Name: Joslyn Mink Pronouns: She/Her Hometown: Menomonee Falls, WI Educational /Professional Background: I earned my Botany Undergraduate Degree and Environment & Resources Masters’ Degree from UW Madison. This was followed by a decade of working in the food industry, starting as a Production Manager to Pastry Chef to General Manager all within Underground Food Collective. …
Name: Duachi Yang Pronouns: she/her Hometown: Sheboygan, WI Educational/professional background: I earned a BS in English, then an MS in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis with an emphasis in higher education administration. I joined the UW-Madison College of Engineering as a graduate coordinator for the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in 2019 where I found …
Name: Nina Valeo Cooke Pronouns: she | her Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL Educational/professional background: BA in Women’s Studies and Master of Social Work (MSW) How long have worked at GWS? For 18 years!!? I returned to the department as a teaching assistant in Gen&WS 103 in 2005 and became an academic staff member in 2008. What is your role …
Pronouns: she/they Hometown: I grew up in the suburbs of Chicago but have lived in Madison for much longer so consider Madison my hometown now. Educational/professional background: I graduated from UW Madison with a BS in Natural Resources and my professional path led me towards project management in clinical settings until I was brave enough …
Pronouns: she/herHometown: Madison, WI Educational/professional background: For the past eight years, I was working for the Office of the Gender & Women’s Studies Librarian here at UW-Madison. I have a master’s degree in Women’s & Gender Studies from DePaul University and a master’s in Library & Information Science from UW-Madison. I’m also a writer and educator. …
Name: Lyddia Ruch-Doll (Ruch rhymes with book) Pronouns: she/her (they/them also acceptable) Hometown: Sun Prairie, WI Position Title(s): Administrator, Gender & Women’s Studies, Center for Research on Gender and Women, and the UW-System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium How long have worked at GWS? Since September 2021! I’m pretty new to GWS, but I …