Hello dear Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies community, With the shift of daylight savings, and the turning of the calendar from the season of light to dark, we take stock of where we …
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Maya Cherins – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022
Maya Cherins (she/her) graduated from UW-Madison in May 2022 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Community and Nonprofit Leadership and a certificate in Global Health. After graduating, she took a brief gap year …
Amanda Gennerman – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2000
Amanda Gennerman (she/her) graduated from UW-Madison in 2000 with a dual degree in Women’s Studies and Afro-American Studies (which is what both programs were called back then!) She has practiced immigration law exclusively since her …
Shaniya Auxier – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022
Shaniya Auxier (she/her) graduated from UW-Madison in the spring of 2022, with a major in Psychology and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Since graduation, Shaniya has been a teaching assistant in the UW-Madison …
Ollie DiPietro – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2023
Ollie (he/they) is a 2023 grad from the GWS MA program. He is currently the co-owner of The Big Gay Market LLC, a barista, a visual artist, and a beginning taxidermist for their business, The …
The First GWS/LGBTQ+ Studies Alumni Campfire!
This past April 2024, we practiced joy in community by hosting our very first alumni and student campfire! For this event, we invited five of our awesome alumni to visit with undergraduate students, speak about …
Adrian Lampron – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022
Adrian Lampron uses they/them pronouns, and graduated from UW in 2022 with majors in History and Political Science and a LGBTQ+ Studies Certificate. Adrian is from Minnesota, and currently lives in Madison with their partner …
Helen Rottier – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2018
Helen Rottier (she/her) is the Program Coordinator for the Disability Cultural Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After graduating from UW-Madison with a BS in Psychology and Certificate in GWS in 2018, Helen began her …
Abigail Perkins – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2023
Abigail Perkins (she/her) graduated in May 2023 with a degree in English and certificates in GWS and African American Studies. She is currently taking a gap year in her hometown before returning to graduate school …
Paige Leiser – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022
Paige Leiser (she/her) graduated in May 2022 with a degree in Political Science, and certificates in Gender and Women’s Studies, Education Policy, and Global Health. She is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Public Health …