Name: Lyddia Ruch-Doll (Ruch rhymes with book) Pronouns: she/her (they/them also acceptable) Hometown: Sun Prairie, WI Position Title(s): Administrator, Gender & Women’s Studies, Center for Research on Gender and Women, and the UW-System Women’s …
Year: 2022
Claudia Liu – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2021
Claudia Liu graduated from UW-Madison with majors in Biochemistry and Gender and Women’s Studies and a certificate in Japanese Professional Communication in May 2021. Claudia is currently a first-year Ph.D. student at Harvard University in …
Bianca Yue – GWS Student Spotlight
Bianca Yue is a senior with a majors in Economics and Mathematics with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Bianca will graduate in May 2022. Read Bianca’s student spotlight to learn more. When and …
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Scholarships
Applications are open for two scholarships aimed at Undergraduate Students this spring. For the second year in a row, we’re excited to offer the Scholarship in LGBTQ+ Studies for Undergraduate Students. This scholarship is intended …
Shahana Munazir Receives Hyde Dissertation Research Award
Shahana Munazir, a graduate student in University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Department of Anthropology, has received the Hyde Dissertation Research Award for Graduate Students. She holds a Bachelor’s in History from the University of Delhi …
Valeriia Umanets Receives the Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences
This year’s Mary Washburn Willets Award recipient is Valeriia Umanets. Valeriia holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Perm State University in Russia, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Politics: Comparative Government …
Lindsay Cannon Receives the Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award
This year’s Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice has been awarded to Lindsay Cannon. Lindsay is a PhD student in Sociology and a trainee in the Center for Demography …
Isobel Ashby Receives Worcester/Whatley/Leavitt Award
Isobel Ashby, a second year graduate student, majoring in United States History, and minoring in Gender & Women’s Studies, at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, has received the Worcester/Whatley/Leavitt Award for her work in …