Summer Herrmann graduated from UW Madison in 2021 with a BA in Sociology and Gender & Women’s Studies. Post graduation, Summer did a variety of jobs, including as an Administrative Accounting Assistant for an elevator …
GWS Student Spotlight – Becca Enos
Becca Enos is majoring in Psychology and getting a certificate in Gender & Women’s Studies. Why did you choose GWS? I took my first GWS class with Dr. Kate Phelps in the spring of 2021, and …
GWS Faculty Shout Out – Jill Casid
Professor Jill Casid noted as a “particularly influential” Art History professor by alum curating the 2026 Whitney Biennial at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, the longest-running survey of American art and …
Marlena Holden – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2000
Marlena G. Holden (she/her) graduated with a double major in English and Gender and Women’s Studies in 2000 and was a Powers-Knapp and Chancellor’s Scholar. She received her Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from The …
GWS Student Spotlight – Jordon Stangland
Jordon Stangland is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Biochemistry. Why did you choose GWS?When I was a sophomore, I took my first GWS course – GWS200: Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies and I fell in …
GWS Faculty Shout Out – Leigh Senderowicz
Professor Leigh Senderowicz’s important new article – that was over a decade in the writing – has major impact! Professor Senderowicz explains the history and acheivement of her paper, co-authored with Dr. Rishita Nandagiri: I’m …
GWS Student Spotlight – Brett Dunn
Brett Dunn is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and English-Creative Writing. Brett is getting a certificate in LGBTQ+ Studies. Why did you choose GWS? When I first began college, I found a love for …
Letter from the Chair Judith Houck
Dear Gender and Women’s Studies Community, It is a profoundly challenging and demoralizing moment as the Gender and Women’s Studies community, and the values we affirm, are under attack. But our community is wide and …
The Scoop from Dr. Kate
Greetings dear GWS and LGBTQ+ Alumni Community! If you’re reading this right now, I sincerely hope that you will let your shoulders drop, let your jaw unclench, do a few nice head rolls, and take …
Faculty Focus: Hanan Al-Alawi
Visiting Assistant Professor Hanan Al-Alawi, who joined Gender and Women’s Studies in Fall 2024, is our March 2025 Faculty Focus! She is currently teaching GWS 101: Gender, Women, and Cultural Representation and GWS 345: Narrating …