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 …
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Course Spotlight: GWS 660 Internship in Gender and Women’s Studies
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 …
The Scoop from Dr. Kate – Alumni Newsletter Summer 2026
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, …
Letter from the Chair Nick Syrett – Alumni Newsletter Summer 2026
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 …
The Scoop from Dr. Kate – Alumni Newsletter Spring 2026
Ahoy and happy spring dear GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Community! I hope you are finding some sun and soaking up some joy in these trying times. Springtime is upon us! A time for growth! This …
Alumni Spotlight – Grace Atherton, Class of 2013
Grace Atherton (she/her) is a Madison native and self-taught communications & marketing professional with a deep passion for gender equity, economic and social justice, and servant leadership. In her current job as Communications Director for …
Alumni Spotlight – Shannon Patterson, Class of 2010
Shannon Patterson, PhD (she/her), is a licensed psychologist specializing in eating disorders and health psychology, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2010 with degrees in Psychology and Sociology, along with certificates in Gender …
The Scoop from Dr. Kate – Alumni Newsletter Fall 2025
Hello dear GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Alumni, As I write this, it is a stunning fall day here in Wisconsin. The wind is encouraging the remaining leaves to loosen their grip from the trees, fall …
Reflections on Dr. Brittney Cooper’s Keynote Address from Ph.D. Student, fatou janneh
“We are the storm…We are the light and the lightning and the boom back and the thundercloud. We are the storm”— Dr. Brittney Cooper In delivering Saturday’s keynote address on the 50th anniversary of the …
Letter from the Chair Nick Syrett – Alumni Newsletter Fall 2025
Dear Alumnae/i and Friends: I write to you from the Gender and Women’s Studies Chair’s Office in Sterling Hall, an office I have now occupied for not quite three months. Let me first introduce myself: …