Name: Aurora Santiago Ortiz Title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Chican@/Latin@ Studies Hometown: San Juan, Puerto Rico Educational/professional background: I have a BFA in Film and Television from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, a JD from the University of Puerto Rico, and a PhD from UMass Amherst. What is your field …
On Sunday, February 26, 2023, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies lost a founder, leader, advocate, colleague, and friend with the death of Susan Stanford Friedman. Professor Friedman lived an exceptional life, notable for its pathbreaking scholarship, influential activism, and enduring relationships. Her legacy endures on this campus and well beyond it. Professor Friedman …
Pronouns: she/her Hometown: Madison, WI Educational/professional background: For the past eight years, I was working for the Office of the Gender & Women’s Studies Librarian here at UW–Madison. I have a master’s degree in Women’s & Gender Studies from DePaul University and a master’s in Library & Information Science from UW–Madison. I’m also a writer and …
Dr. Finn Enke and MA student Orion Risk have both received Awards in the Creative Arts for 2023 from the Division of the Arts. The Emily Mead Baldwin Award in the Creative Arts was granted to Dr. Enke for their work, which “engages the porousness of life-death, dis/ability, and the interplay of visible and nonvisible aspects …
Dean Dvorak graduated in May 2022 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Molecular Biology. Dean is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology at UW–Madison. How does GWS matter in the day-to-day of your professional life? GWS gave me the vocabulary to describe the systems I am a part of and taught …
Elise Fjelstad is a senior with majors in Sociology and Political Science with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Elise will graduate in summer 2023. Why did you choose GWS & LGBTQ+ Studies? As a political science and sociology major, I really wanted something that I was super interested in to complement my work …
Name: Leigh Senderowicz Title: Assistant Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Obstetrics and Gynecology Hometown: Very proud Philadelphian Educational/professional background: I did my undergrad at Wesleyan, where I majored in anthropology and gender studies. I was a Watson Fellow after college, before coming back to the US to work for a couple of years …
The UW System has awarded Professor Finn Enke (Gender & Women’s Studies, and History) the Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People, which is one of two DEI awards given to members of the UW System each year. This award is given to a UW System faculty, staff member, student, …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies further affirms and celebrates our trans*, nonbinary and gender expansive community members. We will continue to work for the fullest presence of trans*, nonbinary and gender expansive lives; we view it as our job as public educators to actively protect and promote trans* access to public facilities, health …