Lynn Stephen elected to AAAS
CSWS affiliate Lynn Stephen was elected in April to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, with 250 other leaders in academia, industry, the arts and more.
Affiliate news
CSWS reaches Ducks Give fundraising goal
CSWS surpassed our $5,000 fundraising goal during Ducks Give, raising $5,360 from 39 gifts to support undergraduate research on gender. It's not too late to give! See story for details.
CSWS Congratulates 2026–27 Research Award Winners
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.
April 29 Noon Talk to feature Baroque music live performance
For the first time, a CSWS Noon Talk will feature live musical performances. 2025 Faculty Research Fellow Joyce Wei-Jo Chen, an assistant professor in the School of Music and Dance, will be sharing her research, “Cherchez la femme: Music by Baroque Women Composers.” The talk explores how music by Baroque women composers comes to life through performance, teaching, and collaboration.
CLLAS research cooloquium to explore Latine worldmaking
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.
Affiliates featured in media stories on empathy bias, NEH cuts
University of Oregon faculty and CSWS affiliates Mattie Burkert and Sara Hodges were interviewed recently for media stories related to their research.
Alisa Freedman featured in CAS Connection
Japanese Popular Culture and the World is a well-attended class in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) taught by Alisa Freedman, professor of Japanese literature and culture and CSWS faculty research fellow. She created the class a decade ago to help students better understand the trends they love, their culture and social meanings, and the patterns of globalization they represent.
New NW comics art exhibit curated by Kate Kelp-Stebbins
CSWS affiliate Kate Kelp-Stebbins, associate professor of English and director of comics and cartoon studies, has curated the grand opening exhibit for the new Northwest Museum of Comic Arts (NWMOCA) in Portland.
According to NWMOCA, the Pacific Northwest is recognized as one of the most vital comics hubs in the United States. Portland has one of the highest population of professional cartoonists per capita of any major city, and its status as a cartoon capital has grown steadily since the early 2000s.
Affiliates win Trustee Excellence Fund awards
Three CSWS faculty affiliates have received the University of Oregon Foundation’s Trustee Excellence Fund awards that support high-impact research, scholarship, and creative activity by UO faculty. The awards were selected for their potential to generate meaningful societal outcomes and their commitment to student engagement.
Burkert's London Stage Datatbase project featured in CAS Connection
Excerpted from June 9 CAS Connection, story by Jenny Brooks — Going to the theater in London in the 18th century was a good time—and a transformative time. Playhouses across the city were bursting with activity as crowd-pleasing favorites from the heyday of Shakespeare mixed with slapstick entertainments and boundary-pushing artistic experimentation. These shows drew lively, often raucous audiences from a mix of social and economic classes that seldom crossed paths elsewhere.