dfiter CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF IVOMEN IN SOCIETY. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CSWS Researchers llion Grant 7leil f,.r,7^eot'co*fA."o^A "ml+ ow ato*,eti .vyndu6w /r.^M ne of the. rnajor tirci of the l\iri.nen's Htalth and Aging Research Initiative (WHARI) al CS\\IS is t() pursuc both short- and l()ng-tern sohttions to ihe prcvcrrtion of I l lV ancl STD infectirrrrs and unintcnded prcgnancy arnongwom€n. Long-lemr soluLions rvill rtquire ar-ldrr:ssing thc under)ving causcs of rvon.ren's lrlnerabiljt\'-thc jncreasine fcninization of povcrt\.; scndcr inequalitt sexisrn, and racism. In ihc short term, researchcrs arc ltltlking for iva l r lo . l i t r : the t r rv r r t t t t ' n ' s ab i l i t r i ( r p ro tc ( l l l renrsc lves "ga in r t spec ihc repr ' , ,d ' r . , i r i i r . a r rh concerns: unintcndecl pr eurancies, HIV inlircliory and sexuallv lransmitted cliseases (STDs). l i L . r ' , r . l - i . r ' t i s t s \ l a t i t i l . r n e v a n d S h e n l l h , ' r b u r n B i r o h a r c r c c c n t l v r c ' c e i r e . . . r . c ; e r n J icclcral glant .tt. lLrsl o\cr 51 rnil l ion-to adrlress ti.r is nccd. TIrc drst grant, fundctl bv thc Cc'nters ti: lr Diseasc Control (CDC),is the five-vear PART NERS pLolcct.This tudi dcsigns, implemcnts, ancl cv.rluates a cr-rupJc-bascd inien..nti,,rr tlesilgLed kr r.r.duce unprotected intercourse anong :icxr.lalh' active womelt and tireir hcterit sexual partnels. Harve.\; principal invcstigator and CS\\rS direckrr of research, savs the goal ol thc project is hr enc()rtradc oupbs t0 use thc malc cttrrclom for ihc Pre\ L'rlt i i)n oi HIVISTDS a r rJ un in te r r . l . , . l Drc i - . l r c ics . In atlcl it i tn to the lnrlc. conLl()nt,"\\ 'e nccd a rnclhorl that 1\'(nnon can U\1. t i ' proi( 'ct thenl scives r,v' ithortt hcjr Partncl's knoir,leelge or conscnt,"she savs. The vaginal cliaphragur oiters just thai.Thc devicc is both felra Ic - con h.ollecl and ienrale- applied. This is the k$, idea behinrl thc nc-rr, stLrclv on tire acccptabil it\ ' of thc vaginal dia- phracm amonq rlonrcn.This snrall, r l isc shapcd contraceptive dc'rice, l ikc thc malc conclom, can eftectivelt' prevent pregnancics ancl proiect against some sexually transnitted rljscascs. But unlikc ihe male condorl, it puts thc porver in women's hands. Her three-t'ear prr.ricct, funded at jusl ovcr 51 mill ion b1. thc. Nationai lustitutes ri i I lcali lr, r,r,ill use hvo stutlies*one based in the Portland area and the other in Los r\nseles-trr tleter mine \^ helhr'r womerr arc rvil l ing -, ' uLc thc .l iaphrapn t. , pr,rt( 'ct themr. l i i - aS,r 'r.t .rnin lcndcd prcgnan. i c . . STD\ , and l ) , ' L r . - t i J l lV ( ' vcn H lV in tcc r .on . U l l jmd lc l \ . Hd^ e \ 1 . , '1 . , \ th . r l the findings tvill 1ar,' tlre sroundn ork lbr a str,rdt of thc cificacr, of the diaphraam in thc prer.en- tion of AIDS, and stinrLrlate the dcleLopmcnt o1simil.rr baricr Inc'Lhods. ln the course ofthe new project, Harvey, along witlr co-investigator Bird, w.ill: o Conduct a telephonc surr,'ev of nearlr' 1,000 women in the Rtrllancl area l,-ho are either cnrent or tbrmer eliaphragm users ol rvho use olher methods . Conduct a seconel sltLdy antong approximately 2(X) r-rniver.sift- wot]lclt in the Los Angelcs area lvho have nevcr used tlte diaphragn and participate jn lrigh-risk activitics.This study rvill invohc a corrbination of focus qr()ups, questior.tnaires, and facc-to tace intcftier\'s. The pariicipants will bc glvcn coupons tbr frec diaplrragns. The project will bcsn in Januarl 2001. INSIDE 2001_ \\TNTER ce ntcru iew . , . . . . . . . . . , . 2 eunt ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 r i gs/e2tcnts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 ku dos. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 crcat ioe centu . . . . . ,6 I r e a ' s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 , 4 t \a?[a r4s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LU csats. . . . . . . - - - . . . . . . . . . . . l -1 author 's notc . . . . . .12 Women of Excellence reffim Lit f o i i:lltt Sally McCrncktn, Cuadnluyt Quintt, rtxLl A1nrinn Sntif lt. havc rlawclous careers bccause of it. JM: Il 's reallv an unusual thing that lr n-roving bcvond the bounclarjcs of acaclcr $rork inkr thcse spheres of womcn on n Novenbe r 13, CS\{S hosted its thircl arrnual "\\/omcn of F.xccllence"evcnt rvith thc' UO r,, 'onten's basketball team. The rcccpti(Jn anrl progam briugs togcther t\vo rlnlikch constitucncies: CS\VS affi l iates and rr,ornen's basketball fans kr hr;not "\{irmen ol Exccllcncc"-rvomen rvho iravc tlarlc crcat corlir ibutions to the univcrsitv and conrr-rLrrritr,-ancl to introducc tl'rc tvotnen's baskctball tcan. This year, four \voll lcn were nalnc'cl "Wcrmcn of Excellence ": Sallv I\4cCracken, a Portlancl acfivisl ar-rcl UO tnrstee; Cuarlaiupe Quinn, a Eugeue human rights ancl racial justice advocatc; Marian Srrjth, associate protessor of rTrusic at the UO; and loan Acker, UO professor emeritus anrl founcler of CS\,VS. ln atldition, Carla Can; a ncmber of Iast vear's"Women of Exccllence " class, rvas honorc,,l. She is the clircch)r of the OfTicc ol Multicultural Altairs a t thc UO. ln a convcrsation follo\^/i l lr thL'cverlt, Jutl ith Musick, CS\{S associatc elire.ctor, and I)c'g Rees, facultv instructor tor. Plrr sjcal A . t i \ l t \ .1 r ,1 RL c 'e . r t i ' ' n S{ 11 t . , - d r ' t c i n tace ior thc annual e\€nt, talke(l aLrout ihc c()nr-rcciions betu'een CS\\'S anri \\,{)l-}ten's baskctball tans: Gl3\'1)u jusl said that this picture l inler rightl tcl ls a sbn. \\hat sk)ry does it tell? JM: \.