Jane Grant Dissertation Fellow
- Celeste Reeb, Department of English, “Closed Captioning: Reading Between the Lines.”
Graduate Student Research Grantees
- Marc Carpenter, Department of History, “Worthy of All Honors Accorded to the Brave”: Women’s Rights and the Sanctification of Race War in Oregon, 1890 – 1919.” Mazie Giustina Fund for Women in the Northwest.
- Michelle Dreiling, School of Journalism and Communication, “Non-binary Gender and the Driver’s License: A Documentary Exploration of State Identification.” Mazie Giustina Fund for Women in the Northwest.
- Daizi Hazarika, Department of Anthropology, “Witchcraft, Gender and Colonial Law in Assam, India: An Archival Analysis.”
- Amna Javed, Department of Economics, “An Exploratory Analysis of Honor Killings in Pakistan.”
- Stephanie Mastrostefano, Department of English, “Manufacturing Race at 24 Frames per Second: Creative Voice at the Intersection of Disney Animation and Audience.”
- Emily Masucci, Department of Anthropology, “The Politics of Seeking Shelter: Gender-based Violence and the Right to Safety among Low-Income Women in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.”
- Holly Moulton, Department of Environmental Studies, “Complicating Vulnerability: Gendered Disaster Narratives, Ice Loss, and Resilience in the Peruvian Cordillera Blanca.”
- Jane Nam, Department of Philosophy, “Radical Korean Feminism.”
- Carmel Ohman, Department of English, “Beyond Binary Consent: Sex, Power, and Embodied Performance in U.S. Black Feminist Novels and T.V., 1975-2018.”
Faculty Research Grantees
- Diana Garvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages (Mediterranean Studies), “Feeding Fascism: Tabletop Politics in Italy, 1922-1945.”
- Akiko Hatakeyama, Assistant Professor of Music Technology, School of Music & Dance, “Don’t Call Me a Female Composer—Gender Inbalance in Electronic/Electroacoustic Music.”
- Lamia Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, “Raising Cain? Factory Workers and Socialization of Sons in the Garment Industry in Bangladesh.”
- Wendy Machalicek, Associate Professor, Special Education and Clinical Sciences (COE), “Meaning Making in Autism: A single-case evaluation of a psychoeducational curriculum for mothers of children with autism.” Mazie Giustina Fund for Women in the Northwest.
- Senyo Ofori-Parku, Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, “Women’s Leadership in Inter-Faith Dialogue for Peacebuilding in Patriarchal Ghanaian Society: A Mixed-Methods Approach.”
- Xiaobo Su, Associate Professor, Department of Geography, “No place to call home: Burmese wives and the biopolitics of cross-border marriage in Yunnan, China.”
- Kristin Yarris, Associate Professor, Department of International Studies, “Mid-Century American Psychiatry and State Formation: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Morningside Hospital and the Alaska Mental Health Act.” Mazie Giustina Fund for Women in the Northwest.
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Closed Captioning: Reading Between the Lines
by Celeste Reeb, Doctoral Candidate, Department of English
Anyone who watches the majority of their media with closed captioning (CC) turned on is aware that captions can often get creative with their phrasing. This creativity can be humorous, can evoke the same campiness of B-movies (as seen in the examples above), but can create frustrating experiences for those who rely upon captions to communicate sonic elements. Online conversations of captioning focus on odd phrasings or terminology, comedic mis-captioning, or demanding better captioning practices.
Anyone who watches the majority of their media with closed captioning (CC) turned on is aware that captions can often get creative with their phrasing. This creativity can be humorous, can evoke the same campiness of B-movies (as seen in the examples above), but can create frustrating experiences for those who rely upon captions to communicate sonic elements. Online conversations of captioning focus on odd phrasings or terminology, comedic mis-captioning, or demanding better captioning practices.
