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 …
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Ollie DiPietro wins the Arts Business Competition
Oliver DiPietro, an MA student in Gender & Women’s Studies with a certificate in Leadership and Ashley Shaw Adams, a freelance artist have won first prize for their work on The Big Gay Market. The …
Call for Applications: Open House Faculty Director
The Open House gender-learning residential community is seeking a Faculty Director. The Faculty Director, with the assistance of a 75% academic staff Community Program Manager and Residence Life staff, lead the development and annual implementation …
Feminist Scholars Fellows – 2022/2023
The Feminist Scholars Fellows for 2022-2023 have been chosen. Dr. Sandra Adell, Evjue Bascom Professor, of Afro-American Studies, and Dr. Sami Schalk, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies will be released from teaching to …
Spring 2022 Ruth Bleier Award Winner
This year’s Dr. Ruth Bleier Scholarship in the Natural Sciences award winner is Kimberly Stathas (she/her). Kimberly is an undergraduate student with a planned graduation date of Spring 2023 with degrees in Biology, and Gender & Women’s …
Celebrate Graduation with GWS
Celebrate Graduation with the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies Join the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies to celebrate GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies graduates on Wednesday, May 11 from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. …
Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium 2022 Spring Conference
Centering Resistance: Imaginings of a New Feminist Future April 7-9, 2022 Co-Convened by UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium and UW System Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian Fully Virtual Event This year’s theme rests …
Claudia Liu – GWS Alumni Spotlight
Claudia Liu graduated from UW-Madison with majors in Biochemistry and Gender and Women’s Studies and a certificate in Japanese Professional Communication in May 2021. Claudia is currently a first-year Ph.D. student at Harvard University in …
Bianca Yue – GWS Student Spotlight
Bianca Yue is a senior with a majors in Economics and Mathematics with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Bianca will graduate in May 2022. Read Bianca’s student spotlight to learn more. When and …
Spring 2022 Undergraduate Scholarships
Applications are open for two scholarships aimed at Undergraduate Students this spring. For the second year in a row, we’re excited to offer the Scholarship in LGBTQ+ Studies for Undergraduate Students. This scholarship is intended …