Tag: UO

Women in physics face big hurdles — still

Persistent biases continue to affect the numbers of female physicists.
August 1, 2016: “There are more women in the sciences than ever before. They hold leading faculty and administrative positions while their representation in fields such as biology, sociology and psychology has increased. Yet the physical sciences are woefully behind when it comes to the number […]

disjecta – Disjecta Dialogues: Charlene Liu and Wendy Red Star in Conversation

[ July 31, 2016; 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] The Cleaners, Ace Hotel
Portland, OR
403 SW 10th Avenue at Stark St

Please join us for a conversation on art, family, and culture with Charlene Liu and Wendy Red Star. Presented By Ace Hotel Portland

Charlene Liu is an associate professor and the printmaking coordinator in the UO Department of Art and a member of the CSWS Women […]

Fantasmas de la historia: Racismo y Violencia Policial en los Estados Unidos

Pictured is Alaí Reyes-Santos.

Following the events in Dallas, CSWS faculty affiliate Alaí Reyes-Santos was asked to submit a short piece about racism and racial profiling by the Spanish newspaper La Razon. Dr. Reyes-Santos, an associate professor in the UO Department of Ethnic Studies, said that she is “trying to make sense of all we have been living as […]

Jane Grant Fellow publishes article on internal migration of Oaxacan indigenous women

Pictured is Ivan Sandoval Cervantes.

July 12, 2016—Iván Sandoval-Cervantes, the 2015-16 CSWS Jane Grant Dissertation Fellowship recipient, completed his PhD in anthropology at the University of Oregon in 2016 and is now a visiting assistant professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, at the University of Texas at El Paso.
His article, “Navigating the City: Internal Migration of Oaxacan Indigenous Women,” derived […]

CSWS Welcomes New Director & New Operations Manager

Picgtured are Michelle McKinley and Dena Zaldua.

Michelle McKinley (left) & Dena Zaldúa / photo by Alice Evans
June 27, 2016—The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon welcomes two new leaders to its staff effective July 1, 2016.
Law professor Michelle McKinley has been appointed as the next director of CSWS. Dena Zaldúa was hired for the […]

Anya Kivarkis named 2016 Hallie Ford Fellow

Pictured is Anya Kivarkis.

Anya Kivarkis, a UO associate professor of art and a faculty affiliate of the CSWS Women of Color Project, is one of five Oregon artists named Hallie Ford Fellows in the Visual Arts for 2016. Presented by the Ford Family Foundation, this honor comes with an unrestricted award of $25,000.
Anya Kivarkis / photo by Sabina Poole.