Professor Sami Schalk has received a Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award for Inclusive Excellence, which “celebrates exemplary achievements in teaching that honor the university’s value of diversity and inclusion as the path to excellence.” “Her full courses with extensive waitlists make clear that in the short time she has worked at UW, Dr. Schalk has made …
GWS and Political Science Professor Marwa Shalaby (with Ellen Lust and Lena Wängnerud) has been awarded a grant of approximately $50,400 USD from the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ) Foundation to study gender politics in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has seen momentous upheavals since 2011, and this …
GWS Professor Sami Schalk has received a 2020-21 UW–Madison Outstanding Women of Color Award! This is an annual honor presented by the UW–Madison Office of the Interim Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer, and announced at the UW Diversity Forum. Professor Schalk is part of the thirteenth cohort of Outstanding Women of Color awardees. …
Kate Walsh, Professor of GWS and Psychology, and head of the of the Sexual Violence Research Initiative, has been awarded a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crimes, to expand sexual assault services on the UW–Madison campus. This project’s goal is to “bring together campus and community sexual assault …
GWS Chair, Director of the Center for Research on Gender and Women, and Professor of GWS and Psychology Janet Hyde’s 2019 American Psychologist article on “The future of sex and gender in psychology: Five challenges to the gender binary” has won the 2020 Distinguished Publication Award, by the Distinguished Publication Awards Committee of the Association …
GWS and Obstetrics and Gynecology Professor, and Director of UW–Madison Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (UW CORE), Jenny Higgins, has received the Society of Family Planning Mentor Award. This award recognizes Professor Higgins for her “dedication to supporting and furthering the careers of a new generation of academic clinicians or scholars in the field of family …
Assistant Professor Chris Barcelos has received the 2020 Honorary Rainbow Degree from UW–Madison’s Gender and Sexuality Campus Center (GSCC). This award was announced at the virtual GSCC Rainbow Graduation event on May 7, 2020, and the video announcing the award can be found here. This year marks the 8th year of the GSCC bestowing an …
Assistant Professor of GWS and Asian American Studies James McMaster has been recognized as a Spring 2020 Honored Instructor. Honored Instructors is a student-initiated program in University Housing that encourages students to recognize instructors that have made an impact on their learning. Every semester, students in University Housing are invited to nominate teachers who inspire …
Professor of GWS and Psychology, and Director of the Center for Research on Gender and Women Janet Hyde has been recognized as a Spring 2020 Honored Instructor. Honored Instructors is a student-initiated program in University Housing that encourages students to recognize instructors that have made an impact on their learning. Every semester, students in University …
Associate Professor Sami Schalk has received the Provost’s Early Career Award. This award provides flexible funds for research, publication, project assistantships, or other expenses related to scholarly activity. Congratulations, Professor Schalk, on this great honor!