Four CSWS faculty affiliates are among those selected to receive the first round of Environmental Initiative Seed Funding Program awards, established this year to support research and curricular projects at University of Oregon. Affiliate winners include:
Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among the winners of the 2021-22 Outstanding Research Awards from the Office of the Vice President of Research and Innovation. The awards recognize and celebrate achievements in research and scholarship and highlight notable research activities taking place at the University of Oregon.
The Center for the Study of Women in Society is pleased to invite the University of Oregon community to attend internal candidate talks for the position of CSWS Director. The two candidates are: Professor Alisa Freedman, East Asian Languages and Literatures; and Associate Professor Sangita Gopal, English and Cinema Studies, and Interim Director of CSWS.
Both candidates will give public talks via Zoom as well as hold Open House drop-in hours at CSWS for faculty, staff, students, and community members to talk informally with the candidates. The event schedule is as follows:
From United Academics—UA has been working hard on a Caregiving Article that creates supports for all forms of caregiving. However, the administration is only addressing a few chosen items from the overall article. This discussion will continue through bargaining.
On May 20, UC Berkeley sociologist Raka Ray will present the annual CSWS Acker-Morgen Memorial Lecture on “The Politics of Masculinity in the Absence of Work.” The talk will be held 3:30-5 p.m. in the Ford Lecture Hall, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Talk and reception are free and open to the public. Masks will be provided for audience members, and the outdoor reception will be held on the north patio of JSMA.
On May 23, guest panelists will discuss carework policy and experience within higher education, with comparisons from sectors ranging from day care to nursing care.
From Around the O—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named racism as a serious public health threat, and UO philosopher Camisha Russell’s latest research examines racism in health care and offers some ideas about how to address such structural injustice.
Russell decided to pursue the project during the summer of 2020, shortly after George Floyd was killed and Black Lives Matter protests were surging all over the country. Many people were reflecting on how to address racism and structural injustices.
The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) is delighted to announce funding awards for AY 2022-23 of nearly $81,000 to support scholarship, research, and creative work on women and gender. A total of 18 grants were given to 16 graduate students and three faculty members.
Join us Tues May 10th and Wed May 11th on Zoom for a much-anticipated symposium on race, media, and visual culture, featuring guest presentations by renowned scholars of Black studies and sexuality studies E. Patrick Johnson (Northwestern University) and Shoniqua Roach (Brandeis University).
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From Around the O—After two years as a virtual event due to the pandemic, Take Back the Night is returning as an in-person gathering on the University of Oregon campus and downtown Eugene.
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.
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Nine CSWS faculty affiliates are recipients of Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) 2022-23 faculty research and teaching fellowships.
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.”
Both CSWS and UA have been advocating for caregivers in the University of Oregon community since the start of the pandemic. CSWS launched the Caregiver Campaign special project, advocating for greater flexibility and support in administrative policies, while UA has developed a Caregiving article for collective bargaining this year. This teach-in is designed to complement those efforts.
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.”
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.
What will labor organizing look like in the future? On March 30, 2021-22 Wayne Morse Chair Sarita Gupta answers this question in her talk, "The Future We Need for Workers and Our Democracy," by describing not only how working people can improve their wages and working conditions, but how they can exert real power over many more aspects of their lives. Gupta will consider the central role that collective bargaining must play in the renewal of diverse communities and our democracy.
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.
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.
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:
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. The following update was sent today to UA membership:
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.
Film director, Gabriela Martínez (SOJC, WGSS, CLLAS), and her co-producers, Erin Beck (Political Science, CLLAS) and Lynn Stephen (Anthropology, CLLAS) will lead a discussion following the film screening. Welcome and introductions by Sangita Gopal (CSWS) and Chris Chávez (CLLAS).
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.
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.
