Currently Accolades: Presented for May 11, 2026

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Tina Acker, Wallace Grant Project Manager and Educator Equity Coordinator in the College of Education, presented, Standing on Self-Care Business, at the 20th Annual African-American Youth Leadership Conference at Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, April 2026.

Jon Holt, Japanese faculty, presented the lecture, How to Read Manga: McCloudian Versus Natsumean Approaches, for the Yoko McClain Lecture Series in Japanese Studies at the University of Oregon, April 30, 2026.

Kimberly Kahn, psychology faculty, presented a Distinguished Speaker talk, Policing Post-George Floyd: Why Racial Bias [Still] Perpetuates Policing Interactions, at the Western Psychological Association Conference in Tacoma, WA.

Priya Kapoor, Politics and Global Affairs faculty, presented the paper, “Global or Provincial: Researching Overseas While Working in the US Academy” at the conference, What is Research?, at the University of Oregon's Portland campus on April 24, 2026.

Lisa Weasel, School of Earth, Environment and Society (SEES) faculty, presented a keynote lecture titled, Queer by Nature: Intersectional Ecologies in an Age of Invasion, at the 36th Rachel Carson Forum at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA on April 23, 2026.