Transforming Research
The Trans Research Lab at UW–Madison is noteworthy for its specialized focus on health outcomes for transgender people. But for founder Stephanie Budge PhD’11, the lab is more than that: it’s an old promise made good.
The Trans Research Lab at UW–Madison is noteworthy for its specialized focus on health outcomes for transgender people. But for founder Stephanie Budge PhD’11, the lab is more than that: it’s an old promise made good.
Annie Menzel’s Forum Response to Merve Emre’s article All Reproduction Is Assisted, begins by stating “Merve Emre offers a sweeping account of over a century of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs), from a Progressive Era “artificial womb” to the unevenly distributed dramas and devastations of in vitro fertilization (IVF) today. The near-complete absence of race and …
Myra Marx Ferree, Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison Thursday, November 29, 2018, 3:45pm, 3401 Sterling Hall In this talk, I argue that the masculine basis of the social contract theories at the heart of liberalism has become fragile, and gender insecurity among men contributes importantly to contemporary illiberalism.
Reproduction Reconceived: Emergency Pregnancy Services and State Neglect in the United States Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 4:00pm, 3401 Sterling Hall Sara Matthiesen, Assistant Professor of both History and Gender and Women’s Studies at George Washington University. PhD in American Studies from Brown. “I research the changing relationship between inequality and reproductive life in the twentieth-century …
What’s Best for Baby: Co-Sleeping and the Politics of Inequality Monday, November 19, 2018, Noon, 3401 Sterling Hall Laura Harrison, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies at Minnesota State University, Mankato. PhD in Gender Studies from Indiana University. “My research interests focus on race and health disparities, reproductive justice, and how both cultural and …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UW-Madison is seeking applicants for a Lecturer to teach GWS 350: Special Topics in Gender and Literature this coming spring. Information about the position, including how to apply, can be found here. Addition information about the Department can be found here. Application must be received by November 23, …
Patricia Morris Adjunct Professorial Lecturer School of International Service, American University Wednesday, October 24 @ 3:30 pm 1313 Sterling Hall Reception to follow In this talk, Dr. Morris will provide advice on how students who are interested in a career as a gender specialist in international relief and development work should prepare. She will begin …
Congratulations to Professor Chris Barcelos for being selected into the first cohort of Morgridge Fellows. This year-long learning community is designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship across campus. Read more…
Julie Avril Minich, Assistant Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin September 17 @ 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm This talk engages with disability theory in order to examine engagements with diabetes in works by contemporary Latinx writers and artists. Diabetic Latinx art responds to an urgent health crisis affecting Latinx communities throughout the …
Professor Keisha Lindsay, associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science, recently published a groundbreaking new text, “In A Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All Black Male Schools.” Lindsay explores the complicated politics and dilemmas of all-black male schools and how to create equitable education for …