Dec 5, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
John Arroyo, assistant professor in the School of Planning, Public Policy, and Management at the University of Oregon, joined the faculty in fall 2019. He describes his interdisciplinary approach to urban design and planning. Arroyo discusses his interest in how...
Nov 27, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
John Weber, Executive Director of the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, discusses his Oregon roots and his aspirations for the museum. Weber took over as Executive Director on October 1, 2019 after Jill Hartz retired.
Nov 14, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
Stacy Alaimo, professor of English and Environmental Studies at the University of Oregon, is an internationally recognized scholar of American literature, ecocultural theory, environmental humanities, and gender theory. She discusses her three books about posthuman...
Nov 8, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
Lucy Jones, 2019-20 Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics, is the founder of the Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society, and the author of The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them). She discusses how scientists can...
Nov 2, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
Courtney Cox, assistant professor of Race and Sport in the Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies, joined the faculty in Fall 2019. She discusses disparities of gender, race, and class in sports organizations. Cox comments on the recent NCAA vote to permit...
Oct 28, 2019 | Oregon Humanities Center, UO Today
Helena María Viramontes, the Goldwin Smith Professor of English at Cornell University, is the author of numerous short stories and two novels, Their Dogs Came with Them and Under the Feet of Jesus. She discusses her writing and Under the Feet of Jesus which is the...
