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Upcoming showcase features Michelle McKinley and other Williams Fund Fellows
Erb Memorial Union Crater Lake North
Williams Fund Showcase will share innovations in teaching
from Around the O / October, 26, 2018—Every year, the Williams Fund recognizes faculty members from across campus for their insightful approaches to undergraduate teaching.
Yvonne Braun named associate vice provost for academic affairs
Yvonne Braun named associate vice provost for academic affairs
Editor’s Note: has served on the CSWS Advisory Board the past two years.
August 20, 2018—, head of the UO’s Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, has been selected for a half-time position as associate vice provost for academic affairs.
Braun, also an associate professor in the Department of International Studies, will continue her research and teaching half time, according to an announcement from the Office of the Provost.
Courtney Thorsson receives NEH Public Scholars Award
August 2018—, associate professor of English and a CSWS faculty affiliate, received a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars award in the amount of $60,000 for her project “The Sisterhood and Black Women’s Literary Organizing.”
Lesbian Oral History Project
New History for Future Generations
An article in the August 9th edition of Eugene Weekly highlights the work of the Lesbian Oral History Project being carried out by Linda Long, UO Libraries manuscripts librarian, and Judith Raiskin, associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.Bernice Yeung: “The Invisible #MeToos: The fight to end sexual violence against America’s most vulnerable workers”
Lewis Lounge Knight Law Center 1515 Agate St.
Race, Ethnicities, and Inequalities Colloquium
“The Invisible #MeToos: The fight to end sexual violence against America’s most vulnerable workers”
Bernice Yeung, Investigative Reporter Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting)
Barbara Sutton “Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina”
Gerlinger Alumni Lounge 1468 University Street UO campus Free & open to the public
Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina
Barbara Sutton, Associate Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany, State University of New York
Research project on gendered justice among those receiving OVPRI 2018 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives awards
July 16, 2018—Lynn Stephen and Erin Beck, two members of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group whose research on gender violence in Guatemala and the U.S. is on a yearly basis of support from CSWS, are among those whose research will receive 2018 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives awards from the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation.
Black Latina the Play
Hope Theatre Free admission
UO Latinx Strategies Group, UO Black Strategies Group, and UO Theatre Arts present:
Black Latina the Play on Friday, Oct 19th at 7:30pm at the Hope Theatre
BLACK LATINA IS one STORY OF BEING A BLACK LATINA IN THE U.S.
Performance followed by a conversation with writer and director Ms. Crystal Roman
Event information: blogs.uoregon.edu/blacklatina
New Directions in Black Feminist Studies: Mireille Miller-Young
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 Gerlinger Lounge, 12 p.m.
Black Feminism, Labor, Sex Work
Welcome Reception for New Women Faculty on October 9
Gerlinger Lounge 1468 University St.
The Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Office of the Provost and Academic Affairs invite you to a reception to welcome new women faculty to campus.
New and current faculty at the University of Oregon are invited to attend this event to welcome new women faculty to campus, which will be an opportunity for participants to learn about one another’s research and work, and to inspire collaboration, community, and support across campus.
Patricia Matthew, “Written/Unwritten: On the Promise and Limits of Diversity and Inclusion”
EMU 230 | Swindells Erb Memorial Union 1222 E. 13th St.
Faculty, administrators, and graduate students have an opportunity to explore issues of faculty diversity with , the editor of Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure (University of North Carolina Press, 2016) at 3:30 pm Wednesday, Oct. 17, in EMU 230, the Swindells room. Her lecture is titled “Written/Unwritten: On the Promise and Limits of Diversity and Inclusion.”
Producing Literature & Film for Queer Latinx Youth
EMU—145 Crater Lake South Room
A Film Discussion and Book Celebration
Join Ernesto Martínez and others for a discussion of the groundbreaking new bilingual queer Latinx children’s book When We Love Someone We Sing To Them, and get a “sneak peak” of our new short film La Serenata. Light refreshments provided.
Native Play Reading Series: "Salmon is Everything: Community-Based Theater on the Klamath Watershed"
Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia Street, Eugene, OR
Shoniqua Roach: UO Today interview
In case you missed it, here is the link to UO Today’s interview with Shoniqua Roach. From the Oregon Humanities Center website: “Shoniqua Roach is an assistant professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Oregon. Roach discusses her research interest in post-civil rights era black popular culture, especially the work of transgressive black female performers—Pam Grier in 1970s Blaxploitation films, and hip-hop artist Nicki Minaj. In addition, Roach talks about the black feminist speaker series she is organizing for the 2018–19 academic year.”
DOLORES: Film Screening with director Peter Bratt
Redwood Auditorium Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 1222 E. 13th Ave.
Film Screening & Discussion with film director Peter Bratt: DOLORES
DOLORES HUERTA
Three CSWS faculty affiliates win Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
June 19, 2018—Three CSWS faculty affiliates are among the 15 UO faculty members selected for the prestigious Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for 2018-19, which were announced this week by UO Provost Jayanth Banavar.
