Fall 2014 CSWS Research Matters:
“The Women and Rivers Project” by Theresa May, Associate Professor, University of Oregon Department of Theatre Arts
A CSWS faculty research grant supports Theresa May’s collaborative creative project on women and rivers, which explores the relationships—both historic and contemporary—of women in the Pacific Northwest to the many rivers of our region. The […]
Category: Native American
Native Studies Research Colloquium: Theresa May, “Native Theater/Drama and Environmental Justice”
[ November 10, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_20441" align="alignright" width="187"] Theresa May[/caption]
Many Nations Longhouse
1630 Columbia St.
UO campus
Free & open to the public
(Bring Your Own Lunch)
“Native Theater/Drama and Environmental Justice”
a talk by Dr. Theresa May, associate professor, UO Department of Theatre Arts
Professor Theresa May’s research and creative work draws connections between theatre and performance, community and environmental justice. Her recent book, Salmon […]
Native Studies Research Colloquium — Lynn Stephen
[ December 1, 2014; 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm. ] [caption id="attachment_3969" align="alignright" width="232" class=" "] Professor Lynn Stephen (photo by Michael McDermott)[/caption]
Many Nations Longhouse
1630 Columbia St.
UO campus
Free & open to the public
(Bring Your Own Lunch)
“Transborder Gendered Violence and Resistance: Indigenous Women Migrants Seeking U.S. Asylum”
a talk by Dr. Lynn Stephen, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Department of Anthropology, and Director of the Center […]
Now available: “Salmon Is Everything: Community-Based Theatre in the Klamath Watershed,” by Theresa May
Salmon Is Everything: Community-Based Theatre in the Klamath Watershed, by Theresa May with Suzanne Burcell, Kathleen McCovey, and Jean O’Hara. Foreword by Gordon Bettles. (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies, 2014), 208 pages. ISBN 978-0-87071-746-8. Paperback, $19.95.
Synopsis from OSU Press: “After a devastating fish kill on the Klamath River, tribal members and theatre artist […]
Theresa May Featured in Oregon Quarterly—Autumn 2012
Oregon Quarterly Magazine – Autumn 2012.
“Watershed Moment,” by Bonnie Henderson takes a look at the Klamath River Basin and highlights CSWS faculty affiliate Theresa May’s play “Salmon Is Everything.”
Theresa May is assistant professor, UO Department of Theatre Arts.
“The S-Word: The Squaw Stereotype in American Popular Culture”— a Road Scholars lecture by Debra Merskin
[ October 23, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Eugene Public Library
100 W. 10th Ave., Eugene, OR
Free & open to the public
A CSWS Road Scholars Lecture presented by Debra Merskin
This presentation explores the term “squaw” as an element of discourse that frames a version of indigenous female-ness. Speaker Debra Merskin, associate professor, UO School of Journalism and Communication, is developing a theoretical perspective of […]
