Category: CSWS Staff

A 2019 Thomas F. Herman Award goes to Michelle McKinley

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https://provost.uoregon.edu/2019-distinguished-teaching-awards#michelle-mckinley Thomas F. Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy in Undergraduate Legal Studies In recognition of her work creating collaborative and inclusive learning environments across campus, McKinley is a 2019 recipient of the Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy. Michelle McKinley is…

CSWS Operations Manager Dena Zaldúa takes new post

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CSWS Operations Manager Dena Zaldúa recently accepted a position as the new Development Director for the MRG Foundation, which works for a more just and joyful Oregon by making grants to radical, cutting edge, and grassroots social justice groups across…

Scholar V Varun Chaudhry joins the CSWS staff as research assistant

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CSWS welcomes scholar V Varun Chaudhry to the staff as pro tem research assistant. Chaudhry is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University. His work focuses on the institutionalization of “transgender” in nonprofit and funding agencies…

Upcoming showcase features Michelle McKinley and other Williams Fund Fellows

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Erb Memorial Union Crater Lake North Williams Fund Showcase will share innovations in teaching from Around the O / October, 26, 2018—Every year, the Williams Fund recognizes faculty members from across campus for their insightful approaches to undergraduate teaching. An…

Michelle McKinley’s “Fractional Freedoms” now out in paperback

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Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600–1700 by Michelle A. McKinley, Professor, School of Law, University of Oregon Cambridge University Press (Paperback, 2018) Part of Studies in Legal History Recently released in paperback, Fractional Freedoms is CSWS…

Panel at Sydney conference will honor CSWS founder Joan Acker

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Two University of Oregon professors will participate this week in a conference panel in Sydney, Australia, that honors the memory of CSWS founder and long-time director Joan Acker. The panel, titled  “Traveling with Joan: A Panel of Global Feminist Scholarship in Honor…