Category: People

“Our Stories, Our Communities” puts UO’s diversity on display

Pictured is Katty Kaunang.

Source: ‘Our Stories, Our Communities’ puts UO’s diversity on display | Around the O July 26, 2017—“A continuing online photography exhibit, ‘Our Stories, Our Communities: UO Diversity,’ is giving the campus community an opportunity to reflect on the powerful and unique stories…

New Book by Kristin Yarris: Care Across Generations

Pictured is Kristin Yarris.

Care Across Generations: Solidarity and Sacrifice in Transnational Families by CSWS faculty affiliate Kristin E. Yarris is due out in August from Stanford University Press. An assistant professor in the UO Department of International Studies, Yarris has been an active…

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

Pictured is Anita Weiss.

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

Pictured is Kari Norgaard.

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

Pictured is Minique Balbuena.

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…