Category: Jane Grant Fellowship

CSWS announces research grant awardees for AY 2020-21

Judith Raiskin (l) and Linda Long

The Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) is pleased to announce awards of more than $86,000 for scholarship, research, and creative work on women and gender for AY 2020-21.

A total of 22 grants were awarded to 12 graduate students, seven tenure-track faculty members, and one career faculty member. Moreover, given the ongoing […]

CSWS Jane Grant Fellow Celeste Reeb publishes research article

Pictured is Celeste Reeb.

Celeste Reeb, a PhD candidate in the Department of English and the 2019-20 CSWS Jane Grant Fellowship awardee, published an article related to her dissertation research in the summer issue of Disability Studies Quarterly.

Celeste Reeb

The full citation is: Reeb, Celeste. [This Closed Captioning is brought to you by Compulsive Heterosexuality/Able-bodiedness]: Disability Studies Quarterly, Vol 39, No 3 […]

CSWS Research Grant Info Session

[ December 3, 2019; 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm. ]
330 Hendricks HallJane Grant Conference Rm1408 University St.

Join CSWS Director Michelle McKinley as she discusses the grant application process for CSWS faculty and graduate student research grants, including the Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship.

Light refreshments will be provided.

For more information about CSWS research grants

For research articles by previous grant awardees

CSWS to host research grant info session Dec. 3

University of Oregon faculty, staff, and graduate students are invited to attend an information session about research grants and fellowships available from the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, join CSWS Director Michelle McKinley as she discusses the application process for all research grants, including the prestigious Jane Grant Dissertation […]

Moans, Groans, Slurping: The Politics of Captioning Pornography

Pictured is Celest Reeb.

[ February 26, 2020; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ]
Noon talk, Jane Grant Room, Hendricks 330Celeste Reeb, English, 2019-20 Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow

On June 27th, 2018 Pornhub announced
it was launching a closed caption (CC) category on its website which would help
serve its d/Deaf and hard of hearing viewers. In 2020, Pornhub is being sued
for a lack of closed captioning by a deaf user. Most […]

Celeste Reeb Selected as the 2019-20 CSWS Jane Grant Fellow

Pictured is Celeste Reeb.

A committee of feminist faculty members unanimously selected
Celeste Reeb as the recipient of the 2019-20 Jane Grant Dissertation
Fellowship, awarded annually by the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society
to support a PhD candidate already advanced to candidacy in writing their
dissertation on women and gender.

Celeste Reeb

Reeb’s work on her dissertation topic — “Closed Captioning:
Reading […]