Category: Public Policy

Working Futures: Perspectives on Labor from the Global South

Browsing Room Knight Library 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus Economic globalization has fundamentally reshaped class and gender dynamics around the world. It has brought millions of young women to work in urban industrial and service sectors, introducing new social roles,…

UO historian cited as part of Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality

CSWS faculty affiliate Ellen Herman, professor and head of the UO Department of History, was cited as part of the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage equality. July 6, 2015—“Ellen Herman had a busy day when the Supreme Court…

Science envoy Richmond now in Southeast Asia on official visit

January 7, 2015—Science envoy Richmond now in Southeast Asia on official visit | Around the O. Geri Richmond is making stops in Thailand and Vietnam this month in her first official trip as a U.S. science envoy. Richmond, a UO…

Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans

Knight Library, Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. Free & open to public See also Globalization, Gender and Development Conference “Sacrificing Families: U.S. Policies and the Displacement of Central Americans,” with Leisy J. Abrego, Assistant Professor, UCLA César E. Chávez Department…

Running from Peril, Chasing Hope: Central American Children and the Refugee Crisis

Ford Alumni Center 1720 E. 13th Ave. UO campus A symposium to start a dialogue, grow awareness, and plan for action Visit our website: education.uoregon.edu/ceqp-info Agenda 2:00–4:00 P.M. Plenary Session featuring local experts and faculty members who will lead a…

A Dialogue about Surveys, Services, and Sanctions: Sexual Assault on Campus

UO Living Learning Center Performance Hall 1455-75 E. 15th Mary Koss, PhD, was coeditor of a two-book series for the American Psychological Association, Violence Against Women and Children (2011). Her first national study on acquaintance rape was published in 1987,…