A book about poor families and welfare written by three feminist scholars—an anthropologist and two sociologists—is a finalist for the prestigious C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Stretched Thin: Poor Families, Welfare Work,…
Category: Awards
Former CSWS Grant Recipient Makes WAVES
Editor’s Update: Homefront Heroines reached its funding goal on June 29 June 2011—Kathleen M. Ryan, Ph.D., received a CSWS graduate student research grant in 2007 while working on her doctorate in the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication.…
CSWS Faculty Affiliates Win Awards
The Center for the Study of Women in Society honors its faculty affiliates who are among those named as University of Oregon Award Winners 2010–11.
Jane Grant Fellowship Awardee Wins Additional Honors
The Center for the Study of Women in Society honors 2010 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship awardee Ingrid Nelson, geography, who in 2010-11 received these additional awards: Fulbright Fellowship, Fulbright Commission Society of Woman Geographers Evelyn L. Pruitt National Fellowship for…
CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium presents: MemoirFest
Gerlinger Hall Alumni Lounge 1468 University UO campus map MemoirFest program You’re invited to MemoirFest, an all-day symposium on women writers and memoir. MemoirFest will feature presentations and panel discussions by Debra Gwartney, Crystal Williams, Lidia Yuknavitch, Lauren Kessler, Margarita…
HoSang Honored as “Outstanding Historian”
University of Oregon professor Daniel Martinez HoSang was selected by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) to receive the 2011 James A. Rawley Prize, which is given annually for the best book dealing with the history of race relations in…
