Welcome to the Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Alumni Spotlight
Liv Estrella Yang, Class of 2015, shares her reflections on the role of gender studies in shaping her professional path, which includes her role as founder and CEO of Faceted Beauty™.
Winter Graduation
Congratulations to all the Winter 2020 GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies graduates! Graduates' photos and reflections on what GWS and/or LGBTQ+ Studies has meant to them can be found here.
Advising and Enrollment
Find more information here on both our graduate and undergraduate programs and spring 2021 courses.
Open House
Open House is a Residential Learning Community sponsored by the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. Students live in an intentionally inclusive space dedicated to examining gender and sexuality.
Solidarity Statement
Find the Department's statement of solidarity with those protesting this country’s ongoing, centuries-long legacy of anti-Black violence.
Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, Practices
GWS faculty Chris Garlough, Annie Menzel, and James McMaster with Professor Michael Peterson from Art and Interdisciplinary Theater Studies are building a community of inquiry around the concept of "care" in their Mellon-Borghesi workshop.
News & Events
Call for Abstracts: Ethics of Care Workshop Spring Conference, May 13 & 14
Abstract submissions are open for the UW-Madison Ethics of Care Workshop Spring Conference, which will take place virtually on May 13 and 14, 2021. Please see the Call for Abstracts for more details. The conference …
Professor Sami Schalk Receives Distinguished Teaching Award
Professor Sami Schalk has received a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Inclusive Excellence, which “celebrates exemplary achievements in teaching that honor the university’s value of diversity and inclusion as the path to excellence.” “Her full …
Professor Anna Campbell Featured in L&S Newly Tenured Faculty Reception
GWS Associate Professor Anna Campbell was recently featured in a virtual reception and interview for newly tenured faculty, hosted by the College of Letters & Science. Professor Campbell shares about her work: “What I’m interested …
Professor Marwa Shalaby Publishes Piece on Faculty Gender Dynamics Amidst the Pandemic
Assistant Professor Marwa Shalaby has a new piece in Inside Higher Ed, “Gender, COVID and Faculty Service,” about the gendered effects of institutional service on faculty research productivity amidst the pandemic. Shalaby, along with Drs. …
Liv Estrella Yang – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2015
Liv Estrella Yang is the founder and CEO of Faceted Beauty™. Liv graduated from UW-Madison in 2015 with a Sociology major and the Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Read Liv’s reflections below on the role …
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Care Workshop Readings Group – Labor, Kinship and Care
Tiffany Florvil, Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement
CRGW Colloquium (Virtual Event): Anna Campbell
Care Workshop Readings Group – Care, Well-being, Women’s Health and Global Activism
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Center for Research on Gender and Women
Co-Sponsorship Procedure
For GWS co-sponsorship requests, please email Prof. Janet Hyde preferably 4 weeks in advance.
CRGW Colloquium Series
Check out the Center for Research on Gender and Women Colloquium Series. Each event in the series is free and open to the public. More information here.
CRGW eBulletin
Check out the opportunities listed in the Center for Research on Gender and Women eBulletin. You’ll find talks, events, conferences, jobs, and other opportunities of interest to students, faculty, staff, and community members.