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

by Anita Weiss, Professor, Department of International Studies

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

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. 

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.

by Shoniqua Roach, Assistant Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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.

by Ernesto J. Martínez, Associate Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies