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
The Center for Care Initiative takes an interdisciplinary approach to addressing the challenges of care work and supports emerging practices toward more livable futures.
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
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 …
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 …
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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.