\i'cll, there's the toundcr of CS\{S in tl.rc rrosi sllrprising situation, rvith all of thcsc voung rvoncn rvho clon'l really have a cluc abor-lt lvhal CSWS is or who she is or rvl 'tv thel' are connected. PR: l he h i ' ' u r , r r rJ rv , l r ' l o t l rL r Lareer i s thc tounclation that makes tltcir current carc'e.rs possible. lf i t rveren't tol thr'rvomen's movL-mcnf, rve ryouldn'l lrave rvonten! baskeiball al the lerrel that n'c. havc bdar'. I J ' r r r r J , ' . \ \e havc lhp wo l | len 's n ]ov , ' | l ] cn l , t'c' I.ravc. CS\'VS, and these young rvoncn c a r n p u s r r h , r u ' u l l h l - . : , . . : - : - . r , t l ' u \ . \ ' r t \ i : , , . . i l . , n i r r r r i ' . r l t . r r J . t l l . l t . r r L : : : . \ ' ou gc t in t ( ) i t , t r rL t can sc t - hL [ \ ] i r r ' . : - . L l l u t t l r i : r t L t l t . f l l i i L \ L r l : \ t . L : L - bridgc.s. O: This is thc thircl t i lne CS\\:S h.r. J,,nt this cvcnl. Do ,,,ort kuou rvhat nraLlt ' r ' ,,1r want to do i t thc i i r s t t in rc? J M : l r r r . r ' r ' l . , L i t l t . ' . 1 r . . 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Phone (541.) 346-5015 Fax (511) 346-5u96 Contributors: ShervlThorburn Bird, N,teredilh Brarch, Snzanne Clark, Jan Emerson, Ll,lrne Fessenden, N4arie Harveli Shirlcv Marc, Sandra lvlorgery Dcborah Olson, and Peggy Pascoe ECUIOT: IJeth Helie Ratote Copy editing ard design: Lori Holva.rd, Universitv Publi{ations Th. ' : . - : i t l ' , ' - : : : : PB: - L' r : . i , : . . b c h r . . ' ' : :r. iqcs. It 's a ' - . . 1 i i . ? r l C l ' l - 1 l C . -_.:rreen catecrccl . .i builds a bridge ::., c doers-in both --,, :r ' : i lrrnit ics*ancl - ;\. ' rc all sitt ing in : _ -' :-r l-rc- Stones. : .-. er t'e {r, i: $ Ackcr surrounfud by urcutbcrs of thc s brtskctLtnll LcLrut. L _ f l i l ' . ' , , , , . i . 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Sponsorecl bv the Tcaching thc l lrst in the Prcscnt branch of thc Fcrrinjst Hr-rnranil ics Projcct, thc st' lnpo- siur.n brings high scl.rool studcrlls anrl tcachers to carrpus tirr hali-hour rvorkshops oiicrcci bI CSWS affi l iates. An afiernoon t . , ' 1 ' r 1 ' , r r r v i l l I ' , l l ' r r r l l r , \ \ , ' f k r l r ' ) 1 1 r c . ' i n r . Rcgistration is r.cquirecl ancl priorit l rvi l l I \ i t l \ ( ' 1 r l ' , 1 ' + l r * l r , " , 1 - l l r . l ( l l l s . C , , n l , r c l l , l l Emers()n at jcnrcrson(o r ceon.uorcgon.cdr,r or' (541) -l l t : lh:l tor information. Transformations : Women in Histo rt/ 2001 \ 'VOItKSI IOPS The Many Joans of Arc Balbara Altnrarn, l lor.nar.rcc lang1ragcs Jen'ish Women in the Middle Ages Iudjth Baskirr, lu!laic sttl( l ics The Mcd ic ine o f Gender LLruisc Rishop, Clalk l-ronixs collcqe Porver, Poison, and Polit ics in Ancient Rome Christina Calhrion, Classics Wa r r io l Wonren in Ang lo-Amer ican Folksong and History Dlannc Dugarr; Lnglish Reinventing the' Enen'rv's Language: Writing by Native American Women Bcth Hcgc l ' iah)te, CS\{S The Maiden Knight Gina Psaki, Ronrancc languagcs and literatures Confess or Dcrry?"Witches"'Choices in 1692 Elizabctlr I icis, historv Womcn's Narratives of Travel and Disp lacement N4onica Szurrruk, Romance languafjes Frida Kahlo: Mcxican Artist-World Icon Stephanic \{rrod, historl Wednesdays at Noon S\\rS is cor-rtir.rri irrs it series o{ talks and \-rvolkshops bl facultt members and SarluatL. studL'nts \r 'ho are rec.ipients ol CS\\S rescarch grants. Thcse talks take place on \A/cctrc'sclals tltrm noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Janc Clanl Confercnce Room,330 H , n . l t i r k . F l . r l l . \ V , ' i r r v t e r o r t t o ' o ' r u c . January 17: Lot lainc Br un(ljgc, graduate student, phikrsophy,'A Rctunr to Reciprocit\ " Febru a ry 7: N4al, Wxrcl, assr)ciate professor, Enpilish, "This Puzzling Casc: Narratives of Schizo- phr r.nia " ' l l : D , 'h , ' ' . rh 1 , , ( ' - l . r n SanA. d - j i j rdnr p ru ie j sor, East Asian Jan5'uages antl l i teratures, "Thc Ernerging Lcsbian: Femalc Same-Scx Dc'sirc in IV{odcrn Chinese Literature and Culiurc" March 7: Stcphanic !