“Two Sides of the Same Story”: Colonial Violence and Erasure in the University of Oregon’s (Fallen) Pioneer Statues
by Marc J. Carpenter, Doctoral Candidate, Department of History
When listening to Native students and community members talk about the “Pioneer” statues at the University of Oregon, I have heard the phrase “two sides of the same story” often enough that I do not know whom to credit. Until June 13, 2020, the Pioneer and Pioneer Mother monuments looked down from their pedestals on anyone passing either side of the President’s office at Johnson Hall. Both crafted by the same sculptor, each statue celebrated a different element of the colonial conquest of Oregon.
When listening to Native students and community members talk about the “Pioneer” statues at the University of Oregon, I have heard the phrase “two sides of the same story” often enough that I do not know whom to credit. Until June 13, 2020, the Pioneer and Pioneer Mother monuments looked down from their pedestals on anyone passing either side of the President’s office at Johnson Hall. Both crafted by the same sculptor, each statue celebrated a different element of the colonial conquest of Oregon.
Witch-Hunting in Colonial Assam
by Daizi Hazarika, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
My CSWS fellowship allowed me to travel to the India Office Records at the British Library in summer 2019. At the British Library, I focused on the effects of colonial policies on witch-hunting on indigenous women in Assam, India. After spending two months poring over colonial documents, I discovered a strong connection between British colonial laws and an increase in witch-hunting allegations against tribal populations in Assam. My first research finding contests the prevalent view that tribal communities in Assam practiced witch-hunting pre-dating British colonialism. I found the opposite to be true.
My CSWS fellowship allowed me to travel to the India Office Records at the British Library in summer 2019. At the British Library, I focused on the effects of colonial policies on witch-hunting on indigenous women in Assam, India. After spending two months poring over colonial documents, I discovered a strong connection between British colonial laws and an increase in witch-hunting allegations against tribal populations in Assam. My first research finding contests the prevalent view that tribal communities in Assam practiced witch-hunting pre-dating British colonialism. I found the opposite to be true.
In the Name of Honor?: Evaluating the Impact of Weather Variability on “Honor” Killings in Pakistan
by Amna Javed, PhD Candidate, Department of Economics
Every year, approximately 5,000 women are murdered globally in the name of honor. These crimes, labeled as “honor” killings, are meant to punish transgressing individuals who are believed to have brought shame to their families by overstepping social boundaries regarding acceptable sexual freedoms. In Pakistan’s context, where the “purity” of a woman is crucial to ensuring a successful arranged marriage, dishonor might result from, among other reasons, coming home late, having an alleged affair, or eloping.
"The Struggle Continues": Gender-Based Violence and the Politics of Justice and Care in Brazil
by Emily Masucci, PhD Candidate, Department of Anthropology
For many historically marginalized women, the state and its institutions are not perceived as reliable. State-sponsored violence against women—low-income, afro-descendant, and indigenous women in particular—is a weapon with which the Brazilian state was founded and has maintained power since. The fabric of Brazil is stained by histories of forced sterilization of indigenous and afro-descendant women, of brutal rapes of young women students by military officials during the dictatorship, and recently by the calculated political feminicide of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco. Given this legacy, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are justifiably apprehensive of appealing to state institutions as they pursue safety and redress.
For many historically marginalized women, the state and its institutions are not perceived as reliable. State-sponsored violence against women—low-income, afro-descendant, and indigenous women in particular—is a weapon with which the Brazilian state was founded and has maintained power since. The fabric of Brazil is stained by histories of forced sterilization of indigenous and afro-descendant women, of brutal rapes of young women students by military officials during the dictatorship, and recently by the calculated political feminicide of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco. Given this legacy, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) are justifiably apprehensive of appealing to state institutions as they pursue safety and redress.
Radical Korean Feminism: Women's Movement Seeks to #escapethecorset
by Jane Nam, PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy
South Korea is often deemed the beauty capital of the world, as the cosmetic surgery hub and home to one of the largest beauty industries in the world. Beginning in early 2018, however, thousands of young South Korean women began to cut off their hair, smash their beauty products, and opt for androgynous wear. They are partaking in what they call the Escape-the-Corset Movement, or Tal-Corset, a radical feminist movement calling for all women to take off their figurative corsets. This project is an effort to describe the philosophical meanings behind the experiences of these women, using feminist phenomenology.
