Concussion: Physiological Consequences of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Women and Men
by Alia Yasen is a PhD candidate in the Department of Human Physiology
CSWS Annual Review
“Are you sure, sweetheart, that you want to be well?”: Feminisms, Fitness, and the Politics of Wellness and Welfare in the 1980s
By Margaret Bostrom, PhD candidate, Department of English
“Magic & Power”: Black Knowledge and Marriage Education in the Postwar American South
by Lacey M. Guest, Master’s Student, Department of History, and Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Feeling Disposable: Exploring the Emotional Structure of Precarious Migrant Labor
by Lola Loustaunau, PhD candidate, Department of Sociology
“One time I hurt my back, because the work there is really heavy, and I remember she [the human resource director] made me cry, gave a warning and wouldn’t let me go to the doctor, and I felt so bad,” said Mercedes, a bakery worker, while seated on her couch. It’s an icy winter morning and we have been talking for a while. Although I had asked about work injuries the answer that Mercedes gave me went beyond stating that she had, in fact, injured her back while working.
Uncovering the Science in Science Fiction: My Time at the Octavia E. Butler Archive
by Angela Rovak, Doctoral Candidate, Department of English
Even before she turned ten years old, Octavia E. Butler knew she was destined to be a writer. In an interview with The New York Times in 2000, Butler recalls that,
Occupying a Third Place: Pro-Life Feminism, Legible Politics, and the Edge of Women’s Liberation
By Laura Strait, Doctoral Candidate, Media Studies, School of Journalism and Communication
Abuse, Mental Illness, and Girls’ Immune Health
by Michelle Byrne, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Psychology
What does mental illness have to do with adolescent girls’ immune health? How can we better understand the development of girls who experience abuse? Are there health disparities for girls, especially girls that experience childhood adversity and depression? Our project asked these questions in order to fully explore how girls’ physical and mental health may be linked.
Unrest in the Aisles: Eileen Otis Studies Labor Unrest in Chinese Walmarts
by Emily Halnon, University Communications, reprinted from Oregon Quarterly (Spring 2018)
The first time UO sociologist Eileen Otis walked into a Walmart, she was far from home—Kunming, China, to be exact. She was immediately struck by how greatly the Chinese version of the massive retailer differed from its American counterpart.
Black Sexual Sanctuaries
by Shoniqua Roach, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Lesbian Oral History Project to Become Part of UO collections
by tova stabin, University Communications
The history of Eugene’s lesbian community from the 1960s through the 1990s will be kept alive through video interviews and archival documents of more than 140 women taking part in the UO’s Lesbian Oral History project.
Judith Raiskin, associate professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Linda Long, curator of manuscripts in Special Collections and University Archives in UO Libraries, are conducting the project as part of the library’s effort to preserve Oregon history.