by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on Camisha Russell named winner of the Baruch A. Brody Award & Lecture in Bioethics
Camisha Russell, assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy and a co-editor of Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, has been named as the winner of the 2020-2021 Baruch A. Brody Award & Lecture in Bioethics by the Baylor College…
by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on Ana Lara wins Ruth Benedict Prize
Assistant Professor Ana-Maurine Lara, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, has been awarded the Ruth Benedict Prize of the Association for Queer Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association for her book Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty (SUNY Press 2020), out…
by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on Laura Pulido finds that a racist past is often left off monuments
From Around the O, Oct. 20, 2020 — As monuments across the country are torn down to protest their connection to white supremacy, UO professor Laura Pulido argues that dismantling such structures is an important, but insufficient, step toward achieving…
by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on Museum’s exhibit on Eugene’s civil rights history goes digital
From Around the O, Oct. 27, 2020 — To help meet the challenges of a global pandemic, the UO’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History is unveiling its first fully online exhibit, “Racing to Change: Oregon’s Civil Rights Years –…
by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on UO to launch a new center focused on racial disparities
From Around the O, Oct. 12, 2020 — Provost and Senior Vice President Patrick Phillips announced the launch of a series of initiatives to combat racism and enhance inclusion on campus, including the creation of a new research and policy…
by Jenee Wilde • • Comments Off on NYT interviews Escallón about pandemic’s effects on female faculty
Maria Fernanda Escallón, an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Oregon and mother to a 3-year-old daughter, is featured in an Oct. 6 New York Times story about how the pandemic is impacting women in academia who already…