Month: November 2009

Michelle McKinley Awarded NEH Fellowship

University of Oregon law professor Michelle McKinley has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for her book manuscript, entitled “Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Legal Activism, and Ecclesiastical Courts in Colonial Lima, 1593-1700.” A member of the CSWS Women…

Institutional Ethnography: Dorothy Smith

“Institutional Ethnography,” a talk by Dorothy Smith (delivered November 13, 2009), is now available online. Dorothy Smith is a major feminist sociologist, theorist, and methodologist. Among her many books are: The Everyday World as Problematic; Conceptual Practices of Power; and…

Major Feminist Sociologist to Speak

“Institutional Ethnography” — A Talk by Dorothy Smith Friday, November 13   Lillis Business Complex, room 285 Dorothy Smith is a major feminist sociologist, theorist, and methodologist. Among her many books are: The Everyday World as Problematic; Conceptual Practices of Power;…

Jennifer Freyd on Betrayal Trauma

Psychology professor Jennifer Freyd’s paper “Exposure to Betrayal Trauma and Risks to the Well-Being of Girls and Women” is now available online in the Fall 2009 issue of CSWS Research Matters. “Women are diagnosed with a host of mental health…