Welcome to the Department of Gender & Women's Studies
Feminist Scholars Fellows – 2022/2023
The Feminist Scholars Fellows for 2022-2023 have been chosen. Dr. Sandra Adell, Evjue Bascom Professor, of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Sami Schalk, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies will be released from teaching to …
Cora Segal Wins 2022 Irving K. Zola Award
Cora Segal (she/her), first year MA student in UW-Madison’s Department of Gender & Women’s Studies has been awarded the 2022 Irving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award. The Irving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award is an …
Celebrating Graduation, May 2022
Welcome to the Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies celebration of 2022 graduates. You will find a few words from Judy Houck, the Department Chair, and from Pernille Ipsen, Director of Graduate Studies. There are also loads of wonderful quotes and photos from graduates, faculty, and staff. Find more celebration on the Spring Commencement…
Sami Schalk Receives 2022 Honorary Rainbow Degree
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is proud to announce that the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) has chosen Dr. Sami Schalk as their 2022 Honorary Rainbow Degree recipient. This award was created …
Summer Term 2022
Online Courses GWS 103: Women and their Bodies in Health and Disease GWS 200: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies In Person Courses GWS/Chicanx and Latinx Studies 245: Chicana and Latina History GWS GWS
Open House
Open House is an inclusive community where LGBTQIA+ and allied students can find and create an environment of awareness, respect, and advocacy for all sexual and gender identities. We’re a welcoming and supportive space focused on building community among our intersecting identities.
2021-2022 CRGW Award Winners
Congratulations to the recipients of Graduate and Undergraduate awards and Scholarships for 2021-2022!
News & Events
Feminist Scholars Fellows – 2022/2023
The Feminist Scholars Fellows for 2022-2023 have been chosen. Dr. Sandra Adell, Evjue Bascom Professor, of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Sami Schalk, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies will be released from teaching to …
Rachel Litchman Wins L&S Ginsberg Family Award
Gender & Women’s Studies Undergraduate student, Rachel Litchman, has been honored with the UW-Madison, College of Letters & Sciences Ginsberg Family Award. This award, formerly the Meyerhoff Undergraduate Excellence Awards for Leadership, Service and Scholarship, …
Sami Schalk Receives 2022 Honorary Rainbow Degree
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is proud to announce that the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC) has chosen Dr. Sami Schalk as their 2022 Honorary Rainbow Degree recipient. This award was created …
Cora Segal Wins 2022 Irving K. Zola Award
Cora Segal (she/her), first year MA student in UW-Madison’s Department of Gender & Women’s Studies has been awarded the 2022 Irving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award. The Irving K. Zola Emerging Scholar Award is an …
Spring 2022 Ruth Bleier Award Winner
This year’s Dr. Ruth Bleier Scholarship in the Natural Sciences award winner is Kimberly Stathas (she/her). Kimberly is an undergraduate student with a planned graduation date of Spring 2023 with degrees in Biology, and Gender & Women’s …
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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.