Category: Awards

CSWS Names First Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellow at the 40th Anniversary Celebration Keynote Event

November 8, 2013 Eugene, OR – Canadian scholar and editor Kathryn Allan has been selected as the first ever recipient of the Le Guin Feminist Science Fiction Fellowship. Sponsored equally by the Center for the Study of Women in Society,…

UO’s Richmond appointed presidential chair

“University of Oregon chemist Geraldine ‘Geri’ Richmond, who was named last year to the 25-member National Science Board, has been appointed to serve as the UO’s second-ever presidential chair. Richmond will serve as the UO’s presidential chair in science. She…

Amanda Powell Receives NEA Translation Fellowship

Amanda Powell, senior lecturer in Spanish (Romance Languages) and a CSWS faculty affiliate, was awarded a FY2014 National Endowment for the Arts Literature Translation Fellowship of $12,500 to support the translation into English of the groundbreaking novel El gato de…

CSWS Advisory Board Member Michelle McKinley Named Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law

McKinley named Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law | AroundtheO Associate professor Michelle McKinley has been named the Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law, University of Oregon School of Law Dean Michael Moffitt announced recently. The professorship is awarded to…

CLLAS Guatemala Collaborative Team Receives Grant from UO Genocide Prevention Initiative

CLLAS Guatemala Collaborative Team Receives Grant from UO Genocide Prevention Initiative | CLLAS. Editor’s Note: CSWS associate director Gabriela Martinez and advisory board member Michelle McKinley are members of the Guatemala collaborative team awarded this grant. The Center for Latino/a…

Six CSWS Faculty Affiliates among Those Chosen to Receive the Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards

Six CSWS faculty affiliates were among 14 UO faculty chosen to receive the Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards for AY 2013-14.  Each recipient will be awarded $20,000 in recognition for his or her research, teaching and leadership. They are: Juliet…