“‘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

Browsing Room, Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus
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
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).
Many Nations Longhouse 1630 Columbia St. UO campus Free & open to the public (Bring Your Own Lunch)
University of Oregon professor emerita of mathematics and CSWS faculty affiliate will deliver the 2014 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture at MathFest 2014 during August 6 – 9 in Portland, OR.
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.
Jane Grant Conference Room 330 Hendricks Hall, 1408 University St. printable flyer PDF
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.
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.
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CSWS helped support the Feminist Museum’s first pop-up exhibition, on display at LaVerne Krause Gallery in early March 2014.
A CSWS-supported book project by Dorothee Ostmeier, University of Oregon professor of German and Folklore, is now
George S. Turnbull Portland Center Shirley Papé Forum 70 NW Couch St., Floor 3R Portland, OR 97209
A CSWS Road Scholars Presentation printable poster PDF