October 23, 2014
Eugene, OR—A task force charged with studying sexual assault prevention methods at the University of Oregon recommended the creation of a single office on campus for sexual and gender violence. This was among 23 recommendations presented on October 22 to the University of Oregon Senate by the task force co-chairwoman, Carol Stabile, […]
Category: Academic
Three CSWS affiliates receive UO Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards
Three CSWS faculty affiliates have been named recipients of the University of Oregon Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for AY 2014-15. They are among 13 UO faculty members chosen for this award.
The three are CSWS advisory board member Elizabeth Reis, professor and head, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies; Lynn Stephen, professor, Department of Anthropology, […]
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education, a new book coedited by Ernesto Martínez
The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education
coedited by Stephanie Fryberg and Ernesto Javier Martínez (Palgrave MacMillan, October 2014, 320 pp)
Publisher’s synopsis
“Many universities in the twenty-first century claim ‘diversity’ as a core value, but fall short in transforming institutional practices. The disparity between what universities claim as a value and what they accomplish […]
An Interview with CSWS Director Michael Hames-García
Michael Hames-García / photo by Ernesto Javier Martínez
Editor’s Note: This is a full-length version of the interview that appears in shorter form in the 2014 CSWS Annual Review.
By Jenée Wilde, PhD Candidate, UO Department of English (Folklore)
Michael Hames-García is a professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at University of Oregon. Originally from Portland, he […]
President Coltrane moves ahead on senate recommendations
Interim UO President Scott Coltrane
President Coltrane moves ahead on senate recommendations | Around the O.
September 24, 2014—“Interim UO President Scott Coltrane will establish a $15,000 emergency fund and take other steps toward quickly putting into place the recommendations of a UO Senate task force on sexual misconduct.
“In a message sent to members of the task […]
Michael Hames-García Assumes Post as Director of CSWS
Michael Hames-García / photo by Ernesto Javier Martínez
July 1, 2014—The Center for the Study of Women in Society welcomes Michael Hames-García as the new director of CSWS, effective July 1, 2014.
Professor Hames-García joined the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon in 2005. His research and teaching interests include Chicana/o, U.S. Latina/o, and […]
