The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Sami Schalk has been nominated for the University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award, created in 1994 …
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Professor Aili Tripp wins L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize Award
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is thrilled to announce that Professor Aili Mari Tripp’s Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), has been selected as one of two 2021 L. …
Dylan Witte – LGBTQ+ Studies Student Spotlight
Dylan is a junior majoring in Life Sciences Communication and pursuing the LGBTQ+ Studies certificate alongside certificates in Classical Studies and Gender and Women’s Studies. Dylan is also the mastermind behind the Department of Integrative …
Lariisa Stewart – April Student Spotlight
Lariisa Stewart is a senior graduating in August 2020 with a GWS major and a LGBTQ+ Studies certificate. Read Lariisa’s reflections on transferring to UW-Madison, choosing the major, writing a senior thesis, and preparing for …
Article by GWS Professor Janet Shibley Hyde Receives 2019 George A. Miller Award
The following article by Janet Shibley Hyde, PhD, Rebecca S. Bigler, PhD, Daphna Joel, PhD, Charlotte Chucky Tate, PhD, and Sari M. van Anders, PhD has been awarded the 2019 George A. Miller Award for …
Chair of GWS Weighs in on the Newly Elected Local School Board
Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies, Professor Aili Tripp, weighs in on how the impact of the newly elected, all female-identified Madison Metropolitan School Board, one that also includes several women of color, may have …
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.
“Preparing for a Career in International Development as a Gender Specialist ”
Patricia Morris Adjunct Professorial Lecturer School of International Service, American University Wednesday, October 24 @ 3:30 pm 1313 Sterling Hall Reception to follow In this talk, Dr. Morris will provide advice on how students who …
Professor Chris Barcelos named as inaugural Morgridge Fellow
Congratulations to Professor Chris Barcelos for being selected into the first cohort of Morgridge Fellows. This year-long learning community is designed to further institutionalize and support community-engaged scholarship across campus. Read more…
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 …