CSWS Annual Review

Kathryn Miller

Immigration and Gendered Violence

by Kathryn Miller, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science

Author
Kathryn Miller
Publication Year
2015
Publication type
Annual Review
Megan M. Burke

Gender, Time, and Sexual Violence

by Megan M. Burke, PhD, Department of Philosophy

My research is a reflection on how sexual violence is encrusted into bodily life and norms of gender. 

Author
Megan M. Burke
Publication Year
2015
Publication type
Annual Review
Jenée Wilde

Bisexuality: Materials for Class

by Jenée Wilde, PhD, Department of English (Folklore)

My graduate work was shaped in part by a noticeable absence. In my gender and queer studies courses, I read theoretical and sociological studies of lesbian, gay, transgender, and queer people, often shorthanded as LGBTQ. Wait a minute . . . something is missing. What happened to the “B” in all this theory and research?

Author
Jenée Wilde
Publication Year
2015
Publication type
Annual Review
Michelle McKinley

Contingent Liberty in the Americas

by Michelle McKinley, Bernard B. Kliks Associate Professor of Law, School of Law

In 1672, Catalina Conde, a mulata slave, asked the ecclesiastical court in Lima, Peru, to issue censuras, summoning any witnesses who possessed knowledge or evidence about her paternity. Catalina used the process of censuras—akin to spiritual subpoenas—to strengthen her case against her father’s widow, who refused to honor her husband’s promise to free Catalina after his death.

Author
Michelle McKinley
Publication Year
2015
Publication type
Annual Review
Priscilla Peña Ovalle

Re-thinking Research Time

by Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Associate Professor, UO Department of English

Author
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Publication Year
2015
Publication type
Annual Review