University of Wisconsin–Madison

Month: March 2020

GWS is Hiring TAs Now for Online Summer and Face-to-Face Fall Courses

We are hiring TAs now for online summer and face-to-face fall courses in Gender & Women’s Studies. We will be hiring for: Gen&WS 102: Gender, Women, and Society in Global Perspective (face-to-face in fall) Gen&WS 103: Gender, Women, Bodies, and Health (online in summer and face-to-face in fall) Gen&WS 200: Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies (online …

GWS Faculty Focus: James McMaster

Assistant Professor James McMaster, whose faculty position began in Fall 2019, has been featured in a UW-Madison “Faculty Focus” piece. In Fall 2019, he began teaching courses in Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies. His work focuses on care theory in conversation with queer, feminist, and Asian Americanist critique and cultural production. See …

Associate Professor Judy Houck Featured in “The Honors Challenge”

Associate Professor of GWS and History, Judy Houck has been featured in the Fall 2019 edition of The Honors Challenge for the College of Letters & Science (p.5), for her honors seminar Gen&WS 531: Women and Health in American History. “The course tackles provocative questions in its exploration of women and health, investigating the effect …

Bill Basquin – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2011

Bill Basquin, class of 2011, graduated with a Philosophy major and a Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Bill completed most of their undergraduate coursework in the late 1980s and early 1990s, circling back to finish their degree so that they could apply to graduate programs. Bill completed an MFA in Visual Arts from the University …

Kayla Wasserman – GWS Student Spotlight

Kayla Wasserman is a senior graduating in May 2020 with majors in Art History and Gender and Women’s Studies. Find Kayla’s reflections on her GWS courses, study abroad, and her work with Sex Out Loud below. Why did you choose the Gender and Women’s Studies major? I decided to declare the GWS major while taking …