Month: October 2018

Sharon Luk wins a book prize from ASA

Pictured is Sharon Luk.

Annual Awards Ceremony / American Studies Association October 23, 2018—“The American Studies Association has awarded the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize to Sharon Luk, The Life of Paper: Letters and a Poetics of Living Beyond Captivity (University of California Press). …

What It Means To Be a Black Latina in Higher Education

Pictured is Alaí Reyes-Santos.

What It Means To Be a Black Latina in Higher Education by Alaí Reyes-Santos, Associate Professor, UO Department of Ethnic Studies posted in Hip Latina, October 20, 2018 “I have been asserting my blackness since I can remember. “Growing up…

2018 CSWS Annual Review now available

2018 CSWS Annual Review The 2018 CSWS Annual Review is now available online. In this issue, you can read about the research of faculty members Ernesto Martínez, Shoniqua Roach, Michelle Byrne, Linda Long, Judith Raiskin, and Eileen Otis, as well…

Marie Vitulli named 2019 AWM Fellow

Pictured is Marie Vitulli.

    Marie A. Vitulli, professor emerita in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oregon, was recently named a 2019 AWM Fellow by the Association for Women in Mathematics. Prof. Vitulli is a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate. According…

New Directions in Black Feminist Studies: A Speaker Series

Mireille Miller-Young UC Santa Barbara Friday, Oct. 19, 2018 Gerlinger Lounge, 12 p.m. Black Feminism, Labor, Sex Work Emily A. Owens Brown University Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 EMU 145–Crater Lake South, 12 p.m. Sexuality, Slavery, Affect Ethnic Studies Speaker, Peggy…

CSWS Research Grant Workshop

330 Hendricks Hall Jane Grant Conference Rm 1408 University St. Join CSWS director Michelle McKinley and operations manager Dena Zaldua as they discuss the grant application process for CSWS faculty and graduate student research grants, including the Jane Grant Dissertation…