{"id":31612,"date":"2020-03-30T14:05:51","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T21:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csws.uoregon.edu\/?p=31612"},"modified":"2021-01-13T09:37:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T17:37:03","slug":"women-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csws-archive.uoregon.edu\/women-scholars\/","title":{"rendered":"The UO’s women scholars are taking the lead in academia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lynn Stephen is one of several UO women scholars celebrated for their leadership roles \/ photo by Jack Liu.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Editor’s note: This article was originally published March 19, 2020, in Around the O. Several featured scholars are CSWS Faculty Affiliates including Monique Balbuena<\/strong>, Priscilla Pe\u00f1a Ovalle<\/strong>, Geri Richmond<\/strong>, and Lynn Stephen<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

They\n are mentors and role models in the classroom as well as in the \ncommunity, but UO faculty women also put their leadership skills to work\n outside the university within a number of professional associations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some\n are presidents, others serve on committees and boards, while others \nwork behind the scenes offering specialized guidance and expertise. \nDuring Women\u2019s History Month<\/a>\n and throughout the year, the UO acknowledges their effort and \ncommitment to advance science, promote education and strengthen and \nfurther the goals of their respective organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monique Balbuena<\/strong>
Associate professor
Comparative literature and Jewish studies
Clark Honors College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Balbuena\n has been elected to the executive committee of the Sephardic Studies \nDiscussion Group of the Modern Language Association. As the principal \nprofessional association in the U.S. for scholars of language and \nliterature, the goal of the association is to strengthen the study and \nteaching of language and literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

T. Bettina Cornwell<\/strong>
Professor\/department head
Department of Marketing
Lundquist College of Business<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cornwell\n holds professional leadership positions as an editorial board member on\n two publications: the Journal of Advertising, a peer-reviewed academic \njournal covering advertising theories and their relationship with \npractice, and the Journal of Public Policy & Marketing, which covers\n all aspects of the intersection of marketing and public policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leslie Leve<\/strong>
Professor, Department of Prevention Science
Associate Vice President for Research, Office for Research and Innovation
College of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leve\n is immediate past president of the Society for Prevention \nResearch. Established in 1991, the nonprofit Society for Prevention \nResearch is an organization dedicated to advancing scientific \ninvestigation on the etiology and prevention of social, physical and \nmental health and academic problems and on the translation of that \ninformation to promote health and well-being. Prevention Science is the \nofficial journal of the organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amy Lobben<\/strong>
Professor
Department of Geography
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lobben\n is currently the president of the American Association of Geographers. \nThe association has 12,500 members from 60 countries who work in the \npublic, private and academic sectors. They work in a range of careers, \nas community college instructors; federal, state and local government \nemployees; planners; cartographers; scientists; nonprofit workers; \nentrepreneur; businesspeople; elementary and secondary educators; \ngraduate students; retirees; and university administrators, among many \nother professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laura Lee McIntye<\/strong>
Professor
School Psychology
College of Education<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McIntye\n is president of the American Association on Intellectual and \nDevelopmental Disabilities. The oldest professional association \nconcerned with intellectual and developmental disabilities, the \nassociation advocates for the equality, dignity and human rights of \npeople with intellectual and developmental disabilities and for their \nfull inclusion and participation in society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leah Middlebrook<\/strong>
Associate professor\/department head
Department of Comparative Literature
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Middlebrook\n is president of the Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic \nPoetry. The society is an international group dedicated to promoting \nscholarship and scholarly exchange about the poetic production of the \nearly modern Hispanic world \u2014 broadly speaking, Spain and the \nSpanish-speaking parts of colonial Latin America, including the Spanish \nPacific. The Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry is home\n of the journal Cal\u00edope, published by Penn State University Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barbara Mossberg<\/strong>
Professor of practice, literature
Clark Honors College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mossberg\n was elected president of the Emily Dickinson International Society and \ndirector of the Triennial International Conference in August 2019. \nFounded in 1988, the society promotes, perpetuates and enhances the \nstudy and appreciation of Emily Dickinson worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julianne Newton<\/strong>
Professor of visual communication
School of Journalism and Communication<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newton\n serves on the editorial boards of multiple publications, including the \nJournal of Communication, Visual Studies, Journal of Mass Media Ethics, \nEME (explorations in Media Ecology), Visual Resources, International \nJournal of McLuhan Studies and VCQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priscilla Pe\u00f1a Ovalle<\/strong>
Associate professor
Department of Cinema Studies
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pena\n Ovalle is president-elect through 2021 and then will become president \nof the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. The society is the leading \nscholarly organization in the United States dedicated to promoting a \nbroad understanding of film, television and related media through \nresearch and teaching grounded in the contemporary humanities tradition.\n Society membership includes more than 3,000 scholars from more than 500\n institutions across 38 countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carol Paty<\/strong>
Associate professor
Earth and planetary sciences
Clark Honors College<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Paty\n is a co-investigator in two instruments, PIMS and REASON, for the \nEuropa Clipper Mission, which was officially confirmed for the final \ndesign and construction phases, and just completed a four-year rotation \nas the Interior Working Group co-chair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Geri Richmond<\/strong>
Presidential Chair in Science
Professor of chemistry
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Richmond\n is the current president Sigma Xi and past president of the American \nAssociation for the Advancement of Science. Sigma Xi is the leading \ninternational honor society of science and engineering and one of the \noldest and largest scientific organizations in the world. More than 200 \nNobel Prize winners have been members. The American Association for the \nAdvancement of Science is the world\u2019s largest multidisciplinary \nscientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research \nthrough its Sciencefamily of journals. The association has 120,000 individual members in more than 91 countries around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Priscilla Southwell<\/strong>
Professor Emerita
Department of Political Science
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southwell\n is president-elect of the Pacific Northwest Political Science \nAssociation. The association is a regional organization that brings \ntogether scholars to encourage the study and understanding of political \nscience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lori Shontz<\/strong>
Instructor
School of Journalism and Communication<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shontz\n is the faculty adviser for the student chapter of the Association for \nWomen in Sports Media, a board member at Journalism That Matters and a \nsteering committee member for Gather, a community of practice for \nengaged journalists. She is also a member of the UO Provost’s Teaching \nAcademy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lynn Stephen<\/strong>
Philip H. Knight Chair
Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences
Department of Anthropology
College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen\n is past president and current Executive Council member of the Latin \nAmerican Studies Association. The association is the largest \nprofessional association for individuals and institutions engaged in the\n study of Latin America. With more than 12,000 members in 90 countries, \nit brings together experts on Latin America from all disciplines and \ndiverse occupational endeavors, across the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014By Lisa Raleigh, College of Arts and Sciences, and Sharleen Nelson, University Communications<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor’s note: This article was originally published March 19, 2020, in Around the O. Several featured scholars are CSWS Faculty Affiliates including Monique Balbuena, Priscilla Pe\u00f1a Ovalle, Geri Richmond, and Lynn Stephen. They are mentors and role models in the…<\/p>\n

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