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Beverly Stoeltje lecture: “Queen Mothers in Contemporary Asante in Ghana: Authority or Decorative Symbol?”
Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St.
“‘Who is Marjorie Mensah?’ The Educated Woman and the Formation of a Modern West African Nation”
Browsing Room, Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
CSWS Research Matters Spring 2014: Erin Beck
Spring 2014 CSWS Research Matters: “In Guatemala: Everyday Practices and Experiences of Development through Women’s Eyes,” by Erin Beck, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon Department of Political Science
Michael Hames-García Edits Spring 2014 Aztlán Spotlight Dossier on Jotería Studies
Incoming CSWS director Michael Hames-García (professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies) edited a special “Dossier” section on jotería studies for the journal Aztlán (Vol. 39, No. 1, Spring 2014).
Jennifer Freyd takes part in White House announcement
April 29, 2014—Jennifer Freyd, a CSWS faculty affiliate and University of Oregon psychology professor, “was part of a White House event Tuesday that included a major announcement on the effort to address sexual assaults on college campuses.” Read more at: Jennifer Freyd takes part in White House announcement | Around the O.
CSWS Noon Talk: Jenée Wilde, “Bridging Humanities and Social Science Methods in PhD Research”
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St. printable flyer PDF
UO study: Abusive relationships damage girls’ educational pursuits
UO study: Abusive relationships damage girls' educational pursuits | Around the O.
CSWS faculty affiliate Krista M. Chronister, associate professor in the UO Department of Counseling Psychology and Human Services in the College of Education, led this study. Chronister’s research has been supported previously by a CSWS Faculty Research Grant.
Give a Laptop, Change the World: The Story of the OLPC in Ghana
Published on Apr 1, 2014
Give a Laptop, Change the World: The Story of the OLPC in Ghana, a documentary by Leslie Steeves, examines the MIT Media Lab's One Laptop per Child (OLPC) project—which aims to make low cost computers accessible to the “world's poorest children”—and its implementation in two pilot schools, one urban and one rural, in Ghana, West Africa.