South Korea is often deemed the beauty capital of the world, as the cosmetic surgery hub and home to one of the largest beauty industries in the world. Beginning in early 2018, however, thousands of young South Korean women began to cut off their hair, smash their beauty products, and opt for androgynous wear. They are partaking in what they call the Escape-the-Corset Movement, or Tal-Corset, a radical feminist movement calling for all women to take off their figurative corsets. This project is an effort to describe the philosophical meanings behind the experiences of these women, using feminist phenomenology.
The Work of Black Feminist Liberation: Writing Erotic Freedom in Black Feminist Fiction and TV
by Carmel Ohman, PhD Candidate, Department of English
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to engage creative texts by and about Black women in this historic moment of collective action. Toni Morrison famously wrote that the relationship between artist and reader is central to Black art and storytelling: “it is the affective and participatory relationship between the artist or the speaker and the audience that is of primary importance.” The audience, like the text, needs to work. For Morrison, the engaged, deep-feeling work of reading is part of the work of Black liberation.
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to engage creative texts by and about Black women in this historic moment of collective action. Toni Morrison famously wrote that the relationship between artist and reader is central to Black art and storytelling: “it is the affective and participatory relationship between the artist or the speaker and the audience that is of primary importance.” The audience, like the text, needs to work. For Morrison, the engaged, deep-feeling work of reading is part of the work of Black liberation.
Food Under Fascism
by Diana Garvin, Assistant Professor, Department of Romance Languages
How did women negotiate national politics in their daily lives under Italy’s Fascist regime? In this year’s research with CSWS, I tackled this question, the genesis for my book Feeding Fascism by investigating a new body of evidence drawn from food and foodways. Rarely do scholars endeavor to involve all five senses in their reconstruction of women’s history, perhaps due to the difficulty in sourcing such materials.
How did women negotiate national politics in their daily lives under Italy’s Fascist regime? In this year’s research with CSWS, I tackled this question, the genesis for my book Feeding Fascism by investigating a new body of evidence drawn from food and foodways. Rarely do scholars endeavor to involve all five senses in their reconstruction of women’s history, perhaps due to the difficulty in sourcing such materials.
After Work: Female Workers in the Garment Industry in Bangladesh
by Lamia Karim, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
An anthropological study of female workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh uncovers a zero-sum game. Aged out by 40 with worn-out bodies and younger workers ready to take their place, women often have little or no savings to sustain them.
An anthropological study of female workers in the global apparel industry in Bangladesh uncovers a zero-sum game. Aged out by 40 with worn-out bodies and younger workers ready to take their place, women often have little or no savings to sustain them.
The Alaska Mental Health Act: Tracing the Development of Public Health and the Nation-State
by Kristin Yarris, Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
With the support of a Center for the Study of Women in Society faculty grant, I was able to make a productive research trip to Alaska in the summer of 2019 to work on my project, “Mid-Century American Psychiatry and State Formation: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Morningside Hospital and the Alaska Mental Health Act.” The project uses an historical case study of the Morningside Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric facility that operated in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century, to examine the connections between the development of American Psychiatry and of the U.S. nation-state. The connection to Alaska comes because, for decades while Alaska was a Territory with insufficient public mental health resources, people were sent to Morningside from Alaska to receive psychiatric intervention.
With the support of a Center for the Study of Women in Society faculty grant, I was able to make a productive research trip to Alaska in the summer of 2019 to work on my project, “Mid-Century American Psychiatry and State Formation: A Post-Colonial Analysis of Morningside Hospital and the Alaska Mental Health Act.” The project uses an historical case study of the Morningside Hospital, an inpatient psychiatric facility that operated in Portland, Oregon during the first half of the 20th century, to examine the connections between the development of American Psychiatry and of the U.S. nation-state. The connection to Alaska comes because, for decades while Alaska was a Territory with insufficient public mental health resources, people were sent to Morningside from Alaska to receive psychiatric intervention.