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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 Alumni Spotlight, Uncategorized

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

Bill Basquin – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2011

Posted on March 10, 2020

Bill Basquin, class of 2011, graduated with a Philosophy major and a Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Bill completed most of their undergraduate coursework in the late 1980s and early 1990s, circling back to finish …

Posted in Alumni Spotlight

Hope Tyson – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2012

Posted on January 15, 2020

Hope Tyson, Class of 2012, graduated with majors in Women’s Studies and Latin American Studies. Learn more about the work Hope is doing today. Describe your work. How did you get to this point in …

Posted in 2020, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

Nyesha Brown – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2017

Posted on December 2, 2019

Nyesha Brown, Class of 2017, graduated with majors in Gender & Women’s and Human Development and Family Studies. Learn more about what Nyesha is doing today. Describe your work. How did you get to this …

Posted in 2019, Alumni, Alumni Spotlight

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