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 …
April 7, 2020
Associate Professor Sami Schalk’s Essay Featured in L&S Magazine
Associate Professor Sami Schalk’s essay, “Understanding Oppression,” has been featured in the Spring 2020 Issue of Letters and Science Magazine, Sift and Winnow. Schalk writes, “Everyone needs to have a basic understanding of systems of …
April 6, 2020
GWS Lecturer Dr. Kate Phelps Has Received a 4W Innovation Grant
GWS Lecturer Dr. Kate Phelps has received a 4W Initiative Innovation Grant for her “body mapping research project that is exploring experiences of gendered embodiment in the university setting, especially related to how the perceived …
April 6, 2020GWS is Hiring TAs Now for Online Summer and Face-to-Face Fall Courses
We are hiring TAs now for online summer and face-to-face fall courses in Gender & Women’s Studies. We will be hiring for: Gen&WS 102: Gender, Women, and Society in Global Perspective (face-to-face in fall) Gen&WS …
March 31, 2020
GWS Faculty Focus: James McMaster
Assistant Professor James McMaster, whose faculty position began in Fall 2019, has been featured in a UW-Madison “Faculty Focus” piece. In Fall 2019, he began teaching courses in Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American …
March 26, 2020
Associate Professor Judy Houck Featured in “The Honors Challenge”
Associate Professor of GWS and History, Judy Houck has been featured in the Fall 2019 edition of The Honors Challenge for the College of Letters & Science (p.5), for her honors seminar Gen&WS 531: Women …
March 16, 2020
Bill Basquin – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2011
Bill Basquin, class of 2011, graduated with a Philosophy major and a Gender and Women’s Studies certificate. Bill completed most of their undergraduate coursework in the late 1980s and early 1990s, circling back to finish …
March 10, 2020
Kayla Wasserman – March Student Spotlight
Kayla Wasserman is a senior graduating in May 2020 with majors in Art History and Gender and Women’s Studies. Find Kayla’s reflections on her GWS courses, study abroad, and her work with Sex Out Loud …
March 2, 2020
GWS Faculty Focus: Marwa Shalaby
Assistant Professor Marwa Shalaby, whose faculty position began in Fall 2019, has been featured in a UW-Madison “Faculty Focus” piece. She is gearing up to teach courses in the politics of gender in the Middle …
February 25, 2020
“Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, Practices” Workshop
Beginning in Fall 2019, GWS Professors Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel, and Michael Peterson, Professor of Art and Director of the graduate program in Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies, are leading a Mellon-Borghesi “Care: Politics, Performances, Publics, …
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