Join us in extending a hearty congratulations to GWS Associate Professor Annie Menzel for receiving one of thirteen Distinguished Teaching Awards! Professor Menzel was awarded the Class of 1955 Teaching Excellence Award. The Distinguished Teaching Awards have been given out since 1953 to recognize some of the university’s finest educators. A ceremony will take place …
Greetings dear GWS Alumni! For those of you who do not know me, I am excited and delighted to introduce myself as the newly named alumni engagement coordinator for Gender and Women’s Studies here at UW–Madison! My name is Dr. Kate Phelps (she/they) and I have been teaching with the department since the Spring 2017 …
Greetings Everyone: It’s hard to believe that we are nearly halfway through our spring semester! I’m always relieved by the snow melt, delighted by the sound of the returning cranes, and thrilled by the green sprouts reaching for the light, but I am always surprised by it all as well. Students are preparing for midterms, …
In the Fall 2023 newsletter, we asked our alumni about a piece of media (a book, an article, a film, etc.) that made an impact on them during their time in GWS, and what made it so memorable. The responses we received were wonderfully diverse and thought-provoking. What a pleasure to learn more about what …
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 in the fall, where she will pursue a Master of Arts-Business in Arts and Creative Enterprise Leadership at UW–Madison. She …
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 at Boston University’s School of Public Health, focusing on Public Health Law and Policy. Her primary focus is on sexual …
Course Title: Queer Indigenous Studies What is this course about? “Queer Indigenous Studies” is a course designed to introduce students to the experiences, ideas, art, and lives of Two-Spirit and LGBTQ Indigenous people both in North America and beyond, as well as to explore key ideas in the emerging field of Queer Indigenous Studies. In addition …
Rachel Delmar is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Education Studies. Rachel is getting certificates in: Disability Rights and Services and Preparing to Teach Abroad. 1.Why did you choose GWS? I chose GWS because I am interested in the intersection of education and gender, particularly sex education reform. I knew that GWS in addition to …
We are excited to announce a special conference dedicated to the life and legacy of Susan Stanford Friedman, Virginia Woolf Professor Emerita of English and Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A scholar of literary modernisms, gender, women, global languages and cultures, and planetary life, Professor Friedman was committed to reimagining what the humanities …
Professor Judith Houck’s newest book, Looking Through the Speculum: Examining the Women’s Health Movement, was recently published by the University of Chicago Press in January 2024. The book examines the women’s health movement of the 1970’s through the lens of medical history and second wave feminism. Professor Houck highlights the experience of lesbians, straight women, …