Pronouns: she/herHometown: Madison, WI Educational/professional background: For the past eight years, I was working for the Office of the Gender & Women’s Studies Librarian here at UW-Madison. I have a master’s degree in Women’s & Gender Studies from DePaul University and a master’s in Library & Information Science from UW-Madison. I’m also a writer and educator. …
Dr. Finn Enke and MA student Orion Risk have both received Awards in the Creative Arts for 2023 from the Division of the Arts. The Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts was granted to Dr. Enke for their work, which “engages the porousness of life-death, dis/ability, and the interplay of visible and nonvisible aspects …
Dean Dvorak graduated in May 2022 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Molecular Biology. Dean is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at UW-Madison. How does GWS matter in the day-to-day of your professional life? GWS gave me the vocabulary to describe the systems I am a part of and taught …
Elise Fjelstad is a senior with majors in Sociology and Political Science with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Elise will graduate in summer 2023. Why did you choose GWS & LGBTQ+ Studies? As a political science and sociology major, I really wanted something that I was super interested in to complement my work …