156 Straub Hall, 1451 Onyx St., UO campus
Free & open to the public
Justice and Reparation in Guatemala: Challenges and Possibilities
CLLAS Inaugural Lecture in Latinx and Latin American Studies
Must pre-register for these workshops. For full details, see also: https://csws.uoregon.edu/ally/
Trainer, Dena Zaldúa
CSWS Operations Manager
Feb. 11 10 am - 12:30 pm Allyship 101
Feb. 12 9:30 am - 12 pm Allyship 101
Feb. 12 12:30 pm - 3 pm Allyship 201
Editor’s note: CSWS is one of several UO units that awarded research funds to Prof. Ernesto Javier Martínez in support of this creative work.
A new book and film have a University of Oregon professor singing a happy tune.
a new book from Lynn Fujiwara, professor of ethnic studies and a CSWS faculty affiliate
Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics Edited by Lynn Fujiwara and Shireen Roshanravan (University of Washington Press, Dec. 2018)
CSWS welcomes scholar to the staff as pro tem research assistant.
Chaudhry is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. His work focuses on the institutionalization of “transgender” in nonprofit and funding agencies through ethnographic research in Philadelphia, PA.
Nov. 9 – Three University of Oregon faculty members in the College of Education’s education studies earned the 2018 Francis P. Hunkins Article of the Year Award from the American Association of Teaching and Curriculum. Jerry Rosiek, Alison Schmitke and Julie Heffeman wrote “Queering Teacher Education Curriculum: A Case Study of Lessons Learned in the Transformation of a Teacher Education Program.”
This opinion piece is written by , a scholar-in-residence at the Leeway Foundation, an anthropology PhD candidate at Northwestern University, and a predoctoral fellow in the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon.
When it comes to gender identity, inclusion is more than using the right pronoun | Opinion
Annual Awards Ceremony / American Studies Association
October 23, 2018—“The American Studies Association has awarded the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize to Sharon Luk, The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity (University of California Press).
What It Means To Be a Black Latina in Higher Education by , Associate Professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies posted in Hip Latina, October 20, 2018
“I have been asserting my blackness since I can remember.
Marie A. Vitulli, professor emerita in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon, was recently named a 2019 AWM Fellow by the Association for Women in Mathematics. Prof. Vitulli is a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate.
330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Conference Rm 1408 University St.
Join CSWS director Michelle McKinley and operations manager Dena Zaldua as they discuss the grant application process for CSWS faculty and graduate student research grants, including the Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall
We are pleased to invite you to the first meeting of the year of the Inclusive Pedagogies Research Interest Group supported by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
Our first meeting will be Friday, Oct. 12, from 11-1 in the Jane Grant Conference Room at CSWS (Hendricks Hall Rm. 330).
Congratulations to Priscilla Yamin, associate professor in the Department of Political Science, now the newly named department head of the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies.
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.
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.
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.”
Lewis Lounge Knight Law Center 1515 Agate St.
“The Invisible #MeToos: The fight to end sexual violence against America’s most vulnerable workers”
Bernice Yeung, Investigative Reporter Reveal (Center for Investigative Reporting)
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
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.
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
Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 Gerlinger Lounge, 12 p.m.
Black Feminism, Labor, Sex Work
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.
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.”
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.
Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia Street, Eugene, OR
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.”
Redwood Auditorium Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 1222 E. 13th Ave.
Film Screening & Discussion with film director Peter Bratt: DOLORES
DOLORES HUERTA
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:
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.
CSWS Advisory Board member Gabriela Martínez is one of the co-organizers of this important media conference.
Editor’s Note: is a member of the CSWS Advisory Board.
Around the O / Professor publishes article on president's immigration policy
