Category: People

High-level administrative positions at other universities await two long-time CSWS affiliates

Two long-time CSWS affiliates will be leaving the University of Oregon at the end of AY 2014-15 for high-level administrative positions at other universities. Frances Bronet, UO’s acting provost and senior vice president, recently accepted the role of provost and…

Ellen Herman named new Faculty Codirector of the Wayne Morse Center

Editor’s Note: Professor Ellen Herman is a long-time CSWS faculty affiliate. June 1, 2015—The Office of Academic Affairs is pleased to announce that Professor Ellen Herman will be the new Faculty Codirector of the Wayne Morse Center for Law and…

Sandra Morgen Receives 2015 Outstanding Career Award

May 28, 2015—Sandra Morgen, a former, long-time director of the UO Center for the Study of Women in Society, was honored with a 2015 Outstanding Career Award by the Office of the Vice President for Research & Innovation. The award…

New book by philosophy professor Naomi Zack tackles black rights

Source: New book by philosophy professor Naomi Zack tackles black rights | Around the O CSWS faculty affiliate Naomi Zack’s newest book, White Privilege and Black Rights: The Injustice of U.S. Police Racial Profiling and Homicide, was published in April…

Karen Ford wins teaching award

Editor’s Note: Karen Ford is a CSWS faculty affiliate. May 18, 2015—“A professor of English and associate dean of humanities in the College of Arts and Sciences, Karen Ford specializes in the teaching of poetry. Ford places high demands on…

Judith Eisen wins teaching award

Editor’s Note: Judith Eisen is a CSWS faculty affiliate. May 18, 2015—“A professor in the Department of Biology, Judith Eisen has played a leading role in establishing and co-directing the Science Literacy Program. “The program is a major influence on…