Welcome to the Department of Gender & Women's Studies
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
GWS faculty Chris Garlough, Annie Menzel, and James McMaster with Professor Michael Peterson from Art and Interdisciplinary Theater Studies have built a community of inquiry around the concept of "care."
Julia De Georgeo – GWS Student Spotlight
Julia is a junior majoring in Gender and Women’s Studies and Health Promotion and Health Equity. In the last year, Julia worked with a team of physicians, health care and organization development experts to create …
Faculty Focus: Kate Walsh
Associate Professor Kate Walsh is our April Faculty Focus. Read more about Dr. Walsh below. Professor Walsh, who began her appointment in Fall 2020, holds an appointment in GWS and Psychology, and she is the …
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
GWS is hiring two staff positions
GWS is currently hiring staff for our Department Administrator and Administrative Assistant positions. Apply today to join our team! Applications are due Friday, August 13th, 2021.
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 …
MA student Rodlyn-mae Banting Published Article in Bitch Media
GWS second-year MA student Rodlyn-mae Banting published a new article in Bitch Media, “License to Feel: ‘SOUR’ Highlights the Unique Wisdom of Teen Girls.” “My instinct to recoil at Rodrigo’s admission that she’s not over …
Spring Internship Projects in GWS
This spring, the GWS internship course went online. Students did fantastic work for Madison-based organizations like End Domestic Abuse Wisconsin, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Women’s Network, and the Office …
Day of the Badger Success!
Thank you to all who contributed to the Department of Gender & Women’s Day of the Badger success! We are humbled and honored that so many of you chose to support Gender & Women’s Studies …
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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.
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.