Faculty affiliates

Martinez awarded prestigious Oregon-based Fields Fellowship

On Jan. 13, 2026, Martínez was awarded $150,000 over two years from the Oregon Community Foundation in partnership with Oregon Humanities. The fellowship supports Oregon artists who use creativity and cultural expressions to address communities. The fellowship award comes at a time when Martínez is wrapping up and beginning film stories that tell the experiences of queer Latinx youth and the immigrant experience in the US.

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CSWS affiliate Tien-Tien Yu investigates dark matter

Research by University of Oregon particle physicist and CSWS affiliate Tien-Tien Yu is featured in Oregon News this week. Yu is investigating the mysterious material known as dark matter. She co-founded an experiment called SENSEI, which uses highly sensitive detectors similar to those found in digital cameras to look for dark matter candidates and interactions.

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CSWS announces 2023-24 grant awardees

The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) is thrilled to announce funding awards for AY 2023-24 of $78,000 to support scholarship, research, and creative work on women and gender at the University of Oregon. A total of 21 research grants were given to 16 graduate students and five faculty members. 

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CSWS affiliates awarded 2023-24 OHC fellowships

The Oregon Humanities Center (OHC) has announced its 2023-24 faculty research and teaching fellowships.

The OHC Research Fellowship program identifies, fosters, and promotes innovative humanities research produced by University of Oregon faculty. These fellowships provide faculty with one course release so they can have a term free of teaching to pursue full-time research as part of a community of scholars. 2023-34 faculty research fellowships went to the following CSWS affiliates:

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