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Open House
Open House is an inclusive learning community where LGBTQIA+ and allied students can find and create an environment of awareness, respect, and advocacy for all sexual and gender identities.
WI Symposium on Feminist Biology
Registration is now open. Join us on October 8, 2021 from 8:30 am - 5 pm at the Pyle Center's Alumni Lounge. Keynotes include Dr. Patty Gowaty and Dr. Justin Garcia.
Center for Care Initiative
The Center for Care Initiative takes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the challenges of care work and supports emerging practices toward more livable futures.
Rachel Litchman – GWS Student Spotlight
Rachel Litchman is a senior with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology and a certificate in Health and the Humanities. This summer, Rachel worked with a group of young people who to address …
Dissertation Fellowship in LGBTQ+ Studies
Applications now open (due November 1st, 2021, 11:59 pm)! This is a 12-month dissertation fellowship available to a student who is a dissertator and is completing a dissertation on some topic in LGBTQ+ studies.
Peter Zook – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2010
Peter Zook graduated from UW-Madison in 2010 with majors in Sociology, Journalism & Mass Communications; and Certificates in LGBT Studies and African Studies. He is now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Philadelphia, PA. How …
News & Events
Body Mapping Research with Kate Phelps and Delaney Dvorak
Join Delaney Dvorak and Dr. Kate Phelps, Lecturer in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison for a body mapping workshop in two sessions. Body mapping is an arts-based method used for a …
Rachel Litchman – GWS Student Spotlight
Rachel Litchman is a senior with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology and a certificate in Health and the Humanities. This summer, Rachel worked with a group of young people who to address …
Associate Professor Sami Schalk nominated for UW System Outstanding Women of Color Award
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Sami Schalk has been nominated for the University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, created in 1994 …
Professor Aili Tripp wins L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize Award
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is thrilled to announce that Professor Aili Mari Tripp’s Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), has been selected as one of two 2021 L. …
Associate Professor Sami Schalk Featured in “Faces of Pride”
Professor Sami Schalk was featured in Madison Magazine’s “Faces of Pride” piece with 10 other Madisonians, as part of LGBTQ+ Pride Month. Professor Schalk shares ways in which her local queer community showed up for …
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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.
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