Category: Academic

AAUP Supports University of Oregon Faculty Member’s Claims Of Gender-Based Pay Disparity | AAUP

Pictured is Jennifer Freyd.

Source: AAUP Supports University of Oregon Faculty Member’s Claims Of Gender-Based Pay Disparity | AAUP
Freyd v. University of Oregon, No. 19-35428 (9th Cir. 2019)(appeal pending)

From AAUP: On September 30, 2019, the AAUP filed an amicus brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of Professor Jennifer Freyd, who sued the University of Oregon (UO) […]

CSWS Jane Grant Fellow Celeste Reeb publishes research article

Pictured is Celeste Reeb.

Celeste Reeb, a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the 2019-20 CSWS Jane Grant Fellowship awardee, published an article related to her dissertation research in the summer issue of Disability Studies Quarterly.

Celeste Reeb

The full citation is: Reeb, Celeste. [This Closed Captioning is brought to you by Compulsive Heterosexuality/Able-bodiedness]: Disability Studies Quarterly, Vol 39, No 3 […]

Librarian Tatiana Bryant coauthors article based on CSWS-supported research

Tatiana Bryant, then at UO Libraries, received a 2017-18 CSWS Faculty Grant Award as well as a CSWS Travel grant in support of research for the project “Gender Performance and Identity in Librarianship.”

She recently coauthored an article that is the first in a series based on the study this grant supported. Bryant is now […]

Javed to talk about honor killings in Pakistan March 9

Pictured is Amna Javed.

[ March 9, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]

“In the Name of Honor: Evaluating the Impact of Weather Variability on Honor Killings in Pakistan”Monday, March 9, 12-1:30 p.m.Center for the Study of Women in Society Jane Grant Room (Hendricks 330)

In Pakistan, approximately 500 men and women are killed every year in the name of “honor.” In this talk, economics PhD student Amna Javed […]

Jane Nam to discuss Radical Korean Feminism at Jan. 30 noon talk

Pictured is Jane Nam.

[ January 30, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Jane Nam

On Jan.
30, Philosophy graduate student Jane Nam will present a noon talk entitled, “Escape
the Corset: Radical Korean Feminism.” Nam received a 2019-20 graduate student
research award for her work from the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

South
Korea is often deemed the beauty capital of the world, as the cosmetic surgery
hub and home to […]

CSWS research grants due Jan. 27

[ January 27, 2020; ]

Applications for Academic Year 2020-21 research grants, including the prestigious Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship, are due Jan. 27, 2020.

Faculty and staff can apply for grants of up to $6,000 and graduate students can apply for grants of up to $3,000 to support research and/or creative work on women and gender. In addition, doctoral candidates can […]