Ahoy dear GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Alumni! Here we are again—another autumnal season and the fall semester is wrapping up in a just few weeks! Perhaps the biggest piece of news is that we have officially landed in our new departmental home, the freshly built Levy Hall! First and forever, a massive shoutout to department …
Dear GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies Alums and Friends: I am writing to you from the fifth-floor corner office of Dorothy and Irving Levy Hall, the brand new home of Gender and Women’s Studies. We moved into Levy Hall over the summer (big thanks to Lindsey Speaker and Jamie Gratrix, especially, for coordinating our move!) and …
Lucia Frias-Wackman (she/her) graduated in May of 2022 with a major in Conservation Biology and certificates in Gender and Women’s Studies and Educational Science. Since graduation, Lucia has been up to a lot! In her first job post-undergrad, she worked alongside animal behavior ecology and feminist technology professors to look critically at the field of …
Students from Dr. Kelly Ward’s Spring 2026 course 524: Gender, Race, Health & Medicine collaborated to create four annotated bibliographies based on themes from books studied in class. The GWS Library now features this set of bibliographies as part of their collection. Linked here is the full collection of bibliographies. You can find our student’s …
Elaine Keller-Duemig, CNM (she/her) is a certified nurse midwife in New York City. She is a Wisconsin native, now a New Yorker since 2008. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Gender Women’s Studies and a certificate in LGBTQ+ studies from the UW–Madison in 2005. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Quinnipiac University …
Gender & Women’s Studies professor Judith Houck was awarded the Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorship! Twelve professors were named to Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professorships, an award recognizing distinguished scholarship as well as standout efforts in teaching and service. Gender & Women’s Studies and Chicanx/e and Latinx/e Studies professor Aurora Santiago Ortiz was honored with the Vilas …
Gender & Women’s Studies and Psychology professor Sara Chadwick is a co-author on the most recent edition of Psychology of Sexuality. This textbook was originally written and published by GWS Emerita Janet Shibley Hyde and the now late John DeLamater in 1979. It covers a wide range of core sexuality topics such as theories, the history …
The GWS 660 Internship course offers students a powerful opportunity to connect feminist scholarship with hands-on community engagement. Each spring, students earn academic credit while working approximately ten hours per week with community and university-based organizations across Dane County. These placements focus on issues related to gender, sexuality, and social justice, with particular attention to …
Here we are again, GWS and LGBTQ+ Studies community! Those of us working on campus often measure time by the start and end of the academic year. Each fall evokes a certain feeling of anticipation, an energy supercharged for nine months of classroom work and the joy of learning. And late each spring, as the …
Dear Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies Community: First of all, a heartfelt congratulations to everyone graduating with a GWS major or an LGBTQ+ Studies or GWS certificate! I had the chance to talk with graduating students at our closing event of the semester, and I was delighted to hear about what their experience in GWS has …