\botl, assistant profcssor, rvomcn's stuclics, "Mexico's Founcling \ l " th t ' r . anJ Fathcr . : E . r r l i V , .L ,J Iner i . , rn Cencle r Complcmcntarit\ '? " 14: Grants rvorkshop bv S. N1arie HaNe\t CS\{S rc.search director, for spring CSWS FacultV ancl Cracluatc Student Rcscarch Cranls ss "." tr, RIC Updates Jewish Feminist RIG During winter term, the RIG will continue its monthly book discussions. On January 18, the reading will be a novel by Michal Gowin. On Febmary 15, the selection will be the novel, Front a Seakd Roor;r by Rachel Kadish. The March 15 meeting is TBA. Books will be available at a discount at Mother Kalit Books. Ask at the counter for our RIG. Ser; Gender, and the Law RIG Legal scholar Adrienne Davis, a leader in the field of critical race feminism, presented a trvo-hour seminar sponsored by the Se>(, Gender, and the Law RIG on November 13. The seminal, which focused on Davis's work-in-progress,"Loving and the Law: The History and Judsprudence oflnterracial Sex," drew an appreciative audience of faculty members from the law school and a number of departments on campus. Davis is the first of four visiting scholars whose seminan will be sponsored by the RIG this year. Future visito$ include legal historian Hendrik Hartog, author of Mn n €i Wlfe in America: A Hlsfory; feminist labor historian Eileen Borit who will speak on the history of maternity leave in the U.S.; and feminist legal theorist Katherine Franke, who will preview a forthcoming article on conceptions of sex.uality titled"Theorizin gYes." Womert, Work, and Economic Restructuring RIG Tn Ianuary the CSWS Welfare Research Team will release a report of the two-year study of families that left or were diverted from welfare or the Food Stamp prop;ram in the ftrst quarter of 1998. The study followed these families for two years and reports on their economic status and family well-being. The study was done in collabomtion with the state Department of Human Resources- Adult and Family Services. The report will be avaiiable on the web the same day it is released to the public. It can be accessed through the CSWS home page at http:// csws.uoregon.edu. The Stop Violence Against Women Project, of which the DomesticViolence Clinic is an integral part, recently received a $35Q000 federal grant. The clinic offers civil legal services to victims of domestic violence and their childrery and is a joint project of the UO School of Law, Lane County Legal Aid, Womenspace, and Sexual Assault Support Services. Merle Weiner, Caroline Forell, and Leslie Harris are the law school representatives on the steering committee. New RIGS at CSWS f SWS has approved two new IRICs: lhe \-feminist lostcolonidl Studies RIC and the Women Writers of Science Fiction RIG. The Feminist Postcolonial Studies RIG will draw together scholarc interested in i5\ues related to debates surrolrndinB feminism and the position of women in the follorving areas: postcolonial theory neoco- lonial relations regarding global labor; toudsm; the U.S. military use of the Pacific and the Caribbean; Diaspora and migration studies; various area studies (Caribbean/ Latin American, African, Pacific Islands); and contemporary sovereiEF1ty movements. The Women Wrilers of Science Fiction RIC wil l focur on re:earch and leaching intercsts of its member scholars to promote research on rvomen, gendel and science fiction. At meetings, the RIG l'ill discuss current scholarship in science fiction, e>,plore wavs to encourage graduate and under- graduate student research, provide outreach to manuscript collections on women writeE of science fiction in Special Collections, and produce a sr.mposium and exhibit on gender and ryomen rwilers of science fiction. RIG Directory Feminist Postcolonial Studies ludith Raiskin, raiskin@oregon.uoregon.edu Monica Szurmak, monicas@oregon.uoregon.edu Cender in Historical andTransNational China Cl.nthia Brokarq cbrokaw@oregon.uoregon.edu Jewish Feminist ludith Baskin. jba-l, in(a oregon.uoregon.edu Native American Communities Deana Dartt, ddartt@gladstone.uoregon.edu Reclaiming the Past BarbaraAltmann, baltmann@oregon.uoregon-edu Ayse Agis, aags@oregon.uoregon.edu Ser; Gender, and the Law Peggy Pascoe, ppascoe@darkwing.uoregon.edu Social Sciences Feminist Network Barbara Sutton, bsutton@darkwing.uoregon.edu Violence, Gender ald Society Deborah Olson, dlolson@oregon.uoregon.edu Wired Judith Musick, musick@oregon.uoregon.edu Shirley Marc, shirmarc@oregon.uoregon.edu Women and Environment Barbara Cook, bjcook@oregon.uoregon.edu Womer; Work, and Economic Restructuring Joan Acker, jacker@oregon.uoregon.edu Women Writers of Science Fiction Linda Long llong@oregon.uoregon.edu Kudos'!' Karen Barrows, environmental studies, received the Dan Kimble First-Year Cmc-luate Teaching Fellon Arvard, prc'sented tointlv bv thc graduate school and theTcachine Eft-ectiveness Program. Nora Beck, Len-is & Clark College, nill publish the story,"The Goorl lVitches ot Porciano" in an upcoming issue ol Artisatt Journol. nvo papers bv SherylThorburn Bird, CSI\IS, have becn accepted for publication. Sht'is first author on a paper with Marie Harvey, CSI\IS, and colleagucs at OHSU that compares wonen's acceptabilifv of h4'o methods of earlv abortion rvhich rvill be published in thc/orrr,!di offrc Anrericnn MedicnlWrlleri s Asso.i