Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies Rachel Kuo has been busy! Professor Kuo is a leading scholar at UW in both Gender & Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies. She …
Publications
GWS Faculty Shout Out: Kong Pheng Pha
Congratulations to Professor Kong Pheng Pha! We are thrilled to celebrate Professor Kong Pheng Pha for receiving the Early Career Achievement Award from the Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS) earlier this year! This award …
GWS Faculty Shout Out: Kate Phelps
Join us in congratulating Dr. Kate Phelps for the release of her 2025 book Digital Girlhoods, her feature in May’s L&S newsletter, and her receipt of a 2025 Teaching Excellence Award! In an interview with …
Facility readiness to remove subdermal contraceptive implants in 6 sub-Saharan African countries.
The effect of a postpartum intrauterine device programme on choice of contraceptive method in Tanzania: a secondary analysis of a cluster-randomized trial.
Book Events – Black Disability Politics
Celebrate the release of Dr. Sami Schalk’s new book, Black Disability Politics, at one of two (or both!) book release events! Wednesday October 26 10-11:30am CST. The Ford Foundation will host a hybrid (in person …
New Publication by Dr. Leigh Senderowicz in SSM-Qualitative Research in Health
“She told me no, that you cannot change”: Understanding provider refusal to remove contraceptive implants Abstract Enthusiasm for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) is growing among donors and NGOs throughout the global reproductive health field. There …
Lowbrow Culture and Guilty Pleasures? The Performance and Harm of Academic Elitism
Professor Sami Schalk, in Inside Higher Ed, questions the arbitrariness and biases of scholarly standards for so-called lowbrow subjects and activities.
Q&A with Keisha Lindsay, author of “In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All Black Male Schools”
Professor Keisha Lindsay, associate professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science, recently published a groundbreaking new text, “In A Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All Black …