UO Today #469: Dr. Beverly Wright Posted on Feb 9th, 2011 in Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today Dr. Beverly Wright, environmental scholar and founding director of the Deep South Center for Environmental Justice at Dillard University, discusses her work advocating for the…
Category: Women of Color
Dealing Head-on with Issues of Environmental Racism
Introduction for Dr. Beverly Wright, Director, Deep South Center for Environmental Justice by Margaret L. Paris, Philip H. Knight Dean and Professor, University of Oregon School of Law Dr. Wright spoke on “The Perilous Consequences of Public Policy Decisions: Weathering…
Celebrating Research by Women of Color
Place: Gerlinger Alumni Lounge This event will honor University of Oregon women of color faculty whose articles and books were published from 2008 – 2010. Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society’s Women of Color Project.…
CSWS Celebrates Research by Women of Color Faculty
June 4, 2010—Sixteen University of Oregon women of color faculty whose books and journal articles were published in the past two years were honored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society at an event held on the…
Lamia Karim Named CSWS Associate Director
UO Anthropology Professor Does Research on the Lives of Women in Bangladesh On a recent visit to Bangladesh, Lamia Karim sat in the midst of a group of women whose faces and bodies had been scarred by acid and saw…
Michelle McKinley Awarded NEH Fellowship
University of Oregon law professor Michelle McKinley has been awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship for her book manuscript, entitled “Fractional Freedoms: Slavery, Legal Activism, and Ecclesiastical Courts in Colonial Lima, 1593-1700.” A member of the CSWS Women…
