Jenny Higgins, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Laurel Rice, Professor and Chair of UWSMPH’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, wrote a Capital Times article called, “Access to contraception and abortion is as critical as ever during COVID-19 pandemic.” Noting that health care systems in both Wisconsin and in the …
Associate Professor Sami Schalk’s essay, “Understanding Oppression,” has been featured in the Spring 2020 Issue of Letters and Science Magazine, Sift and Winnow. Schalk writes, “Everyone needs to have a basic understanding of systems of oppression because all of us will interact with people different from us and potentially hold power over people less privileged …
GWS Lecturer Dr. Kate Phelps has received a 4W Initiative Innovation Grant for her “body mapping research project that is exploring experiences of gendered embodiment in the university setting, especially related to how the perceived risk and threat of sexual violence can manifest and live in the body in various ways.” 4W Innovation Grants allow …
We are hiring TAs now for online summer and face-to-face fall courses in Gender & Women’s Studies. We will be hiring for: Gen&WS 102: Gender, Women, and Society in Global Perspective (face-to-face in fall) Gen&WS 103: Gender, Women, Bodies, and Health (online in summer and face-to-face in fall) Gen&WS 200: Intro to LGBTQ+ Studies (online …
Assistant Professor James McMaster, whose faculty position began in Fall 2019, has been featured in a UW–Madison “Faculty Focus” piece. In Fall 2019, he began teaching courses in Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies. His work focuses on care theory in conversation with queer, feminist, and Asian Americanist critique and cultural production. See …
Associate Professor of GWS and History, Judy Houck has been featured in the Fall 2019 edition of The Honors Challenge for the College of Letters & Science (p.5), for her honors seminar Gen&WS 531: Women and Health in American History. “The course tackles provocative questions in its exploration of women and health, investigating the effect …
Assistant Professor Marwa Shalaby, whose faculty position began in Fall 2019, has been featured in a UW–Madison “Faculty Focus” piece. She is gearing up to teach courses in the politics of gender in the Middle East, beginning in Fall 2020. See Professor Shalaby’s full Faculty Focus here.
Beginning in Fall 2019, GWS Professors Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel, and Michael Peterson, Professor of Art and Director of the graduate program in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, are leading a Mellon-Borghesi “Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, Practices” Workshop workshop through the Center for the Humanities to build a community of inquiry around the concept of “care.” …
Gender and Women’s Studies Professor Anna Campbell was selected by the Arts Awards Review Committee of the UW–Madison Division of the Arts to receive the 2020 Edna Wiechers Arts in Wisconsin Award. This award supports and encourages the creation of new works that inspire and enrich the cultural activities in Wisconsin communities, especially those underserved …
Sarah Akakpo is a second year student majoring in Gender and Women’s Studies with a certificate in Studio Art. Sarah started out in the LGBTQ+ Studies certificate and decided to pursue the GWS major this year. Find Sarah’s reflections on GWS and her academic choices below. Why did you choose Gender and Women’s Studies? I …