Join us at 7:30 pm on Wednesday, March 6 in Miller 105 for a panel discussion on the values and disciplinary norms that structure academic writing.

Academic writing in most disciplines has changed drastically over the last century. Some changes may be for the better, others for the worse, but either way, these changes restructure our thinking, our writing, and our teaching. Why have thesis statements and “road maps” become a standard expectation in so many fields? Why do we emphasize clarity and efficiency more than beauty or profundity? Have we become more comprehensible to non-experts or less so? How did the scholarly essay turn into the research article, and at what price? When future ages look back on our work, what will they say?

To help answer these and related questions, the panelists have been asked to compare academic writing in their fields with that of earlier generations and explore the hidden cultural factors — social, political, and economic — that have influenced the way we work and teach.

Panelists:

• Lyell Asher, English Department, Lewis & Clark
• Jan Mieszkowski, German Department, Reed
• Liz Safran, Geological Science Department and Environmental Studies Program, Lewis & Clark
• Peter Steinberger, Political Science Department and former Dean of the College, Reed

Moderator:

• John Holzwarth, Director, Writing Center, Lewis & Clark

Co-sponsored by the Writing Center and the Office of the Dean of the College.

Please join us for UC Berkeley professor, Leigh Raiford's lecture "Civil Rights Movement Photography and Its Legacies" at 4 pm on Monday, February 18 in the Library Classroom.

In Fall 2010, just as it was announced that a museum would open to celebrate the life and work of famed civil rights movement photographer, Ernest C. Withers, revelations surfaced that Withers had worked from at least 1968 to 1970 as a paid FBI informant. The debates that ensued among civil rights activists, historians, journalists, photography buffs, pundits, bloggers and everyday folk about Withers’ guilt or innocence revealed continuing anxieties about black heritage, the legacies and memory of the civil rights movement, and the darker side of a movement we have enfolded into our popular culture as the apex of America’s efforts to better itself. It also brought to the surface concerns about artistic intent and aesthetic value. This talk explores what role photography–as document, as art, and as surveillance–played in the modern civil rights movement and how the medium continues to shape our memories of the “Second Reconstruction.”

Dr. Leigh Raiford is Associate Professor of African American Studies at UC Berkeley. She also serves as affiliate faculty in American Studies, and Gender & Women’s Studies. Dr. Leigh Raiford received her BA from Wesleyan University, her PhD from Yale University, and was the Woodrow Wilson Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University’s John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies.

Join us in the LC Bookstore on February 26, at 3:30 pm, as we celebrate the latest book from Law School Faculty Member, Erin Ryan. Coffee and cookies will be served.

During the Gender Symposium, join us in the LC Bookstore, March 14, at 2:15 pm to celebrate this release from LC '95 Alumna Susan E. Kirtley. Coffee and cookies will be served.

Join us in the LC Bookstore on April 16, at 3:30 pm, as we celebrate the latest book from Associate Professor of Theater and Department Chair, Stepan Simek. Coffee and cookies will be served.

February 5 at 2:30 pm, visiting scholar and poet Jesse Nathan will engage students in a dialogue about careers in creative writing, publishing, and editing in the Watzek Library classroom. The conversation will be followed by a poetry reading at 4 pm in the Armstrong Lounge, Frank Manor.

During the week of February 4, the William Stafford Archives will be hosting Jesse Nathan, whose poems have been published in jubilat, the Nation, the American Poetry Review, Gigantic, and many other magazines. He is the author of a chapbook of poems, Dinner (Milk Machine, 2009). Nathan’s essays and journalism have appeared in Adbusters, the San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, Poetry International, McSweeney’s, the Believer, and elsewhere. Nathan is an editor at McSweeney’s, and for several years was managing editor of the Best American Nonrequired Reading. A founding editor of the McSweeney’s Poetry Series, he is working on a PhD in English Literature at Stanford. He lives south of San Francisco.

Join us March 19 at 3:30 pm in the LC Bookstore to celebrate the release of Religion & Hip Hop, the latest book from Religious Studies professor, Monica Miller. Coffee and cookies will be served.

For more information about Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, Monica Miller, check out her professional bio.

Emmanuel Habimana, Guellord Ndagijimana, and Matthew Rugamba, three LC students from Rwanda, will share their stories of genocide and future plans, 11am on Feb 16, at Lake Oswego Public Library.

Following the panel, Nike Foundation employee Teresa Schader will be speaking about the girl effect - the unique potential of adolescent girls to end poverty for themselves and the world - and in particular, exciting work that is unleashing the girl effect in Rwanda.

To read more about these students, check out the following links: Emmanuel Habimana, Guellord Ndagijimana, Matthew Rugamba.

For directions and more information about Lake Oswego Reads Program, visit the Lake Oswego Public Library website.

Join us in the LC Bookstore, February 12, at 3:30 pm to celebrate the release of Left Coast Roast, written by our very own Hanna Neuschwander. Coffee (of course!) and cookies will be served.

For more information about Hanna and her book, check out this 2012 interview and her book's website.

Join us in the LC Bookstore on February 7, at 4 pm, as we celebrate the latest book from Associate Professors of Psychology Jerusha and Brian Detweiler-Bedell. Doing Collaborative Research in Psychology: A Team-Based Guide will be discussed followed by questions from the audience. Coffee and cookies will be served.