ltirl. Bird is coauthor of an article on young adolcscents' \rc\! s of teen pregnancv to be pub)ished in llca1flr Plo totion Practicc. She also gave a presL'ntation at the annual American Public Health Association meeting in Noven1ber. Barbara Cook, English, has three nerl publications:'A Tapestry of Historv and Reimagination: Women's Place in James Welch's Fools Crott" in Atucricnrt hdim QtLnrtcrly;"La Llorona and a Call for Environrnental Justice in the Borderlands: Ana Castillo's So FarFrorrr God" in Nort'/rft)esi R&)ir4'; and a bibliography on Ellen Gilchrist for Cori.riponry Anrcrica Wol en FictiL)n Witer! A tsio-Bil iogralllical Critical So rcebook (Greenrvood Press). She also presented a paper at the Westem Literature Association conference in Oklahoma Cifv in October. Lynne Fessenden, CSWS, is coauthor of a paper recently accepted by the Negofi,,rtio,r /o//nrdl, with Patricia Cwartney, director of the Oregon Survcy Ilesearch Lab, and Gayle Landt, director of the Conflict Resolution Center The paper is titled "Measuring the Long-Term lmpact oI a Commu- nity Resolution Process: A Case Study Using Content Anaiysis of Public Documents. nvo publications byJoy Gall, education. include"The Complete Toolkit for Building High- Performance Work Teams," coauthored with Nancy Colden. publi.hed bv the ERIC Clearing, house on Educational Management; and the November 2000 Orrgott School Shuly Courtcil Btlleln. Lisa Kloppenberg larv, organized an ex- chang€' between iudges and academics at the annual conference of the National Association of Womer Judges in Octobcl, dnd put together th, "Gender, Racial, and Tribal l'erspectives: Differ- ences Matter"panel for the Oregon Mediation Association's annual conJerence in N()vember near Portiand. Cheris Kramarae, CSWS, T'vas the Amef can Association of University WomenVisiting Research Scholar in Residence, 1999-2000, researching a report on online education and gender. She also sewed as Intemational Dean for the lnformahon section of the international W{)men's Universit\ (itu) in Hannovcr, Gemanv, 1999-2000. Wendy Maltz, Midliit' Menopause RIG, has ediiccl an anthologl' of scxual ovc poetry 1,rl|rrri('(rss.s: Itc Poch! ofS.rli/ P/easrilc, k) be released in February. Barbara Corrado Pope, womcn's studics, was p11)moted to full professor iast June. ln honor of her scmi-retirenent the 2000 \ro en's studies Sraduating class voted to plant a trcr.rvlth a plaquc in her honor. Amanda Powell, Romance languages, has coauthored (irith Kathlee'n Myers) the book, A Wiltl Confitry oil it1 tlt Cnrdat:Thc Spiritral lounnls of a Colonial Mrricart Mil (lndiana Universitv Press, 1999) and cont but!'d the chapter,"Nlaking Use of the Holy Office: Explor' ing the Contexts and Concepts of Sor Juana's Relercnces to tl're Inquisition in the'Respuesta sor Filofea',"in T/rc 14lsficnl Cestln'c: Essnvs ott Mcdir,'al arrl Early Motlcrn SpirihnlCulhrre in Honor of Mary E. Giles, (Ashgate Publishing, 2000). Sht' also gave talks at the annual conference of the Associahon for the Studv of Medieval and Earlv Modem Spanish and Latin Amerir an Women Writers in Mexico City in (Jctober and at the M"dem LanFua!,e As,iofldhun meefings in Washington, D.C., in December- James Rice, Rus:ian and comparative literature, presented a paper on"Comic Devices in 'The Death of Ivan Ilich',"at the annual confer- ence of the Amedcan Association for the Ad- vanccmcnt oI Sl.lvic Studies in Denver in Novembe; in a panel which he organized on n)lstoy Ajter Fifty. Carol Silverman, anthropololry, has received an $11.000 grant from the Open Societv Institute, Budapest, to aid in the writing of her manuscript, PctJontntrcc, Idcnfitv, alul Politics: Bnlhltl Rotna 1970s-1990s.In addition, she published the article,"Researcher, Advocate, Friend: An Ameri- can Fieidworkcr among Balkan Roma, 1980-1996," in FicLluork Dilcn unas: Anthropologsts itlk)sfsocidlist Stnfcs (Jniversitv of Wisconsin Press,2000) and presented the paper,"Women and the Rom (G1psy) Human Rights Struggle in Eastem Europe,"ai the American Anthropological Association meetin gs in San Fralcisco in November SarahThompson, art historv, delivered a se !'s of four lcctures in June on censorship of Japanese prints at the Centro de Estudios de Asia y Africa of Ei Colegio de Mexico in Mexico City. In Novernber, she 6;ave h^/o lectures in NewYork City:"Poets and Poetrv in Japanese Prints"for the Friends of Asian fut at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and"Samurai Srvord and Sorcery: Illustra- tions of Fantastic Literature in Nineteenth- CenluryJapan"for the Ukiyo-e Society of America arld the Donald Keene Center at Columbia University. Merle Weiner,law, published the arhcle, "lnternaiional ChildAbduction and the Escape from DomesticMolence"in the most recent issue of Fortllntn Law Rroiew. Creating Common Grouna TAKES C E N] 2-/--,=42r- Dualisms, By Lynne Fessenden f A f h r - d , , 'em'nr - -n ; ,1 . . ipnce hav t ' to :a r V V r " , . r , r o rhcr l Are the r t l lndn i r i c ' oo ins gJeen? Horv can scientists comlnunicate wilh the pub ic ?' 