Elaine Keller-Duemig, CNM (she/her) is a certified nurse midwife in New York City. She is a Wisconsin native, now a New Yorker since 2008. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Gender Women’s Studies and a …

Gender & Women’s Studies professor Judith Houck was awarded the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship! Twelve professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching …

Gender & Women’s Studies and Psychology professor Sara Chadwick is a co-author on the most recent edition of Psychology of Sexuality. This textbook was originally written and published by GWS Emerita Janet Shibley Hyde and the …

The GWS 660 Internship course offers students a powerful opportunity to connect feminist scholarship with hands-on community engagement. Each spring, students earn academic credit while working approximately ten hours per week with community and university-based …

Here we are again, GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies community!  Those of us working on campus often measure time by the start and end of the academic year. Each fall evokes a certain feeling of anticipation, …

Dear Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies Community:  First of all, a heartfelt congratulations to everyone graduating with a GWS major or an LGBTQ+ Studies or GWS certificate! I had the chance to talk …

African American Studies professor Ethelene Whitmire‘s new book The Remarkable Life of Redd Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love was featured in Inside UW News. Dr. Whitmire …