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Dr. Millán’s most recently published book: Coloring Into Existence: Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children’s Literature

Dr. Isabel Millán recently published the book Coloring Into Existence: Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children’s Literature. The book explores the curious ways that queer and trans of color publications “color outside the lines”— refusing to conform to industry standards, intermixing ...

Gender Collective 2024

Join the Gender Collective to discuss matters of gender and sex, and meet like-minded people. Meetings are Fridays from 2:00 to 3:00 pm in Knight Library (Study Room 221).  All majors and minors are welcome! For questions, please contact the Club President, Bambi Naba, at cnaba@uoregon.edu.
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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 ...

We Celebrate Professor Lara’s newly announced tenure!

Congratulations to Associate Professor Ana Lara on her newly announced tenure. Professor Lara has recently had two books published. We celebrate her excellent research and commitment to our students!  Queer Freedom: Black Sovereignty  was published by SUNY Press in October 2020 and won the 2020 ...
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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) ...

Statement from the Department

June 5th, 2020 The department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies joins many others in our community in expressing grief and outrage at the murder of GEORGE FLOYD, DAVID MCATEE, BREONNA TAYLOR, TONY MCDADE, ATATIANA JEFFERSON, KAYLA MOORE, among too many other Black Americans. We know ...

National Women’s Studies Association Issues Statement

Statement in Support of Black Lives and Protests against Police and State Violence June 4, 2020 NWSA is outraged about the recent death of George Floyd at the hands of a white police officer. Mr. Floyd’s murder is just the latest iteration of recent police violence, state-sanctioned ...
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