Month: December 2017

Kristin Yarris talks about her new book on UO Today

Pictured is Kristin Yarris.

Article Text from Around the O:
The most recent UO Today episode features Kristin Yarris, assistant professor of international studies and the director of the new UO global health minor.
Yarris talked about her experience in 2004 going to rural Nicaraguan communities translating for medical doctors. She repeatedly heard the phrase “I’m thinking too much,” which, after […]

Eileen Otis: Labor Research Colloquium Speaker Series

Pictured is Eileen Otis.

[ February 28, 2018; 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Miller Room
Erb Memorial Union
1222 E. 13th Ave.

“Walmart in China: How are Chinese workers confronting the world’s largest company?”

A Lecture Series Sponsored by the UO Labor Education & Research Center
Spring 2018

This year’s series will kick off on February 28, with a talk by Eileen Otis, associate professor, UO Department of Sociology, on how workers in China have […]

Veterans Speak: Identity, Community, Resistance Disruption

[ January 24, 2018; 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] 145 Straub Hall
1451 Onyx St.
UO campus

Veterans Speak: Identity, Community, Resistance Disruption

Please join us on January 24 (5:30-8:30 pm) in 145 Straub Hall on the University of Oregon Campus for the screening of A Soldier’s Home by U.S. Army veteran and UO doctoral candidate (SOJC) Andrew McLaughlin and Grounds for Resistance by Lisa Gilman, professor of […]