Month: May 2017

Leslie Steeves wins Teresa Award

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Leslie Steeves
May 30, 2017—Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate H. Leslie Steeves, who recently received the International Communication Association’s Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship.
Dr. Steeves is a professor and senior associate dean, academic affairs, in the UO School of Journalism and Communication. She is also the director of SOJC’s Media in Ghana program.
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CSWS faculty affiliates among those honored with UO teaching awards

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Source: Eleven faculty members receive UO’s highest teaching honors | Around the O
May 23, 2017—Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among those to receive UO’s highest teaching honors.
Elly Vandegrift
Elly Vandegrift, senior instructor I, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; received the Thomas F. Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy.
Kristin Yarris with Scott Coltrane
Kristin Yarris, assistant […]

CSWS Research Matters Spring 2017: Liz Bohls examines colonial women, slavery, and the politics of place

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2017, Spring: CSWS Research Matters
“A Long Way from Home: Colonial Women, Slavery, and the Politics of Place,” by Elizabeth Bohls, Professor, Department of English
Elizabeth Bohl’s recent book, Slavery and the Politics of Place, culminates with a section on the place called home. Her research for this section was funded in part by a CSWS faculty […]

Erin Beck’s new book, “How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs”

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How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs
by Erin Beck. Duke University Press (May 2017)
Erin Beck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, a CSWS faculty affiliate, and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group.
Publisher’s Synopsis
“In How Development Projects Persist Erin Beck examines microfinance NGOs working in Guatemala and problematizes the accepted […]