'r(l vice \erra.) fhccc alc lu.r a fen of the topics to be covered in panels, keyrole addrcsscs, and othcr conference activities when Taking Nature Seriouslv convenes at the Universitv of Orcgon on Fcbmary 25-27. This in te rd icc ip l rJ1 confererce r , , i l l b ingscho la l r stud].ing the practice of science (via history philosophy sociolog_v, ancl rhctoric) together with environmenlal scientists and citizen actiyists io create a dialogue anchored in the common ;yound of concern for our global enyirol.rnent. The three day event rvill address the practical ancl theoretical challenges of "taking nature seriously,"illuminaie the value of in te ld i ' . ip l inan and in te r comrnun i tyco l l rbo- rahon. and heJp par l i c ipant ' tu en \ " : ion ne \v models of scholarship and poiiry that can move us be1'oncl culturally constructed barriers. Most of the forty-eight panels consist of an interdisci plinary mix of presenters, and have been scheduled to allorv a full forty minutes of discussion time. Examples of panel topics includc Crccning the Humanitics, the Rhetoric of Biodiversity and Sustainability, Citizens Taking Action: Studies of Citizen Involverrent, Dialogues befiveen Feminism and Science, and Mediarhg Relations behveen Science and lts Public. The conference, sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, CSW$ the Oregon Humani- fies Cenrer. the Environmenr.rl Sfudie. lrogam. and ihe Depariments of Philosophy, English, and Biology, has r.videspread appeal to its various constitucncy g'roups. Conference coordrnators NancyTuana, philosophy, Bili Rossi, English, and Lynne Fessenden, CSWS, say that the call for papers posted last ]anuary seemed b hit a vcin of common concern and interest. More than 240 proposa ls r,r erc rece'r ed. of rr h i, h orly 1 i0 rvere accepted. In addition to forty-eight panels, there will be four kemotc addresses. -a-'-1,'e.- ff.: STAGE Session 5 A. Citizen Experts on thc Farm, in thc Fjeld, B. Theatre for Enr.ironmental Awareness, C. Expanding the Focus: Healih in the Public's lntcrest, D. Nature/CUll urc Tntcracti, )ns, E. Perceptions of Environmental Ris( F. Recon- ciliation with Nafure: Stories from Down Under 7:3G-9:30 p.r.a. Keynote address: N4ary O'Brien, University of Oregon Tuesday, Febtuary 27 8:3&-10:30 ,t.v. Session 6 A. Taking Communities Seriously, B. Educa- tional Reform, Eco-Justice, and Sustainability, C. Workshop on Citizen Involvement in the Clean Up of MilitaryToxics, D. Narrative anrd Science Practice, E. Crossin€i the Great Dividc: Learning to Speak"Naturecultures,"F. Assess- ment of of Citizen Participation in A. Sltuated Embodiment:Valuing a Gendered Pcrspective, B. Issues in Science Studies, C. The 'ivloral- Scicnti6 c Polihcs of Species Manage - ment, D. Citizens'Iaking Action: Studies of Citizen Involvement, E. Learning from Den- mark: Processes of EcoloS;ical Transformation 2:3G'4:30 p.v. Session 8 Studies,rA . B. 'c . and Science, Keynote address: Donna Hanway, University of Califomia, Santa Cruz lfor Uncommon Dialogue Keynote Speakers Fiist()n of Consciousness Profcssol Donna Haraway, from thc. University of California, Santa Cruz, rvho rcscarchcs culiuml ancl historical studies of science ancl technolog,r. ', ancl has authored several books, inclucling Sirrrinns, Crlborgs, nnd Wonttt Tltt' Rr:itrtutrtiott of NntLn'e and Modcst \{ihrss@ Srcond L4il lcttniunt: Fcntit isnt attd Techttoscienct. Renorvnecl biologrst Richard Lewontin from Haward Universilri rvhose research focus is theoretical anrl cxpcrimenlal population genet- ics, and ivho has rccc:rtly published If Ai1'f Necessarilrl So: Thc Drmfit of fl1( Htutlart Gertont atd Ofhcr l lhrsions, in keeping with his long strcam of tl.ror-lght-provoking books, inch-rding Biology ns ldcologt,Tht Dinlecticnl Biologist, and Not irt Our Gcncs. Public interest scientist Mary O'Brien of Eugene, rvhose rvork focuses on altematives to foxics, allcrnativcs to risk assessmenl, ," consenration of HeLls Canyon .{ rrativc g'rasslands, citizcn involve ment in science-basccl clecision-making, ancl encourager.neni ol scicniists to be advocales. She is the author of Moking Bcflcr Enisit 'otntental Decisiotts: Att Altantntitta lo Risk Assessntett Andrew Pickering professor of sociologl'of science and lechnolog-y at the Universitv of Il l inois, whose current research interests ccnter on the interrela- ti0nships bet\,veen sciencc, technology, and societ), with special reference io rvarfarc and industnr'. He is the author of Cou- 5nv6si11g Quarks,Thc Mattglc of Practtct, an,J Scietlce ns Practicc |rtd Cultu'e. The event is frcc antl open to the public. Please reglster via the conference lveb slte or b\' call ing CSWS. Phone: (541) 346-5015; Web sile: hilp://darkwing.uoregon.edu/-ins CSWS Welcomes Resident Fellows in the Ecological Conversations Program By Lynne Fessenden, Ecological Conversations Program Director f he tcologrcal Corvcrsaliun: lrogram rvill I hosl three fellorvs this rvintcr anr.l