Category: People

McKinley’s “Fractional Freedoms” celebrated at Knight Law School

Pictured is Michelle Mckinley.

May 25, 2017—With panel discussions, a keynote, and a festive reception, CSWS celebrated the release of Director Michelle McKinley’s book, Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Intimacy, and Legal Mobilization in Colonial Lima, 1600-1700, at the Knight Law School on the UO campus. The book, published by Cambridge University Press, explores domestic slavery and what Professor McKinley terms […]

Gina Herrmann receives both an NEH grant and a UO Excellence Award for mentorship

Pictured is Gina Herrmann.

June 6, 2017—In a ceremony on the UO campus on Tuesday, the UO Graduate School awarded Gina Herrmann its Excellence Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Graduate Studies. Herrmann, a CSWS faculty affiliate, is an associate professor of Spanish in the Department of Romance Languages. This award goes to “honor faculty and staff who provide the […]

Julie Voelker-Morris awarded Williams Fellowship for commitment to undergraduate education

Pictured is Julie Voelker-Morris.

June 6, 2017—CSWS faculty affiliate Julie Voelker-Morris is one of two UO faculty members selected to receive 2017-18 Williams Fellowships for commitment to undergraduate education.
From Around the O:
Julie Voelker-Morris
“Voelker-Morris, a senior instructor of the Arts and Administration Program in the School of Architecture and Allied Arts, is known for continuously striving to improve student learning […]

Teach-In: “History of Environmental, Economic, and Political Debts: Puerto Rico and the US”

[ November 21, 2017; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] Condon Hall
Room 260
1321 Kincaid St.
UO campus
Teach-In
“History of Environmental, Economic, and Political Debts: Puerto Rico and the US”

Professors Cecilia Enjuto-Rangel (Romance Languages), Rocío Zambrana (Philosophy), and Alaí Reyes-Santos (Ethnic Studies) will lead a teach-in to engage in conversation about Puerto Rico and its place in the contemporary colonial history of the United States.

Sponsored by the Center […]

Leslie Steeves wins Teresa Award

Pictured is Leslie Steeves.

Leslie Steeves
May 30, 2017—Congratulations to CSWS faculty affiliate H. Leslie Steeves, who recently received the International Communication Association’s Teresa Award for the Advancement of Feminist Scholarship.
Dr. Steeves is a professor and senior associate dean, academic affairs, in the UO School of Journalism and Communication. She is also the director of SOJC’s Media in Ghana program.
From the […]

CSWS faculty affiliates among those honored with UO teaching awards

Pictured is Elly Vandergrift.

Source: Eleven faculty members receive UO’s highest teaching honors | Around the O
May 23, 2017—Two CSWS faculty affiliates are among those to receive UO’s highest teaching honors.
Elly Vandegrift
Elly Vandegrift, senior instructor I, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences; received the Thomas F. Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy.
Kristin Yarris with Scott Coltrane
Kristin Yarris, assistant […]