Category: People

CSWS Research Matters Spring 2017: Liz Bohls examines colonial women, slavery, and the politics of place

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2017, Spring: CSWS Research Matters “A Long Way from Home: Colonial Women, Slavery, and the Politics of Place,” by Elizabeth Bohls, Professor, Department of English Elizabeth Bohl’s recent book, Slavery and the Politics of Place, culminates with a section on…

Erin Beck’s new book, “How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs”

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How Development Projects Persist: Everyday Negotiations with Guatemalan NGOs by Erin Beck. Duke University Press (May 2017) Erin Beck is an assistant professor of political science at the University of Oregon, a CSWS faculty affiliate, and co-coordinator of the CSWS Américas Research…

Stephen Wooten awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award for Sustainability

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CSWS offers congratulations to faculty affiliate Stephen Wooten for his teaching award. Dr. Wooten was active in an earlier CSWS research interest group, Food in the Field, which provided some early ground for the development of the Food Studies Program.…

2017-18 CSWS Research Grant Awardees

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“2017-18 CSWS Research Awards: Jane Grant Fellowship, Graduate and Faculty Research Grants, and the Jane Higdon Senior Thesis Scholarship” The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon recently awarded more than $60,000 in student…

Mai-Lin Cheng Receives Two Research Fellowships

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CSWS faculty affiliate Mai-Lin Cheng was notified recently of an appointment as an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow at The Huntington for a period of two months. She also learned that she is the recipient of a UCLA Clark Memorial…