spring. Environmental scientisl Anna Carr will be in residence from Febmarr; though May. Environmental justice and cuitr.rral historian Ciovanna Di Chiro rvill join CSWS April through lune. anri Eeographer J,)ni Scager will be in residence for the monlhs of April and May. The Ecological Conversations Program is funded b;, the Rockefeller Foundation. Anna Carr is a post- doctoral research fellorv with the Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies at the Austraiian National Univer E sity. Her current proiect, E "CommunityScience: I ImprovingTheory Poliry, and Practice" focuses on the interactions behveen community groups and scicntific govem- menl dp,encies \vith the goal of improving communication and practice. Of particular interest to Carr is the way that scicnce has sought to separate professionals and ama- teurs and to privilege experts over everyday citizens. With a masler's degree in economic development from the University of Waterloo in Canada and a doctorate in resource and environmental studies from the Australian National University, Canberra, Carr will contribute much to one of the program's curent convcrsations: how scicntific practice is translated into public environmental discourse. At CSWS, Carr will expand the feminist component of her ongoing study of community and a€iency science by clarifying the feminist research processes within each. Giovanna Di Ghiro is an assistant professor of environmental science at Allegheny College in Penn- sylvania. Her research, situated in the areas of historical and cultural studies of science and environment, focuses on the social ancl cultural dlnamics of the participation of nontraditional actors in environmental politics. Her rvork has centered on comparative analyses of the political theories and knowledge production practices of women activists in transnational environmental justice movements in the U.S., India, ancl Costa Rica. Di Chiro received her Ph.D. in history of consciousncss from the University of Calitbr- nia, Sania Cruz, and an M.S. in natural resources from the Universitv of Michigan. At CSWS, Di Chiro rlill be rvorking on a book, Utrcottttttot t Exptrtist: Woutcn, Scicttcc, and Enl)il'onnzltnl Polltirs. Through a series of case stlrdie>, Uttcoututou hl'rlitsr e\amines how grassroots environulental actors (especially women marginalized by race, class, ethnicity, and nationaiity) construct and transform"environmental expertise" and "environmental justice" lhrcugh their efforls as active knowledge producers and political agents located on the mar€iins of nultiple environmental science and policy arenas. Joni Seager is a scholar teminist perspectives to bear on environ- menlal policv and dnalvsis. She has pub- l ished rv idely on th is lop ic , inc luding the 1993 book, Enrth Follies: Conitlg to Fel|inist Tcrnrc zoith fhe Global Etnirotnrntal Crisis. Her atlases on the global status of women (The State of Wonrctl il the World Atlas, 1997) have received considerable critical acclaim. Seager has researched the environmental costs of militarism, and has becn active in efforts to make this issue visible. She has also participated in collaborative feminist envi- ronmental endeavors and international ecological teminist conferences and gather- ings. She rvas a founding mernber of the Commitiee on Women, Populatjon and Environment, a coalition of activists, scholars, and health practitioners that is dedicated to bringing feminist perspectives into popula- tion/environment debates and to influencing pubJic poliqr Seager eceived her Ph.D. in geography from Clark Universitv in 1988. At CSWS, she will undertake research on the ways in which population control ideologies are framed and adopted bv mainstream environmental and mpen m^\Tementc and activist in feminist geogaphy, rvomen's studies, and environmental studies from the University of Vermont, where she is professor and chair of the Report from Vietnam By Sandra Morgen J rvas an ro r rg f , ,u r r . r r bc - - " l lhe Women a r td Gen, lc r 'n V ic t11 ,1p1 Ql ( l s , ' pa r l -c ipa le in a Iconference on rvonen and higher education cosponsored by the Centre forWomen Studies atVictnam National Univcrsiq'[NU), Hanoi, and CSWS.This confcrence, he]d in Hanoi in mid September, ained to increasc awareness of the neecl for policies an(l strategies lo foster gender equity in higher education and scientjf ic research. RIG mernbers Robcrt Proudfoot, Lonaine Brundige, Nt lrgen Ngoc Bich, and I prcsented papers and participated in an ar ra1' of discussions and activities. The conferencc rvas the culmination of several 1'ears of scholarly collaboration by RIG members and colleagues at\'NU through the\NU-UO Sister Universities project. Conference proceedings rvill be published by the Centre for Wcrmen Studies atVNU 1\.ilh support from the presiclent of\NU and CSWS. There is far nore to report from the conference than space allows. But let me nake onc obseryation: the value of international collaborations such as this one cannot be over-estr- mated. It