Category: Awards

2017 CSWS Annual Review now available online

Publishing for the first time via Issuu.com, CSWS is proud to share with you our 2017 CSWS Annual Review, which includes an interview with the inimitable Cherríe Moraga, a review of last year’s main events, articles about CSWS-supported research written…

Anita Weiss receives large grant for research on countering violent extremism in Pakistan

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June 12, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliate Anita M. Weiss recently received a Harry Frank Guggenheim Research Award in the amount of $34,000 to support research for her book project Countering Violent Extremism in Pakistan: Local Actions, Local Voices. The research will…

Three CSWS faculty affiliates receive Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards

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June 9, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliates Kari Norgaard (sociology), Beata Stawarska (philosophy), and Gyoung-Ah Lee (anthropology) are among 16 recipients of UO’s 2017-18 Fund for Faculty Excellence Awards, announced June 9 by Provost Scott Coltrane. From Around the O: “Established in…

Monique Balbuena: Book award shines a light on the diversity of Jewish culture

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Editor’s Note: Monique Balbuena is a CSWS faculty affiliate. June 7, 2017—“University of Oregon Clark Honors College professor Monique Balbuena was recognized by the Jewish Book Council for her most recent work,  Homeless Tongues: Poetry and Languages of the Sephardic…

CSWS faculty affiliates among those honored with UO teaching awards

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Source: Eleven faculty members receive UO’s highest teaching honors | Around the O May 23, 2017—Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among those to receive UO’s highest teaching honors. Elly Vandegrift, senior instructor I, Department of Biology, College of Arts and…