Department News
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Congratulations to WGSS Professor Yvette Saavedra for 2024 Antonia I. Castaneda Prize
Yvette Saavedra, an associate professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, has been awarded the 2024 Antonia I. Castañeda Prize for her article “Speaking for Themselves: Rancheras and Respectability in Mexican California, ...
Congratulations to WGSS Professor Judith Raiskin for CAS Diversity Grant and Faculty Research Award
Congratulations to Professor Judith Raiskin, who has been awarded a CAS Diversity Grant matched by a grant from the Division of Equity and Inclusion. These funds will go towards completing her documentary, ‘Outliers and Outlaws.’ In addition to these two DEI awards, Judith has ...
Virtual book release party for Dr. Millán’s recently published picture book
Dr. Isabel Millán recently published the picture book Chabelita’s Heart/El corazón de Chabelita.
The book is written in English and in Spanish. It is briefly described as follows: “with the support of her loving Chicanx family, a girl named Chabelita discovers it’s okay to like ...
Dr. Millán selected for Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship
Dr. Millán has been selected for the 2021-22 Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship is highly sought after.
The 2021 Career Enhancement Fellows work in such disciplines as African American studies, English, women’s and gender studies, sociology, and more. They ...
Dr. Saavedra featured on The Crown City Podcast
Dr. Yvette Saavedra was featured on The Crown City Podcast on April 21st, 2021.
Listen here: https://www.thecrowncitypodcast.com/episodes/episode-01-slow-travel-4t5bk-8wgel-dglty-kfcfn-77lwk-ze7ws-zwp65
The topic was Dr. Saavedra’s book Pasadena Before the Roses: Race, Identity, and Land ...
Congratulations to WGSS Professor Judith Raiskin for Herman Award, Faculty Research Mentor Award and Williams Fund Award
Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy
https://provost.uoregon.edu/2020-distinguished-teaching-awards/judith-raiskin
Faculty Research Mentor Award from the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engagement
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/uo-professors-earn-mentorship-awards-work-students
Williams ...
Professor Ana Lara and Professor Alai Reyes Stantos launch Digital Humanities Project – Caribbean Women Healers: Digital Scholarship Team Site
https://blogs.uoregon.edu/cwhdigitalproject/
About the Digital Humanities Project Caribbean Women Healers: Decolonizing Knowledge Within Afro-Indigenous Traditions is a collaborative research project developed by Professor Ana-Maurine Lara (Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) ...
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