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Alumni Spotlight

Alumni Spotlight – Rodlyn-mae Banting, Class of 2022

Posted on October 16, 2025

Rodlyn-mae Banting (they/them) is a Filipino American poet, journalist, and cultural critic writing at the intersections of the arts, race, gender, and empire. They graduated with an MA in Gender & Women’s Studies from UW-Madison …

Posted in 2025, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Summer Herrmann – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2021

Posted on April 21, 2025

Summer Herrmann graduated from UW Madison in 2021 with a BA in Sociology and Gender & Women’s Studies. Post graduation, Summer did a variety of jobs, including as an Administrative Accounting Assistant for an elevator …

Posted in 2025, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Marlena Holden – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2000

Posted on March 25, 2025

Marlena G. Holden (she/her) graduated with a double major in English and Gender and Women’s Studies in 2000 and was a Powers-Knapp and Chancellor’s Scholar. She received her Master’s degree in Women’s Studies from The …

Posted in 2025, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Dean Dvorak – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022

Posted on February 14, 2023

Dean Dvorak graduated in May 2022 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Molecular Biology. Dean is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at UW-Madison. How does GWS matter in the day-to-day …

Posted in 2023, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Claudia Liu – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2021

Posted on February 9, 2022

Claudia Liu graduated from UW-Madison with majors in Biochemistry and Gender and Women’s Studies and a certificate in Japanese Professional Communication in May 2021. Claudia is currently a first-year Ph.D. student at Harvard University in …

Posted in 2021, Alumni Spotlight

Peter Zook – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2010

Posted on March 10, 2021

Peter Zook graduated from UW-Madison in 2010 with majors in Sociology, Journalism & Mass Communications; and Certificates in LGBT Studies and African Studies. He is now a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Philadelphia, PA. How …

Posted in 2021, Alumni Spotlight

Ed Graves – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2006

Posted on February 15, 2021

Ed Graves graduated from UW-Madison in 2006 with majors in Agricultural Science and Rural Sociology (now Community and Environmental Sociology) and an LGBTQ+ Studies certificate. In 2009, Ed completed a MLIS in Information Science from …

Posted in Alumni Spotlight

Liv Estrella Yang – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2015

Posted on December 6, 2020

Liv Estrella Yang is the founder and CEO of Faceted Beauty™. Liv graduated from UW-Madison in 2015 with a Sociology major and the Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Read Liv’s reflections below on the role …

Posted in Alumni Spotlight

Caitlin Flynn – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2016

Posted on November 24, 2020

Caitlin Flynn graduated in 2016 with majors in Journalism and International Studies and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Currently, Caitlin is a graduate student at the Fletcher School at Tufts University pursuing Law …

Posted in 2020, Alumni Spotlight

Shaunna Newton – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2017

Posted on October 16, 2020

Shaunna Newton graduated from UW-Madison with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Spanish and a certificate in Global Health in 2017. Shaunna completed a MPH at the University of Maryland in 2019. How does …

Posted in Alumni Spotlight
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