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 …
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GWS Lecturer Dr. Kate Phelps Has Received a 4W Innovation Grant
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 …
GWS is Hiring TAs Now for Online Summer and Face-to-Face Fall Courses
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 …
GWS Faculty Focus: James McMaster
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 …
Associate Professor Judy Houck Featured in “The Honors Challenge”
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 …
GWS Faculty Focus: Marwa Shalaby
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 …
“Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, Practices” Workshop
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, …
GWS Professor Anna Campbell Received Edna Wiechers Arts Award
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 …
Sarah Akakpo – GWS Student Spotlight
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 …
GWS Professor Chris Barcelos won the Summer 2020 Research Service Award
GWS Professor Chris Barcelos won the Summer 2020 Research Service Award for exceptional service outside one’s own department. This program was initiated to recognize the service contributions that untenured faculty members, especially women and members …