Congratulations to Ann Fink on winning two recent awards! The first of which is a poster award at the International Neuroethics Society meeting in November for her work with comics and neuroscience pedagogy: Fink, AE. …
Year: 2017
Higgins Wins Planning Grant for initiative “Supporting Reproductive, Infant, and Family Health in Wisconsin”
Congratulations to Jenny Higgins and her collaborators for winning a two-year planning grant from an anonymous donor to support their initiative, “Supporting Reproductive, Infant, and Family Health in Wisconsin”! The $575K grant will allow them …
Welcome, Professor Annie Menzel!
Professor Annie Menzel is excited to be joining the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies this fall semester. Professor Menzel is teaching Childbirth in the U.S. again for the first time in many semesters. In …
Hyde selected for the prestigious James McKeen Cattell Award
Professor Janet Sibley Hyde has been selected for the highly prestigious James McKeen Cattell Award by the Association for Psychological Science.
New Faculty: Lara Gerassi, Social Work & GWS Affiliate
Professor Jill Casid Joins GWS Faculty
Jill H. Casid is thrilled to be joining the faculty of Gender and Women’s Studies after teaching cross-listed courses in queer theory and visual culture for the LGBT certificate for many years as an affiliate. She …
Higgins Awarded $1.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Sexual Acceptability
The majority of new contraceptive users become dissatisfied with their birth control method and stop using it after only a few months. Researchers are still trying to understand the major factors that lead to this …
Welcome, Professor Chris Barcelos!
I’m excited to join the faculty at UW Madison after a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Oberlin College! I am a multidisciplinary feminist scholar and educator whose …
Welcome, Professor Sami Schalk!
Dr. Sami Schalk is thrilled to join the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at UW-Madison. Professor Schalk earned her PhD in Gender Studies at Indiana University and worked at SUNY Albany and Rutgers prior …
Professor Aili Tripp as new Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies
We are pleased to welcome GWS & Political Science Professor Aili Tripp as the new Chair of our department! We look forward to your leadership in Gender & Women’s Studies, Aili.