Month: June 2018

Shoniqua Roach: UO Today interview

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In case you missed it, here is the link to UO Today’s interview with Shoniqua Roach. From the Oregon Humanities Center website: “Shoniqua Roach is an assistant professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Oregon. Roach…

Joane Nagel: “Gender and Climate Change”

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Room 175 Knight Law Center 1515 Agate St. Gender and Climate Change, a lecture by Joane Nagel Joane Nagel, University Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Anthropology Department at the University of Kansas, is a political and cultural…

Travel Grants for Graduate Students: Nov. 30 deadline

Travel Grants Deadline: November 30, 2018. These small grants (up to $300) are being offered for UO graduate students only, for travel expenses to be incurred during Academic Year 2018-19 (by June 30, 2019). These grants provide partial support for…

DOLORES: Film Screening with director Peter Bratt

Redwood Auditorium Erb Memorial Union (EMU) 1222 E. 13th Ave. Film Screening & Discussion with film director Peter Bratt: DOLORES DOLORES HUERTA  Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in…

Three CSWS faculty affiliates win Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards

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June 19, 2018—Three CSWS faculty affiliates are among the 15 UO faculty members selected for the prestigious Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for 2018-19, which were announced this week by UO Provost Jayanth Banavar. The three scholars are: Judith Eisen,…

Erin Beck wins book award for her research on Guatemalan NGOs

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Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate Erin Beck, whose book, How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs, was selected as co-winner of the Book Award of the Sociology of Development section of the American Sociological Association. Professor Beck was recently promoted to…