Category: Research

CSWS grants workshop set for Wednesday, Dec. 2

The Center for the Study of Women in Society will be hosting our annual grant application workshop from 12–1 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020 for graduate students and faculty who have not gone through the research funding application process…

2020 Annual Review now available

by Jenée Wilde, CSWS Research Dissemination Specialist 2020 has been an unprecedented year at CSWS and the University of Oregon. Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic curbed affiliate research and Center’s normal programming and operations, the murder of George Floyd…

Ana Lara wins Ruth Benedict Prize

Pictured is Ana Maurine Lara.

Assistant Professor Ana-Maurine Lara, women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, has been awarded the Ruth Benedict Prize of the Association for Queer Anthropology, a section of the American Anthropological Association for her book Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty (SUNY Press 2020), out…

Laura Pulido finds that a racist past is often left off monuments

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From Around the O, Oct. 20, 2020 — As monuments across the country are torn down to protest their connection to white supremacy, UO professor Laura Pulido argues that dismantling such structures is an important, but insufficient, step toward achieving…

Updated: CSWS affiliates give faculty perspectives in new virtual IntroDUCKtion

Editor’s note: Additional faculty affiliate videos have been released and are added to this story. IntroDUCKtion, the University of Oregon’s summer orientation experience for incoming students, went virtual this summer, giving new Ducks an opportunity to dive into faculty research…