fundraising goal

CSWS surpassed our $5,000 fundraising goal during Ducks Give, raising $5,360 from 39 gifts to support undergraduate research on gender. It's not too late to give! See story for details.
STEAM Fellow Anisha Srinivasan shows a research poster she created with funding from CSWS.

Undergraduate Initiatives

CSWS offers a variety of opportunities for undergraduate students to contribute to our mission and participate in the Center. Undergraduates can apply for summer research funding or sign up for a gender-focused Calderwood Seminar in Public Writing, as well as apply for internship and employment opportunities.