University of Wisconsin–Madison

Year: 2018

Register for the Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology

Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology Friday, October 5, 2018, University of Wisconsin Pyle Center, 702 Langdon Street, Madison The Center for Research on Gender and Women at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to announce the 3rd Biennial Wisconsin Symposium on Feminist Biology to deliberately examine creating new research, new topics, new methods, new theories …

Assistant Professor of Chican@ and Latin@ Studies – Cluster Hire

The Chican@ and Latin@ Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor whose scholarship and teaching focus on Chicanxs and Latinxs, beginning August 2019.  This position is part of the Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity Studies Cohort, which was developed in order to advance innovative approaches to the study of …

Three faculty openings in Reproductive Equity – Cluster Hire

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking to hire three tenure-track or tenured faculty members in the area of reproductive equity. One position will be in health services research and will have a likely tenure home in Obstetrics and Gynecology or Population Health Sciences [position vacancy listing (PVL) #94599]. One position will be in Public Policy and Reproductive Health …

Assistant Professor of Middle East Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies – Cluster Hire

The University of Wisconsin Madison is seeking to hire a faculty member to conduct research and teach courses in gender/women’s studies as it relates to the contemporary Middle East and North Africa, with a preference for the Arab Middle East. Preference will be given to applicants with area expertise who conduct research using Middle East …

Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies and Gender & Women’s Studies – Cohort Hire

The University of Wisconsin – Madison is seeking to hire a faculty member to conduct research and teach courses in Asian American Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies. We welcome candidates in any discipline and time period within Asian American Studies whose work emphasizes gender and/or sexuality, broadly defined. Candidates with a particular interest in …

GRACE MORRISON AND RENEE KRAMER WIN HOBBINS AWARD

GWS Masters student Grace Morrison was chosen for the Deborah Hobbins Award for 2017, and Renee Kramer, a doctoral student in Population Health, is the 2018 winner.  The Hobbins Award, named for long-time advocate for reproductive justice Deborah Hobbins, is given to a graduate student for exceptional work in reproductive health, rights, and justice. Grace’s …

Culture, Contraception, and Colorblindess: Youth Sexual Health Promotion as a Gendered Racial Project

How Do Race and Gender Show Up In Youth Sexual Health Promotion?

Elizabeth Randolph, a white woman in her late 50s, manages a sexual and reproductive health clinic in “Millerston,” a small, former manufacturing city in the US northeast that is known for its high rates of teen pregnancy among Puerto Rican youth. “Not to sound racist at all,” she told me, “but teen…

Alonso Wins Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching

Congratulations to Araceli Alonso for being the 2018 recipient of the Chancellor’s Hilldale Award for Excellence in Teaching! A well deserved honor for a life changing instructor.

Call for Papers: The Time is Now. Feminist Leadership in a New Era.

We are very pleased to announce a Call for Papers for an upcoming e-book entitled: The Time is Now. Feminist Leadership in a New Era. The book will be published digitally by the Global Network of UNESCO Chairs on Gender in October 2018.