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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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

African American Studies professor Ethelene Whitmire‘s new book The Remarkable Life of Redd Peggram: The Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love was featured in Inside UW…