ACTIVITIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
1. I was co-founder (1977) of the
University’s Council on Minority Education, now the Office of Multi-Cultural
Affairs. I was on its governing board for its first four years.
2. I was a co-founder of the University of
Oregon Humanities Center. I organized the Symposium on Critical Theory 1982-83,
that led to the creation of the Center.
3. I was responsible for soliciting funds
that created established the Carleton Savage Endowment in International
Relations in Peace, providing ongoing support for peace related scholarship and
lectures (established 1988). I have chaired or co-chaired the Savage Endowment
since its inception.
In this capacity, I have supervised
numerous year-long projects on such topics as South African liberation
struggles; peace and conflict in post-Communist Eastern Europe; violence and
the imagination; approaching peace through music; the legacy of the Vietnam
War; Native American visions of peace; feminism and peace; Hiroshima and its
legacy; etc.
4. I was a co-founder of the University of
Oregon Peace Studies Program (1987). I have been a co-chair of the program ever
since.
With Robert Gould, I helped create the Portland State University
Conflict Resolution Program, in Portland, with which I am still affiliated.
5. I was co-chair of President’s
Committee on Rights of Gay and Lesbian Students (1990-1992), investigated the
situation of gay and lesbian students on campus and formulated proposals to
address their concerns. This led to the creation of the University’s Office on
Gay and Lesbian Affairs.
6. I was faculty sponsor of the legislation
creating the University’s current policies barring “fraternization” (sexual
relations) between faculty and students. I worked with the Oregon State
Legislature and Representative Cynthia Wooten to change state policies on this
matter, specifically related to statute-of-limitations issues.
7. I was principal faculty organizer of international conference “Ethics After
the Holocaust” (May 1996), that brought scholars and students together to
discuss moral and political significance of the event.
I was also principal
faculty organizer of related conference on “Community: The Forgotten Tradition”
the following year (1997), in conjunction with U of O Hillel.
Both events led to the creation
of the U of O Schnitzer Program on Judaic Studies, of which I am a co-founder.
8.
I co-chaired the President’s committee to create Center on Diversity and
Community (CODAC). The Center was established in 2000 to help coordinate
diversity efforts across the campus and sponsor research related to
diversity.
9. I am a co-founder of the Masters Program in
Conflict Resolution, housed in the University of Oregon Law School. In 2007 the
Law’s schools program in conflict resolution was named on the top ten in the
United States.
10. In
2005, I was responsible for soliciting a bequest from former University of Oregon professor Henry Alexander
to develop work in peace and conflict resolution at
both the University
of Oregon and Portland State University. The initial gift was $300,000. It was given the Northwest Institute of
Conflict Resolution to initiate several programs, which I help oversee. Our
ultimate aim is to create a center on peace and conflict resolution that will
serve the Northwest.
11. I have been involved for the past several years in developing the “Insight Seminars” with Professor Jim Earle and a number of community members. In the fall of 2006 I gave a month long seminar on Hollywood films. In spring 2007 I will be giving a seminar on forgiveness.