Category: Alumni

Day of the Badger Success!

Thank you to all who contributed to the Department of Gender & Women’s Day of the Badger success! We are humbled and honored that so many of you chose to support Gender & Women’s Studies this year. Some of the highlights of this online day of giving campaign included: We more than met our matching …

GWS Alum is the Writer in the Room at Hallmark

Melvina Young has taken her experience in gender and women’s studies, women’s history, and African-American Studies classrooms and has developed a line of greeting cards as a senior writer at Hallmark.  Melvina describes what she does “is more than just writing cards; it’s connecting people on an emotional level that is culturally authentic and empowering.” …

Hope Tyson – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2012

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 your professional life? When I graduated from UW, I knew I wanted a career focused on gender equity and health. …

Nyesha Brown – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2017

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 point in your professional life? After I graduated from UW–Madison, I immediately started my Master’s program in Women’s and Gender …