CSWS affiliate H. Leslie Steeves, senior associate dean in the School of Journalism and Communication, received the B. Aubrey Fisher Mentorship Award from the International Communication Association. The award recognizes outstanding scholars, teachers and advisers who serve as role models and have made a major impact on the field of communication through their mentorship. Steves is a former member of the CSWS Advisory Board.
Alisa Freedman, professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, has been named a 2026 Williams Fellow by the UO Office of the Provost. This prestigious award recognizes innovative teachers who have demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to undergraduate education by challenging their students academically, creating an engaged and inclusive learning environment, striving to improve the learning process, and fostering collaboration within or beyond their departments.
The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) awarded $94,000 for scholarship, research, and creative work on women and gender at the University of Oregon for AY 2026–27. A total of 20 grants and fellowships were given to 16 graduate students and four faculty members.
The Center for Latino/a and Latin American Studies (CLLAS) is pleased to host a research colloquium, "Latine Worldmaking: Queer Ecologies, Migration, and Belonging," featuring faculty and graduate student scholars whose work explores how migration, embodiment, environment, and cultural production shape Latine experiences of belonging. Through literature, media, performance, and critical theory, this event highlights interdisciplinary approaches to identity, place, and community across Latinx and Latin American contexts.
University of Oregon faculty and CSWS affiliates Mattie Burkert and Sara Hodges were interviewed recently for media stories related to their research.
