Category: CSWS Staff

A 2019 Thomas F. Herman Award goes to Michelle McKinley

Pictured is Michelle McKinley.

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 the Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law, School of Law. She is also the director of the Center for […]

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 the state.

Dena Zaldúa

Zaldúa joined the staff of CSWS on July 1, 2016, in […]

Scholar V Varun Chaudhry joins the CSWS staff as research assistant

Pictured is Varun Chaudhry.

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 through ethnographic research in Philadelphia, PA.
V Varun Chaudhry
V’s research has been generously supported by the Social […]

Upcoming showcase features Michelle McKinley and other Williams Fund Fellows

Pictured is Michelle Mckinley.

[ November 7, 2018; 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] 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 upcoming showcase will feature a panel of Williams Fund fellows and instructional grant recipients who will share insights and […]

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

Pictured is Michelle Mckinley.

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 director Michelle McKinley’s award-winning book on urban slavery in colonial Latin America. Fractional Freedoms is the winner of the […]

Panel at Sydney conference will honor CSWS founder Joan Acker

Pictured is Eileen Otis.

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 of Joan Acker,” will take place on the final day of the 10th Biennial Gender, Work & […]