CSWS Annual Review

by Reuben Zahler, Associate Professor, Department of History

In January of 1811, María Isabel Ribas found herself in jail, charged with murdering her own baby, one of the most heinous acts imaginable for a Catholic woman. A few days earlier, in her neighborhood of Mérida, Venezuela, locals had found the cadaver of a newborn infant in a field, being eaten by vultures. Officials searched in the area for women who had recently been pregnant, and questioned María. She admitted that the baby was hers but also insisted that she was innocent of murder. 

by Xiaobo Su, Associate Professor, Department of Geography

“Nadie sabe lo que existe en la profundidad del mar.” — Cuban-Lukumí proverb

By Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies

Interviewed by Alice Evans, CSWS Managing Editor; Gabriela Martínez, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication; and Dena Zaldúa Frazier, CSWS Operations Manager

by Michelle McKinley, Director, CSWS, and Dena Zaldúa Frazier, Operations Manager, CSWS

What a year…in many ways for CSWS and for the UO campus community as a whole, this past year was the best of times and the worst of times. 

Coauthored by Kenneth Surles, Anniston Ward, and Ryan Murphy

Commentary presented by Miriam Gershow, Novelist & Associate Director of Composition, Department of English

Reported by Alice Evans

by Katie Warden, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology

by Amanda Morris, PhD Candidate, Department of Human Physiology

At conferences, I am often asked, “Why are you interested in studying older adults?” My answer is simple; I believe aging is the future.