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Source: Public Books — Le Guin’s Anarchist Aesthetics

From the UO Office of the Vice President of Research & Innovation, an interview with Carol Stabile in the enewsletter Research and Innovation News.

Carol Stabile, professor of journalism and communication, was recently appointed interim director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

Source: James Braxton Peterson’s lecture “A Song, A Slogan, and A Service: Dispatches from the Movement for Black Lives” | University of Oregon Media Channel

1st location: Knight Library, Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St., UO campus 2nd location: White Stag Building, Portland

2015 CSWS Annual Review

Source: University launches new sexual assault prevention website | Around the O

Jane Grant Room, 330 Hendricks Hall 1408 University St. Flyer PDF

Source: New survey on sexual climate suggests more awareness of services is needed | Around the O

August 21, 2015—A new survey on sexual victimization issues at the University of Oregon reaffirms previous findings that there is a need to increase awareness about available services, while decreasing negative perceptions of institutional support.

Alice Sheldon aka James Tiptree, Jr.

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Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO Campus

Theresa May

Source: Book of the Year | Library | Humboldt State University

Editor's Note: Professor Geraldine Richmond is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

Source: Science article features Geri Richmond's efforts to remove career barriers | Around the O

Spring 2015: CSWS Research Matters 

Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall

Join us for conversation, coffee, pizza, and other good food.

Barbara Altmann

Two long-time CSWS affiliates will be leaving the University of Oregon at the end of AY 2014-15 for high-level administrative positions at other universities.

Editor’s Note: Professor is a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate.

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Le Guin Fellowship printable flyer

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Published on May 20, 2015 Novella Carpenter, a writer and urban farmer in Oakland, California. Her memoir Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer was published in 2009. Carpenter was a keynote author in “Our Daily Bread: Women’s Stories of Food and Resilience,” the 4th Annual CSWS Northwest Women Writer’s Symposium, held May 7th to 9th, 2015.

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Source: New book by philosophy professor Naomi Zack tackles black rights | Around the O

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Now live: Ada Issue no. 7, Open Call!

Issue no. 7: Open Call Edited by Carol Stabile and Radhika Gajjala (CFP), April, 2015 Cover illustration by David McCallum.

March 19, 2015—The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon recently awarded about $111,000 in graduate student and faculty research grants to support research on women and gender during the 2015-16 Academic Year.  The funded scholars come from across the university, representing a number of departments in the College of Arts and Sciences as well as the School of Journalism and Communication and the School of Law.

Mia Tuan

Editor’s Note: has been both a CSWS faculty affiliate and a CSWS Women of Color Project affiliate.

Article Source: Tuan to become education dean at the University of Washington | Around the O

In the mid-1980s, CSWS awarded Eileen Kearney the Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship to help with her doctoral work and research on the 1930s Irish playwright, Teresa Deevy.