CSWS Annual Review

Doctoral student Peter P. Ehlinger presented initial themes from his work at the 2019 Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction conference in Providence, Rhode Island.

Seeking Understanding of the Experiences of Non-Cis Students: Developing an Affirmative Substance Use Preventive Intervention

by Peter P. Ehlinger, PhD Student, Counseling Psychology, College of Education

“They’re tired of waiting for things that aren’t going to come.” — Non-cisgender student

“I drank a lot as a young teenager…I think a lot of that came from a strong sense of lack of belonging and social anxiety.” — Non-cisgender student

Author
Peter P. Ehlinger
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Patients at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia are all treated free of charge: copyright: WHO/P. Virot /2012.

A Study of NGOs’ Strategies To End Fistula in Senegal

by Layire Diop, PhD Candidate, Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication

The figures released by the World Health Organization (WHO) are staggering. Even though fistula was eliminated in developed countries a century ago, it still affects two million women around the world (WHO, 2018). 

Author
Layire Diop
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Planting for food and jobs in Ghana.

On the Backs of Women: Participatory Communication for Livelihood Empowerment of Women under Ghana’s ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’ Program

by Elinam Amevor, PhD Student, School of Journalism and Communication

The nineteenth century colonial legacy of the British in the Gold Coast—now Ghana—which ensured that men produce cash crops for export to keep the engines of the Industrial Revolution running, while women engage in food-crop production to feed the home, continues to determine the gendered nature of Ghana’s agricultural sector in the twenty-first century. 

Author
Elinam Amevor
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Celeste Reed presenting "Closed Captioning: Reading Between the Lines"

Closed Captioning: Reading Between the Lines

by Celeste Reeb, Doctoral Candidate, Department of English

[gentle harpsichord jingle] [music reminiscent of the Jaws theme playing] [exotic percussive music]

Author
Celeste Reeb
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Palenquera vending fruit in Cartagena / photo by Maria Fernanda Escallón.

Palenqueras and the Trap of Visibility

By Maria Fernanda Escallón, Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology

Author
Maria Fernanda Escallón
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Elena Perez, one of the women leaders of the Cacao Cooperative in the community.

Decolonizing Knowledge: Caribbean Women Healers Project

by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, and 
Ana-Maurine Lara, Assistant Professor, Department of  Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Author
Alaí Reyes-Santos
Ana-Maurine Lara
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Angela Joya

Political Economy of the Middle East: A Conversation with Angela Joya

Interviewed by Michelle McKinley, CSWS Director and Professor, School of Law, and Alice Evans, CSWS Managing Editor 

 With a new book forthcoming from Cambridge University Press, Angela Joya is pressing forward with more projects focused on the Middle East and North Africa. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Joya was born in Afghanistan, lived for twelve years as a refugee in Pakistan, and immigrated with her family to Canada when she was sixteen.

Q :Tell us about your book project.  

Author
Michelle McKinley
Alice Evans
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review
Workers at a compliant factory that has met all safety checks after the 2013 industrial accident. Line supervisor is on the far left.

After Work: Female Workers in the Garment Industry in Bangladesh

An anthropological study of female workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh uncovers a zero-sum game. Aged out by 40 with worn-out bodies and younger workers ready to take their place, women often have little or no savings to sustain them.

by Lamia Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology

Author
Lamia Karim
Publication Year
2019
Publication type
Annual Review