Annelise Heinz and Bryna Goodman, CSWS faculty affiliates in the history department, have been named Oregon Literary Arts 2022 Book Awards finalist list for their recent works. A third UO faculty member was also named a finalist. The book awards honor the state’s most accomplished writers in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, young readers and graphic literature. All three of the UO’s nominees are nominated in the general nonfiction category. The winners of each category will be announced April 25. From Around the O:

Nine CSWS faculty affiliates are recipients of Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) 2022-23 faculty research and teaching fellowships.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

On April 27, the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) and United Academics (UA) will host “Balancing Work and Caregiving: A Best Practices Teach-In.”

From Around The O—A traveling exhibition from the National Archives, “One Half of the People: Advancing Equality for Women,” finally arrives at the Knight Library this month after being postponed two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Four CSWS affiliates are among the recipients of the 2022 Faculty Research Awards. Distributed annually by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation, Faculty Research Awards support scholarship, creative projects, and quantitative or qualitative research from all disciplinary backgrounds.

“I congratulate all the 2022 awardees, who include faculty from across this institution and in all career phases,” said Cass Moseley, interim vice president for research and Innovation. “In particular, I’m very pleased with the diversity and quality of projects selected.”

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) invites applications for the Director position. This three-year renewable appointment as director will begin September 15, 2022. The director should be a tenured professor at the University of Oregon and have an active research agenda relevant to the work of CSWS. The appointee will have reduced FTE in their department while serving as CSWS director at 0.5 FTE with a stipend of $6,600 from the Office of VPRI.

Kate Kelp-Stebbins, assistant professor of English, is the 2022 Tykeson Teaching Award recipient for excellence in teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences humanities division. She is a CSWS faculty affiliate.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

CSWS faculty and graduate student affiliates are invited to attend an information session on forming Research Interest Groups (RIGs) and applying for RIG Innovation and Special Project/Initiative grant funds. The meeting will be held 12-1 p.m. Friday, April 8, in the Knight Library DREAM Lab (Room 122A).

From Around the O. Editor's note: Gabriela Pérez Báez is a CSWS faculty affiliate. — UO associate professor of linguistics Gabriela Pérez Báez has helped launch the first international, open access, multilingual journal entirely dedicated to the revitalization and sustainability of Indigenous and minoritized languages.

In honor of International Women’s Day, the UO Women’s Center proudly presents our annual Lyllye B. Parker Black, Indigenous and Women of Color Speaker Series featuring Alicia Garza, co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

Two CSWS faculty affiliates—Dyana Mason, associate professor of planning, public policy and management, and Julie Weise, associate professor of history—are among four recipients of Open Oregon Educational Resources grant awards totaling more than $101,000 for proposed innovative ideas for textbook and resource solutions.

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Anthropology professor and CSWS affiliate Lynn Stephen is among four UO faculty named 2021 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, joining 564 other newly elected members whose work has distinguished them in the science community and beyond.

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This year’s fellows and their areas of research are Lynn Stephen, anthropology; Mike Pluth, chemistry; Jon Erlandson, archaeology/anthropology; and Brendan Bohannan, biology.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

Editor’s note—On Tuesday, Jan. 18, members of United Academics and the Center for the Study of Women in Society met with University of Oregon leader ship to discuss the needs of caregivers during the current COVID-19 surge as part of our ongoing advocacy in the Caregiver Campaign. On Jan. 22, after reviewing the written response from upper administration, UA's Executive Council sent out the following open letter:

Join the Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) and the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) for a livestream screening of the documentary film, Ni una menos: Violence against women and justice in Guatemala, on January 27, 4pm-5:30pm in 156 Straub, University of Oregon.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

University of Oregon graduate students and faculty working on the analysis of gender and its intersections are eligible for Research Grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. Graduate students can apply for up to $3,000 and faculty/staff can apply for up to $6,000 to support research and/or creative work on women and gender from a range of disciplines. 

Note: This story first appeared in the 2021 CSWS Annual Review—Last year, in the early stages of pandemic lockdown, CSWS director and law professor Michelle McKinley began receiving panicked emails from faculty friends and Center affiliates who are caregivers. With 4J schools and childcare facilities shut down, as well as shortages in long-term elder care services, how were they supposed to fulfill their teaching and research commitments at the university while also meeting the labor-intensive care needs of others?

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

In fall of 2023, CSWS will mark five decades of generating, supporting, and disseminating research on the complexity of women's lives and the intersecting nature of gender identities and inequalities.

Noon Talks are presented by recent recipients of research grants from the Center for the Study of Women in Society. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender.

Ana-Maurine Lara, associate professor of anthropology and CSWS affiliate, has won the 2021 Gregory Bateson Book Prize from the Society for Cultural Anthropology (SCA) for her book Queer Freedom : Black Sovereignty (SUNY Press, 2020).

After a pandemic hiatus, CSWS Noon Talks return in January 2022. These scholarly talks span the interests of many departments in the areas of women and gender and are presented by recent recipients of our graduate student research grants. Save these dates!

January 14: “The Myth of Whiteness as Cleanliness: A Settler Colonial, White Supremacist, and Patriarchal Construction.” Annalee Ring, Philosophy. Noon via Zoom.

From Around the O. Krystale Littlejohn is a CSWS affiliate — A UO professor has distilled 10 years of research on birth control and women’s experiences surrounding it into a new book that’s already sparking conversations across the country.

From Around the O. Theresa May is a CSWS affiliate — A unique partnership between a Department of Theatre Arts professor, director and playwright and a Grand Ronde tribal elder and actor has given Native theater a voice and a presence on campus.

From Around the O – UO chemist Geraldine Richmond has been confirmed as the new undersecretary of science and energy for the federal Department of Energy following a voice vote by the U.S. Senate.

2020-21 academic year at University of Oregon was like no other. With campus shut down due to COVID-19, faculty, staff, and students with families juggled caregiving responsibilities alongside working from home. With travel curtailed or impossible, researchers postponed or changed their projects to suit our new pandemic reality. The 2021 [embeddoc url="https://wordpress-2-csws.ddev.site:8443/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021_CSWS_Annual-Rvw_FINAL_WEB.pdf" download="all" viewer="google"] reflects these changed conditions and the impacts they have had on the life of our community.

As the 2022-23 grant funding cycle rapidly approaches, CSWS will be hosting information sessions and a grant writing workshop to support graduate students and faculty through the funding application process. University of Oregon graduate students can apply for up to $3,000 and faculty/staff can apply for up to $6,000 to support research and/or creative work on women and gender from a range of disciplines.