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  2. Year: 2017
  3. Month: September

Month: September 2017

Higgins Awarded $1.3 Million NIH Grant to Study Sexual Acceptability

Posted on September 25, 2017

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 …

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Welcome, Professor Chris Barcelos!

Posted on September 22, 2017

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 …

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Welcome, Professor Sami Schalk!

Posted on September 15, 2017

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 …

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Professor Aili Tripp as new Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies

Posted on September 5, 2017

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.

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