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New book from Erin McKenna

Livestock: Food, Fiber, and Friends a new book from Erin McKenna, Professor, UO Department of Philosophy Erin McKenna’s new book, Livestock: Food, Fiber, and Friends, has been published by the University of Georgia Press. Description from the publisher’s website: “Most…

CSWS director Michelle McKinley named Williams Fellow with two other faculty

Pictured is Michelle McKinley with two other Williams Fellow recipients.

Three University of Oregon faculty members have been awarded 2018-19 Williams Fellowships Around the O, March 30, 2018—Anita Chari, Claudia Holguin and Michelle McKinley were honored by the Williams Council for their dedication and commitment to innovative undergraduate education. Chari…

CSWS advisory board member Andrea Herrera interviewed for New York Magazine

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April 3, 2018—CSWS advisory board member Andrea P. Herrera was interviewed as a sociologist and parent for one of New York Magazine‘s current cover stories: “It’s a Theyby! Raising the Gender Creative Child.” Her comments appear toward the middle of…

Provost awards new Knight Chair to professor of anthropology Lynn Stephen

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From Around the O March 22, 2018—UO anthropology professor Lynn Stephen, a renowned scholar of Latin American studies, has been awarded a prestigious Philip H. Knight Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences. Stephen is Distinguished Professor of Arts…

Ana-Maurine Lara’s poetry book a finalist for Lambda Literary Award

March 6, 2018—Kohnjehr Woman, a book of poetry by Ana-Maurine Lara, has been nominated as a finalist for the 30th Annual Lambda Literary Awards. Lara, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon and a CSWS faculty affiliate,…

Marie Vitulli publishes two articles on women in mathematics

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Marie A. Vitulli, professor emerita of mathematics and a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate, recently published a pair of articles relevant to Women’s History Month in Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Vol. 65, No. 3. One is a 25-year-long study…