Month: May 2014

Inaugural Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow Visits UO Campus

Canadian scholar Kathryn Allan traveled to Eugene in late May to carry out her research project, “Locating Dis/Ability in Utopian Feminist Science Fiction.” Chosen as the inaugural Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction fellow, Allan spent 10 days in the University…

Marie A. Vitulli named 2014 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecturer

University of Oregon professor emerita of mathematics and CSWS faculty affiliate Marie A. Vitulli will deliver the 2014 AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture at MathFest 2014 during August 6 – 9 in Portland, OR. May 19, 2014—The Association for Women in Mathematics…

CSWS Associate Director Gabriela Martínez Selected as Resident Scholar by UO’s Wayne Morse Center

CSWS associate director Gabriela Martínez is one of two University of Oregon professors selected as a 2014-15 Resident Scholar by UO’s Wayne Morse Center. In its recent news release, the Wayne Morse Center noted that each year the center “hosts…

Author of “Lifestyle Politics and Radical Activism” Interviewed

Fembot’s Books Aren’t Dead (BAD) interview for May 2014 is now available on the Fembot website. In this BAD interview Magdalena Olszanowski (Ph.D. Candidate, Concordia University) talks with Laura Portwood-Stacer (Visiting Assistant Professor, New York University), author of Lifestyle Politics…

CSWS Advisory Board member Michelle McKinley named Princeton Program in Law and Public Affairs fellow

April 29, 2014—“Oregon Law’s Michelle McKinley recently was named a fellow with Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs (LAPA). McKinley’s project was one of five to secure a fellowship out of a large pool of applicants. “The program…