Students from Dr. Kelly Ward’s Spring 2026 course 524: Gender, Race, Health & Medicine collaborated to create four annotated bibliographies based on themes from books studied in class. The GWS Library now features this set of bibliographies as part of their collection. Linked here is the full collection of bibliographies. You can find our student’s …
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 and service. Gender & Women’s Studies and Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies professor Aurora Santiago Ortiz was honored with the Vilas …
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 now late John DeLamater in 1979. It covers a wide range of core sexuality topics such as theories, the history …
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 is an affiliate with the Gender & Women’s Studies and German, Nordic, and Slavic departments. Her new book tells the …
Gender and Women Studies and Chicanx/e & Latinx/e Studies professor Aurora Santiago Ortiz is spearheading UW Madison’s new Puerto Rican Studies Hub along with History professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo! The first center of its kind in the Midwest, the Hub will educate the public and enrich conversations on campus and in the community about Puerto Rico …
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is so pleased to have Dr. Alexandra Kralick joining us as a Wittig Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Feminist Biology! To help you get to know her, we asked her some questions. Please read below to learn about Dr. Kralick! Name: Alexandra E. Kralick, Ph.D. Title: Wittig Postdoctoral Research …
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies (GWS) is looking for graduate students interested in TAing undergraduate courses for the Spring 2026 semester. Applications for these 50% Teaching Assistant positions are open to both incoming and continuing students. Teaching experience and familiarity with LGBTQ+ Studies and/or Gender and Women’s Studies is preferred. GWS is recruiting …
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies is so pleased to have Dr. Molly Henderson joining us as a Visiting Assistant Professor! To help you get to know her, we asked her some questions. Please read below to learn about Dr. Henderson! Name: Dr. Molly M. Henderson Title: Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s …
Each year, the L&S Honors Program invites students to nominate faculty members or instructional academic staff who have made a meaningful impact through teaching Honors-designated courses, mentoring Honors projects, or supervising undergraduate Honors research experiences. The Faculty Honors Committee evaluates these nominations and selects the most outstanding individuals to receive Distinguished Honors Faculty designation. This …
Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies Rachel Kuo has been busy! Professor Kuo is a leading scholar at UW in both Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies. She is a co-founder of the Asian American Feminist Collective and founding member of the Center for Critical Race and Digital …