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Welcome Reception for New Women Faculty on October 9
The Center for the Study of Women in Society and the Office of the Provost 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.
CSWS Noon Talk: Eileen Otis CANCELED
This talk has been canceled.
CSWS awarded Eileen Otis a 2017 CSWS Faculty Research Grant in support of her research on “Women, Wal-Mart and Labor Resistance in China.”
Kristin Yarris Publishes "Care Across Generations Solidarity and Sacrifice in Transnational Families"
Assistant Professor of International Studies Kristin E. Yarris has just published her book, Care Across Generations, with Stanford University Press.
UO Today with Daisy-O'lice Williams
Daisy-O'lice Williams, associate professor of Architecture, discusses her research on Architecture programs at historically black colleges and universities, the work of architect Paul Revere Williams, and a project called Freedom's Fortress which visualizes spaces associated with the Contraband Decision during the Civil War at Ft. Monroe, Virginia.
Reflecting on Charlottesville

Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren’t met
Editor’s Note: Erin Beck is a long-time CSWS affiliate and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group.
Source: Study finds microfinance can help, even if goals aren't met | Around the O
Dena Zaldúa Frazier | Equity and Inclusion
CSWS operations manager Dena Zaldúa Frazier is one of about two dozen campus figures featured in a continuing online photography exhibit, “Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity,” a project of the Division of Equity and Inclusion.
Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity
Source: Dena Zaldúa Frazier | Equity and InclusionOperations Manager for the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS)
Karen Ford named interim dean for Clark Honors College
Source: Provost announces interim dean for Clark Honors College | Around the O
August 7, 2017—“Karen Ford, divisional dean for humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve in a dual role for the next year after accepting the interim deanship in the Clark Honors College.
Tenure & promotion news
Congratulations to members of the CSWS community who earned promotions effective 2017-18 AY.
Among those moving into full professor status are Krista Chronister in counseling psychology, CSWS director Michelle McKinley in law, Kate Mondloch in the history of art and architecture, and Erin McKenna in philosophy.
in education studies, Michael Najjar in theatre arts, Atika Khurana in family and human services, and Daisy-O’lice Williams in architecture and interior architecture are now associate professors, with tenure.
Easther Chigumira, 2012 CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow to speak at UO
Condon Hall 260 1321 Kincaid St. UO campus
“Our Stories, Our Communities” puts UO’s diversity on display
Source: 'Our Stories, Our Communities' puts UO's diversity on display | Around the O
July 26, 2017—“A continuing online photography exhibit, ‘Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity,’ is giving the campus community an opportunity to reflect on the powerful and unique stories of UO members who come from diverse cultures, backgrounds and experiences.
Islam, Feminism, and the Women’s Mosque Movement
Gerlinger 302 University of Oregon Morning Session: 9 am - 12:30 pm Afternoon Session: 2 pm - 5 pm
This event is free and open to the public. If you have questions about the event, please contact Kaley McCarty at kaleym@uoregon.edu for more details. For the detailed schedule, go to: https://mena.uoregon.edu/news-events/
Middle East and North Africa Studies Program Presents:
Islam, Feminism, and the Women’s Mosque Movement
New Book by Kristin Yarris: Care Across Generations
Care Across Generations: Solidarity and Sacrifice in Transnational Families by CSWS faculty affiliate Kristin E. Yarris is due out in August from Stanford University Press. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Yarris has been an active member of the CSWS Narrative Health and Social Justice Research Interest Group.
Cultural Adaptation of Career Development Intervention for Latina Immigrant Partner Violence Survivors
Erb Memorial Union (EMU) Diamond Lake Room Room 119
Faculty Research Series: Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS)
“Cultural Adaptation of Career Development Intervention for Latina Immigrant Partner Violence Survivors”
Dr. Krista Chronister, Professor, Counseling Psychology, School of Education, and Yolanda Valenzuela, doctoral student, Counseling Psychology, will present on their research in their talk “Cultural Adaptation of Career Development Intervention for Latina Immigrant Partner Violence Survivors.”
Rinku Sen talks about the racial justice movement
June 6, 2017—Students, faculty, staff, and community members packed the UO Knight Library Browsing Room to hear Rinku Sen talk about “The Big Picture: Structural Racism, Equity & Intersectionality.” This was Professor Dan HoSang’s final event in the “Imagining Freedom Teach-In Series” not only for the year, but for good, as he heads off to the Ivy League to continue his career. A long-time CSWS faculty affiliate, Dr. HoSang served as head of the UO Department of Ethnic Studies during the 2016-17 AY.
Photographs by Jack Liu
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Anita Weiss receives large grant for research on countering violent extremism in Pakistan
June 12, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliate Anita M. Weiss recently received a Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Award in the amount of $34,000 to support research for her book project Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices. The research will be conducted September 2017 - March 2018.
Three CSWS faculty affiliates receive Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
June 9, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliates Kari Norgaard (sociology), (philosophy), and Gyoung-Ah Lee (anthropology) are among 16 recipients of UO’s 2017-18 Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards, announced June 9 by Provost Scott Coltrane.
