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, …
GWS is hiring two lecturers to teach Gen&WS 103: Gender, Women, Bodies, and Health and Gen&WS 533: Special Topics in Women and Health. Please note the two positions are combined into one PVL; the department will hire for each position separately or combined, with the right candidate. The application deadline is October 16, 2019. See …
On behalf of the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies, the Center for Research on Gender & Women (CRGW) administers 4 scholarships with a November 1, 2019 deadline. Information about each one is listed below. For further information, please contact Elizabeth Morris, the CRGW administrator. Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, …
Andrew Briceno is a senior graduating in spring 2020 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies, Political Science, and Sociology, and certificates in African Studies, Chicanx and Latinx Studies, and LGBTQ+ Studies. Find Andrew’s reflections on GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies below. Why did you choose GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies? After completing my first year at …