GWS Associate Professor Anna Campbell was recently featured in a virtual reception and interview for newly tenured faculty, hosted by the College of Letters & Science. Professor Campbell shares about her work: “What I’m interested …
Year: 2020
Professor Marwa Shalaby Publishes Piece on Faculty Gender Dynamics Amidst the Pandemic
Assistant Professor Marwa Shalaby has a new piece in Inside Higher Ed, “Gender, COVID and Faculty Service,” about the gendered effects of institutional service on faculty research productivity amidst the pandemic. Shalaby, along with Drs. …
Liv Estrella Yang – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2015
Liv Estrella Yang is the founder and CEO of Faceted Beauty™. Liv graduated from UW-Madison in 2015 with a Sociology major and the Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Read Liv’s reflections below on the role …
Dr. Araceli Alonso Teaches Study Abroad Course Virtually
Dr. Araceli Alonso, Distinguished Senior Lecturer and Co-Director of UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing and Culture of Peace, has been teaching a study abroad course to UW-Madison students as part of the UW’s Circle of …
Professor Jill H. Casid Featured in Day With(out) Art Event
On Wednesday, December 2nd from 5-7pm, Professor Jill H. Casid of Gender and Women’s Studies and Art History will be in conversation with multidisciplinary artist Kang Seung Lee, for Day With(out) Art, presented by Visual …
Caitlin Flynn – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2016
Caitlin Flynn graduated in 2016 with majors in Journalism and International Studies and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Currently, Caitlin is a graduate student at the Fletcher School at Tufts University pursuing Law …
Video of Sarah Deer and Bonnie Clairmont Conversation
The Borghesi-Mellon Center for Care Initiative, stewarded by GWS faculty Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel with Professor Michael Peterson from Art and Interdisciplinary Theater Studies, hosted a virtual conversation with Sarah Deer and Bonnie Clairmont. …
GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Grad Featured in On Wisconsin Magazine
On Wisconsin Magazine published this story about GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate alum Elise Rylander (’12). Elise created her nonprofit Out There Adventures (OTA), which she began brainstorming during her LGBTQ+ Studies capstone course. “Knowing …
Professor Sami Schalk Debuts Video on Disability Justice and Pleasure Activism
Professor Sami Schalk was featured at a virtual event on November 18, hosted by the Ford Foundation, titled, “#QuarantineLooks: Embracing the Fabulously Mundane.” As an act of pleasure activism and self-care during the pandemic lockdown, …
The Art of State Street: Politics, Policing, and Protest
In the wake of the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd by the police, artists and activists took to the streets to protest for racial justice. They created art as part of the protests, lining …