Monique Balbuena: Book award shines a light on the diversity of Jewish culture
Editor’s Note: Monique Balbuena is a CSWS faculty affiliate.
Mary Kathryn Nagle, “Sovereignty in the Law, Sovereignty in Our Stories”
Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
Mary Kathryn Nagle: “Sovereignty in the Law, Sovereignty in Our Stories”
McKinley’s “Fractional Freedoms” celebrated at Knight Law School
May 25, 2017—With panel discussions, a keynote, and a festive reception, CSWS celebrated the release of Director Michelle McKinley’s book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700, at the Knight Law School on the UO campus.
Table is set for the inaugural graduation of food studies minors
Editor’s Note: The Food Studies Program was incubated in part through the CSWS Food in the Field Research Interest Group.
Source: Table is set for the inaugural graduation of food studies minors | Around the O
June 9, 2017—“Eight undergraduate students will graduate this spring and summer with a minor in food studies, the first such degrees awarded in the program’s history.
“Intimate Partner Violence, Transgender People, and the Legal System,” Leigh Goodmark
Rm 110 Knight Law School UO campus
Professor Leigh Goodmark, University of Maryland, will speak at the UO School of Law’s Domestic Violence Clinic on November 10, 2017 at 12 pm in room 110. Her talk is titled, “Intimate Partner Violence, Transgender People, and the Legal System.”
She is one of several speakers invited this year by the Domestic Violence Clinic to address legal issues faced by LGBTQ survivors of domestic and sexual violence.
Cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.
Gina Herrmann receives both an NEH grant and a UO Excellence Award for mentorship
June 6, 2017—In a ceremony on the UO campus on Tuesday, the UO Graduate School awarded its Excellence Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Graduate Studies. Herrmann, a CSWS faculty affiliate, is an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages. This award goes to “honor faculty and staff who provide the strong mentorship that is essential to strong graduate programs.”
Julie Voelker-Morris awarded Williams Fellowship for commitment to undergraduate education
June 6, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliate is one of two UO faculty members selected to receive 2017-18 Williams Fellowships for commitment to undergraduate education.
From Around the O:
Grants Info Session
330 Hendricks Hall
Jane Grant Conference Rm
1408 University St.
Join CSWS director Michelle McKinley and operations manager Dena Frazier 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.
Teach-In: “History of Environmental, Economic, and Political Debts: Puerto Rico and the US”
Condon Hall Room 260 1321 Kincaid St. UO campus
Teach-In
“History of Environmental, Economic, and Political Debts: Puerto Rico and the US”Professors Cecilia Enjuto-Rangel (Romance Languages), Rocío Zambrana (Philosophy), and Alaí Reyes-Santos (Ethnic Studies) will lead a teach-in to engage in conversation about Puerto Rico and its place in the contemporary colonial history of the United States.
Sponsored by the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies.
CSWS faculty affiliates among those honored with UO teaching awards
Source: Eleven faculty members receive UO’s highest teaching honors | Around the O
May 23, 2017—Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among those to receive UO’s highest teaching honors.
CSWS Research Matters Spring 2017: Liz Bohls examines colonial women, slavery, and the politics of place
2017, Spring: CSWS Research Matters
“A Long Way from Home: Colonial Women, Slavery, and the Politics of Place,” by Elizabeth Bohls, Professor, Department of English
Erin Beck’s new book, “How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs”
How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs by Erin Beck. Duke University Press (May 2017)
Erin Beck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, a CSWS faculty affiliate, and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group.
CSWS Director Michelle McKinley receives multiple awards, including UO Law School’s highest teaching honor
Honored for both her teaching and her research, University of Oregon Knight Law School professor and the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s very own director Michelle McKinley is a multiple award winner this spring season. In short order, Dr. McKinley has racked up a teaching award, a book award, and an honorable mention.
Bhairavi Desai: 2018 Margaret Hallock Program speaker
Location: TBD Time: TBD
Save-the-Date
Bhairavi Desai of the New York Taxi Workers Alliance will be the 2018 Margaret Hallock Program speaker for the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. She’ll be visiting on May 2-3, 2018 and giving talks in both Eugene and Portland about the NYTWA as well as immigrant workers’ rights broadly.
Cosponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society
2017-18 CSWS Research Grant Awardees
“2017-18 CSWS Research Awards: Jane Grant Fellowship, Graduate and Faculty Research Grants, and the Jane Higdon Senior Thesis Scholarship”
The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon recently awarded more than $60,000 in student and faculty research grants to support research on women and gender during the 2017-18 Academic Year. The research being funded includes projects focused in Portland, Oregon, and all over the globe.Mai-Lin Cheng Receives Two Research Fellowships
CSWS faculty affiliate was notified recently of an appointment as an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at The Huntington for a period of two months.
She also learned that she is the recipient of a UCLA Clark Memorial Library fellowship.
Both awards are for her new book project, “Autotopography: Place and Commonplace in Romanticism and After.”
Roundtable will address immigrant and refugee rights issues
Roundtable will address immigrant and refugee rights issues | Around the O
April 10, 2017 (From Around the O) — With plight of immigrants and refugees an issue of rising concern, the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society will host a roundtable bringing together academic experts and Oregon-based immigration lawyers.