UO Today #740: Autumn Shafer

Autumn Shafer, assistant professor of Public Relations in the School of Journalism and Communication, talks about her enthusiasm for teaching and engaging undergraduate students in research. Shafer discusses some her research projects that aim to develop effective...

UO Today #739: Justin Driver

Justin Driver, the Harry N. Wyatt Professor of Law at the University of Chicago Law School, discusses his book The Schoolhouse Gate: Public Education, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for the American Mind. He talks about how the law and courts shape public education...

UO Today #738: Philip Scher

Philip Scher, professor of Anthropology and Folklore and Public Culture, organized the exhibition “Visual Clave: The Expression of the Latino/a Experience through Album Cover Art, 1940-1990” at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Scher discusses the social...

UO Today #737: Alisa Roth

Journalist Alisa Roth is author of Insane: America’s Criminal Treatment of Mental Illness. She discusses the mental healthcare crisis in the U.S. criminal justice system. Roth gave a talk titled “America’s Hidden Mental Health Crisis” on March...

UO Today #736: Jose Cortez

José M. Cortez, assistant professor of English at the University of Oregon, discusses his approach to the teaching of writing and rhetoric to students from diverse backgrounds. He talks about the importance of creating a scholarly community and wrapping students into...

UO Today #735 : Cheryl Harris

Cheryl Harris, the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the UCLA School of Law, discusses how she came to the law and the argument she presents in her influential Harvard Law Review article “Whiteness as...