was exciting to be part of a spiritcd dialogue about horv to foster access to higher education, scientific research opportunities, and educational leadership to women from a varietv of class and ethnic backgror-rnds. lt rvas also clear that rvhile Norih American and Metnimese rvomen each confront glass ceilings, difficulties balancing professional and familial responsibiJities, and complex effects of global economic restructurin& poliiical-economic and cultural differences dramatically shape the discorjrses, experiences, and resources women can tap lo promote gender equlry r . f JOLn uS lor Teaching andTea! r la l r i . munth lv se ies o l in lormal ieminal . I rac iL i tares t aching aboul \vnmen pdi l and present, encourages collaboration arr rong h igh scho" l and ur ivcrs i lv teache : . and makes use of nerv digiral lechnologies to enhance the teaching of gender in history All meetings are held from 4:00 to 5:30 p.M. in the Jane Grant Room, 330 Hendricks Hall. Thursday, January 18 Tw e n ti e tl r - Cenhtry Wo m en Co m p o s er s : A Retrosp ectiae Ann Tedards, School of Music Wednesday, February 14 Power and Poison in Ancient Rome Cristina Calhoon, Classics Friday, March 9 Speciai event: Women's History Day (all day) Trqnshmations; Women in History Sponsored by the Feminisl Humanities Project, a major research initiative dedicated to incorporating and advancing the study of women and gender in all areas of teaching and research. For inrormat ion about Teachrng and Tca and the Feminist Humanities Project contact Jan Emerson at jemerson@oregon.uoregon.edu or (541) 346 7263. Travel Grant Recipients By Meredith Branch and S. Marie Harvey rf he Center tor the Study of Women in Society awards travel grants to University of Oregon I faculty members and graduale students to facilitate travel to present papert serye on panels, or do research on issues regarding women and gender. CSWS awarded nine travel gants during the fall funding cycle. The recipients are as follows: Sara Brownmiller, professor, Knight Library Brownmiller has organized a panel session for the conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries entitled"Critical thinking in interdisciplinary instruction: Strategies from Women's Studies."In addiiion to her organiza- tional role, she will also present on instmctional techniques used in leaching research straLegres. Krista Gragg, graduate student, counseling psychology. Gragg presented a paper titled"The effects of racism in supervision: Perspectives of a supewisee"at he annual meefing of the American Psychological Association. Gragg's paper outlined her experiences of racism and sexism in supervisior; and highlighted the inseparability of these sources of discrimination for many female student therapists of color. Scott Harris, graduate student, sociology. Harris will present a paper titled "Constructing (in)equality:The domains of relevance and t)?ifications of married people"at the Conference for the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences. Based on interviews with frfteen married couples, his paper will compare people's views on madtal equality to traditional oeprctrons. Tiia-Riikka Kihlstrom, graduate student, history. Kihlstrom will travel to the lmmigration History and Research Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis to do research for her master's thesis on Finnish socialist women in early twentieth-century United States. She will be reviewing the personal papers of Helmi Dagmar Mattsory a well-knovun Finnish socialist and an editor of the socialist newspaper Tooeritar. Allyson Lima, graduate student, Romance languages. Lima will present a paper titled "Maneuvering the marginal into view: Reflecting bodies in the novel El Saeio deVenecia by Paloma Diaz Mas and in the painting Las Meninas byYeISzquez" at the Carolina Conference on Romance Literatures. In her paper, Lima will examine the inconsistencies of patriarchal discourse and the insufficienry of a sinpplar discursive voice to reflect women's experience, particularly as it has shaped dominant Western social and economic structures. Julia Major, graduate student, English. Major will conduct dissertation research at the Pitts Theology Library at Emory University, one of the preeminent research centers on the Reforma tion in the United States. Major's dissertation explores the way in which the drive to purity in language, revived by humanist scholars during the Reformation, contributed significantly to the formation of gender, culture, language, and nation during the Early Modern period. Ce Rosenow, graduate student, Eng[sh. Rosenow presented a paper titled"The influence of cultural translation on American modemist poetry: The example of Amy Lowell and Japan"at the conference of the Modernist Studies Association. Rosenow"s Daper uses a combination of postcolonial and queer theories to explore tensions between Amy Lowell's Japanese-style poems and the lesbian love lyrics found in another work, Pictures of the FloatingWorld. Carol