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Carol Stabile Receives 2013 Farrar Award in Media & Civil Rights History

Stabile-CarolCarol Stabile—director of the Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon, and professor, School of Journalism and Communication and the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies—has received the 2013 Farrar Media and Civil Rights History Award for her article “The Typhoid Marys of the Left; Gender, Race and the Broadcast Blackl

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”Women Working in Media“ Workshop

On FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2014, students at the University of Oregon will have the opportunity to attend a half-day workshop featuring a range of women sharing their experiences working in media industries. Registration is available online at: HTTP://GUESTLI.ST/225993 [1]. All workshops are free and breakfast and lunch will be provided.

The event, “WOMEN WORKING IN MEDIA,” sponsored by the School of Journalism & Communication and the ASUO Women’s Center, will be held at the Ford Alumni Center and the Bijou Metro Cinema.

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CSWS-funded project takes a close look at traditional Western discourse surrounding female genital cutting

Courtney Smith received a CSWS Graduate Student Research Grant in 2005, and the Jane Grant Dissertation Writing Grant in 2007. “CSWS funding enabled me to conduct over six months of field research in Senegal, West Africa,” she said. “Because of the financial support provided by CSWS, I was able to spend this relatively long duration in Senegal, and to carry out over 90 interviews with women and men throughout the small country. CSWS also supported me in the dissertation writing phase, which was absolutely instrumental in finishing my Ph.D.”

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Phaedra Livingstone: CSWS Research Matters | Fall 2012

“Touchstones, Touchscreens and Timeless Tall Tales: A Feminist Analysis of Communication Practice in Exhibitions,” by Phaedra Livingstone, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Arts and Administration Program (AAD) School of Architecture & Allied Arts (A&AA) and Coordinator, Museum Studies

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Bob Bussel's OPB interview regarding 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Oregon

Bob Bussel, associate professor of history and director of the Labor Education and Research Center at the University of Oregon, will discuss the history of the minimum wage on Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio (KOPB) on November 6, 2012. The segment, which is part of several OPB reports marking the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Oregon, will air at 6:50 a.m. and 8:50 a.m.

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