Category: People

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…

Yvonne Braun named associate vice provost for academic affairs

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Editor’s Note: Yvonne Braun has served on the CSWS Advisory Board the past two years. August 20, 2018—Yvonne Braun, head of the UO’s Department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, has been selected for a half-time position as associate vice…

Courtney Thorsson receives NEH Public Scholars Award

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August 2018—Courtney Thorsson, associate professor of English and a CSWS faculty affiliate, received a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholars award in the amount of $60,000 for her project “The Sisterhood and Black Women’s Literary Organizing.” This award will…

Lesbian Oral History Project

Judith Raiskin and Linda Long collect the stories of the local lesbian community.

New History for Future Generations Lesbian Oral History documents gay women in Eugene An article in the August 9th edition of Eugene Weekly highlights the work of the Lesbian Oral History Project being carried out by Linda Long, UO Libraries…

Barbara Sutton “Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina”

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Gerlinger Alumni Lounge 1468 University Street UO campus Free & open to the public Surviving State Terror: Women’s Testimonies of Repression and Resistance in Argentina Barbara Sutton, Associate Professor, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University at Albany, State…

Research project on gendered justice among those receiving OVPRI 2018 Incubating Interdisciplinary Initiatives awards

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July 16, 2018—Lynn Stephen and Erin Beck, two members of the CSWS Américas Research Interest Group whose research on gender violence in Guatemala and the U.S. is on a yearly basis of support from CSWS, are among those whose research…