Silvermar; associate professot anthropology. Silverman presented a paper titled "Women and the Rom (gypsy) human rights struggle in Eastern Europe"at the conference of the American Anthropological Association. Silverman's paper explores the curent situation of women and the Rom human rights struggle, investigating how and why exclusion happens and how women are mobilizing. SusanVerscheure, graduate student, exercise and movement science.Verscheure presented a paper titled"How effective are different sports bra designs at attenuating forces during jumping?"at the ThirdYale Conference on Women's Health and Fitness.Verscheure's research concluded that for large-breasted women, an encapsulated sports bra allowed for the least breast displacement and acceleration. This information is particularh important for women for whom breast soreness due to lack of suDDort is a barrier to exercise. CSWS Research Informs Debate By Sandra Morgen, Director, CSWS f hc Orc.g.rn Legslatule is p.ised to begin its biennial se'ssiorr ancl a number of issues slated I f()r . lcl ibL.ra tron hare been the subject of resear ch bl CS\\tS scholars. \/arious groups hope Io introclucc or atlr.ocate for changes in rax la\\,s to air] lorr'-incomc lax pavcls, clecrease co- patnrents til chiltl care subsiclv prograns, provide paicl lcavc ii)r nc.w palcnts, mantlate health in:iurance plans to cover prescdbed contraceptives, increase'access k) emergencY contracep- tion, ancl assist b\r,-income rvomen rvho wani to pursrlc highcl cclucation. It is exciting that research concticlcd b1' the CS\{S Welfare Research Tcar.n (Wlmcn in thc^ Northrvcsi lniliative) or about emergenc]' contraccption @omen's Healih ancl Aging lnit iative) mav be useful in infon.ning clcbatcs about some of lhese cri l ical, complex issncs. ln particular, Oregonians need lo considcr policics that may bc l inrit irrg acccss to higher eci,rcation. This is particularly important in l ight of amplc cviclcncc lhat an assocjate's or bachelor's dcgrec is a key route to uprvard job mobil i iy ancl gcnclating .r higlrer incomc for familics over manv vears. A reDort releasecl in Deccmber fron the National Centcr for Public Rrlicy and HigheiEducation gavc Oregon lorv grades for both afforclabiliiy of higher education (D-) and for participation in higher education (D).This laiter scare is based on the percentaEie of eighteen- to twenty four year olds enrollecl in collegc; in Orcgon tlrat pcrccntage is fb pcrccnt, compareLl to 42 percent in states that receivecl A gmcles. Oregon families have to spend aboul 30 pcrcent of their incomes on tuit ion ai state public universit ies, making the state one of the fifth least affordable in the counh.r'. ln thc nov study bv the CSWS Welfare Risearch Tearn of i;rmil ics rvho have left or were divertecl from rvelfare or Food Stamps, rvell over 8i) percent of responclents said they desired more acccss to hiEiher education or harcl skills job training.Yct thesc far.nilies have the fcrvest resources to pursuc college dep;rees. The studv also shorvs that respondents rvith more educa- tion lvere the least likely to have incomes bekxv the federal povcrtv linc (based on income/ familv sizc) ancl more l ikelv than those with less education kr be emploved. One of thc privileges of rvorking at a research universit\' is the opportunitv we have to link research both rvith teaching and \rith the neecls of poliq'makcrs and the public to have the best information possible about the complex issncs rvc facc. Our proximitv to the process of producing (and not simplv consuming) knorvledge means that students at the universilv get exposed to cutting edge scholarship in the classroom, and, in some cases, can parficipatc directlv in Lhe research process. Even as the CSWS Weltare Research Tcam has completed research on the issue of access to higher education, rve have also provided the opportunitv for graduate and undergraduate students to be integral members oI the research team. Jill Weigt and Lisa Gonzales, graduate students in sociokrgl', are research associates ancl undergraduates Catherine Korlarek-James and Holly Langan participate through work-studv assignments. Nolabll', both Catherine and Hollv are former rvelfare recipicnts.They are bul t.rvo of many examples of single mothers with llmited economic resources rvho are slmggling to get a college degree in a state that could do more kr assist them in this regarcl.Thcy are also great examples of how il is not iust they or their families rvho arc wcll-scrvccl by their efforts to pursr"re higher education-they have been an important part of the CSWS Welfare Rcsearch Team. t - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 CSWS Publications Order Form Please send me a copv of Valuing Fnntilies: Tha Statc of Otcgoit's Frarrilics. Enclosed is mv check ior $12 per copy made pa,vable to "UO/CSWS." Please put me on the CS\ryS mailing list to receive newsletters, conier,.'nct' brochures, and other announcements. 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