Award

Join us in congratulating the Spring 2022 winners of the LGBTQ+ Studies Scholarship winners. This scholarship, generously provided by David A. Kaplan and Glenn A. Ostergaard, and the Brautigam/Kaplan Foundation, was created with the intention …

Shahana Munazir, a graduate student in University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Department of Anthropology, has received the Hyde Dissertation Research Award for Graduate Students. She holds a  Bachelor’s in History from the University of Delhi …

This year’s Mary Washburn Willets Award recipient is Valeriia Umanets. Valeriia holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Perm State University in Russia, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Politics: Comparative Government …

Isobel Ashby, a second year graduate student, majoring in United States History, and minoring in Gender & Women’s Studies, at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, has received the Worcester/Whatley/Leavitt Award for her work in …

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is pleased to announce Dr. Judith Houck — Gender & Women’s Studies Chair,  and Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, and History — has been honored with the …

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Sami Schalk has been awarded the University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award. This award, created in …

The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is thrilled to announce that Professor ’s Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), has been selected as one of two 2021 L. Carl Brown …

Congratulations to Whitney Anderson, Program Coordinator for Open House Learning Community and GWS Administrative Assistant, who has received an Honorary Rainbow Degree from the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center!   This Honorary Degree highlights her …

GWS and Political Science Professor Keisha Lindsay has received the University’s Exceptional Service Award. This program supports faculty members, especially women and those from historically underrepresented groups, who are often asked to engage in service …