GWS Professor Chris Barcelos won the Summer 2020 Research Service Award for exceptional service outside one’s own department. This program was initiated to recognize the service contributions that untenured faculty members, especially women and members of minority groups, are asked to make to the University. Such service promotes the University’s interest in having a broad …
New collection reframing installations by GWS Professors Anna Campbell and Jill Casid will be featured at the Chazen Museum of Art’s Faculty Exhibition 2020 from February 1-May 10, 2020. The Chazen’s 50th Anniversary year activities are supported by a grant from the UW-Madison Anonymous Fund, with additional support from the office of the Chancellor. There …
GWS Professor Keisha Lindsay has won the Vilas Associates Award, which recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Professor Lindsay’s research and teaching interests include black feminist theories, black masculinities, and gender-based politics in the African diaspora. Her new book project, Black Ladies and the Art of Resistance: Intellectuals, Athletes, and …
Melvina Young has taken her experience in gender and women’s studies, women’s history, and African-American Studies classrooms and has developed a line of greeting cards as a senior writer at Hallmark. Melvina describes what she does “is more than just writing cards; it’s connecting people on an emotional level that is culturally authentic and empowering.” …
Hope Tyson, Class of 2012, graduated with majors in Women’s Studies and Latin American Studies. Learn more about the work Hope is doing today. Describe your work. How did you get to this point in your professional life? When I graduated from UW, I knew I wanted a career focused on gender equity and health. …