Category: Research

UO biologist Judith Eisen elected into elite American academy

Pictured is Judith Eisen.

From Around the O: Judith Eisen honored April 20, 2018—UO biologist Judith Eisen is best known to the world as a pioneer in using zebrafish as a model to study the nervous system. On campus, in addition to her research,…

“Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance”—a new book by Stephanie Teves

Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance, by Stephanie “Lani” Teves (University of North Carolina Press, April 2018, 240 pages). Just out from the University of North Carolina Press, Stephanie Teves’s new book, Defiant Indigeneity: The Politics of Hawaiian Performance.…

OVPRI 2018-19 Faculty Research Award recipients include numerous CSWS faculty affiliates & grant awardees

Congratulations to the many CSWS faculty affiliates named as recipients of 2018-19 OVPRI Faculty Research Awards. These include Mary Wood (English), Kristin Yarris (International Studies), Lynn Stephen (Anthropology), Laura Pulido (Ethnic Studies), Kate Mondloch (History of Art & Architecture), Ernesto…

New book from Erin McKenna

Livestock: Food, Fiber, and Friends a new book from Erin McKenna, Professor, UO Department of Philosophy Erin McKenna’s new book, Livestock: Food, Fiber, and Friends, has been published by the University of Georgia Press. Description from the publisher’s website: “Most…

Provost awards new Knight Chair to professor of anthropology Lynn Stephen

Pictured is Lynn Stephen.

From Around the O March 22, 2018—UO anthropology professor Lynn Stephen, a renowned scholar of Latin American studies, has been awarded a prestigious Philip H. Knight Chair in the College of Arts and Sciences. Stephen is Distinguished Professor of Arts…