The three scholars are:
- Judith Eisen, professor, biology
- Ernesto Martinez, associate professor, ethnic studies
- Rocio Zambrana, associate professor, philosophy
Erin Beck wins book award for her research on Guatemalan NGOs
Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate Erin Beck, whose book, How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs, was selected as co-winner of the Book Award of the Sociology of Development section of the American Sociological Association.
Reimagining Sustainability • IAMCR 2018 - University of Oregon
CSWS Advisory Board member Gabriela Martínez is one of the co-organizers of this important media conference.
CSWS Advisory Board member publishes article on the Trump administration’s immigration policy
Editor’s Note: is a member of the CSWS Advisory Board.
Around the O / Professor publishes article on president's immigration policy
CSWS Advisory Board member publishes article on the Trump administration’s immigration policy
Panel at Sydney conference will honor CSWS founder Joan Acker
Two University of Oregon professors will participate this week in a conference panel in Sydney, Australia, that honors the memory of CSWS founder and long-time director Joan Acker.
Unrest in the Aisles, an OQ story about the research of Eileen Otis
Editor’s Note: Through CSWS Faculty Research Grants, CSWS has supported the research of faculty affiliate Eileen Otis.
From Oregon Quarterly—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.
2018 Faculty Promotions & Tenure
The University of Oregon is putting on the 2018 Faculty Promotion Celebration on Tuesday, June 5, to honor all faculty who were promoted and/or received tenure during academic year 2018. Congratulations to all those being honored.
We would like to especially acknowledge former CSWS associate director Gabriela Martinez, who was promoted to full professor in the School of Journalism and Communication, and former CSWS advisory board member , who was promoted to full professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.
Frances White & Monique Balbuena named as University Senate 2018 award recipients
May 31, 2018—Two long-time CSWS faculty affiliates—Frances J. White and Monique R, Balbuena—are among six UO faculty & staff named as 2018 award recipients by the the University Senate.
The Wayne T. Westling Award went to Frances J. White, professor and department head, anthropology; senator; member of the Senate Executive Committee; co-chair of the Academic Council; and chair, UO Committee on Courses.
“Trans* Law: Opportunities and Futures” Panel Discussion
Knight Law Center NEW ROOM LOCATION: Room 175 1515 Agate St.
Charise Cheney among trio honored for teaching excellence with annual Tykeson Awards
Editor’s Note: Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate and two other faculty honored for excellence in teaching.
From Around the O: Three faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have been recognized for excellence in teaching as recipients of this year’s Tykeson Teaching Awards.
2018-19 CSWS Research Awards: Jane Grant Fellowship, Graduate and Faculty Research Grants
April 9, 2018—The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon recently awarded more than $67,000 in graduate student and faculty research grants to support research on women and gender during the 2018-19 academic year. The research being funded includes projects focused in Senegal, Ghana, the Caribbean, and across the country.
UO biologist Judith Eisen elected into elite American academy
From Around the O: Judith Eisen honored
April 20, 2018—UO biologist Judith Eisen is best known to the world as a pioneer in using zebrafish as a model to study the nervous system.
“Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance”—a new book by Stephanie Teves
Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance, by Stephanie “Lani” Teves (University of North Carolina Press, April 2018, 240 pages).
Just out from the University of North Carolina Press, Stephanie Teves’s new book, Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance. Lani Teves is an assistant professor, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Oregon. A CSWS faculty affiliate, she received a 2016-17 CSWS Faculty Research Grant in support of her research for this book.
OVPRI 2018-19 Faculty Research Award recipients include numerous CSWS faculty affiliates & grant awardees
Congratulations to the many CSWS faculty affiliates named as recipients of 2018-19 OVPRI Faculty Research Awards. These include Mary Wood (English), Kristin Yarris (International Studies), Lynn Stephen (Anthropology), Laura Pulido (Ethnic Studies), Kate Mondloch (History of Art & Architecture), Ernesto Martinez (Ethnic Studies), Ana-Maurine Lara (Anthropology), Alai-Reyes Santos (Ethnic Studies), Mai-Lin Cheng (Clark Honors College), Marjorie Celona (Creative Writing), Mayra Bottaro (Romance Languages), and Dare Baldwin (Psychology).
Spring speakers series: “Thinking Authenticity”
May 2 : Knight Library, Browsing Room May 16 & May 23: Willamette 100 Free & open to the public
Spring speakers series: “Thinking Authenticity”
May 16, 2018 Willamette 100 “Reading Aime Cesaire in the Era of Black Lives Matter,” with Frieda Ekotto, University of Michigan
May 23, 2018 Willamette 100 “The Face on Film: Made and Unmade," with Noa Steimatsky, ACLS / Berkeley U
CSWS director Michelle McKinley named Williams Fellow with two other faculty
Three University of Oregon faculty members have been awarded 2018-19 Williams Fellowships
CSWS advisory board member Andrea Herrera interviewed for New York Magazine
April 3, 2018—CSWS advisory board member Andrea P. Herrera was interviewed as a sociologist and parent for one of New York Magazine's current cover stories: “It's a Theyby! Raising the Gender Creative Child.” Her comments appear toward the middle of the article and beyond.
Herrera is a doctoral candidate in the UO Department of Sociology and and an instructor in the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies.