Gender and Women’s Studies Professor Chris Garlough has been awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award, an honor given out since 1953 to recognize UW-Madison’s finest educators. Established by former UW-Madison chancellor Edwin Young in 1973, this award honors six faculty members annually for their excellence in teaching. More information can be found here. Congratulations, Professor …
Encore Screening and Talkback: STILL BEGINNING: The 30th Annual Day With(Out) Art On Tuesday, December 10 at 5:30pm, in recognition of the 30th annual Day With(out) Art, the Chazen Museum of Art will host an encore screening of STILL BEGINNING, organized by Visual AIDS. The program of seven newly commissioned videos by Shanti Avirgan, Nguyen …
Sarah Gaydos is a senior graduating in December 2019 with a Gender and Women’s Studies major and the undergraduate certificate in Global Health. Find Sarah’s reflections below. Why did you choose Gender and Women’s Studies? I was a pre-nursing student during my first two years at UW-Madison and wanted to specialize in women’s health. I …
Nyesha Brown, Class of 2017, graduated with majors in Gender & Women’s and Human Development and Family Studies. Learn more about what Nyesha is doing today. Describe your work. How did you get to this point in your professional life? After I graduated from UW-Madison, I immediately started my Master’s program in Women’s and Gender …
Myra Marx Ferree, Professor Emerita in GWS and Sociology, was on an episode of The Europe Desk podcast, where she spoke about the crisis of masculinity, as part of the BMW Center lecture series, “A Century of Women’s Struggle: From the Franchise to #MeToo.” Ferree spoke about the nation state, gender and intersectional feminism. Myra’s …
Gender and Women’s Studies Professor, Director of the Center for Research on Gender and Women (CRGW), and Psychology Professor Janet Hyde has been honored by Web of Science as a scientist whose papers rank in the top 1% for highest number of citations in her field over the past 10 years. The full 2019 Highly …
Ariel Yang is a junior majoring in Gender and Women’s Studies and Psychology. Find Ariel’s reflections below. Why did you choose Gender and Women’s Studies? Discovering GWS at UW is the most beautiful accident that has ever happened in my life. Coming to college, I had very limited knowledge of feminism and gender studies. As …
GWS Professors Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel have been awarded an “Our Shared Future Heritage Marker Grant.” The goal of this grant opportunity is to spark learning and deepen understanding about the Ho-Chunk Nation through meaningful learning experiences embedded in the Wisconsin Experience. The Wisconsin Experience is UW-Madison’s vision for the total student experience, which …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is accepting applications in one of the following two fields: Gender and the Environment: Seeking scholars working at the intersection of gender and environmental studies. Applicants whose work focuses outside of North America are especially encouraged to apply. Feminist Science/Biology: Seeking scholars who bring feminist questions and sensibility …
GWS affiliate Professor Nan Enstad’s book, Cigarettes, Inc.: An Intimate History of Corporate Imperialism, received the Albert J. Beveridge Award! This award, offered through the American Historical Association, recognizes a distinguished book in English on the history of the United States, Latin America, or Canada, from 1492 to the present. Below is a description of Cigarettes, …