Shahana Munazir, a graduate student in University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Department of Anthropology, has received the Hyde Dissertation Research Award for Graduate Students. She holds a Bachelor’s in History from the University of Delhi and Master of Science and Master of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. Her dissertation is titled “Daughters of Destiny: …
This year’s Mary Washburn Willets Award recipient is Valeriia Umanets. Valeriia holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from Perm State University in Russia, as well as a Master of Philosophy in Politics: Comparative Government from the University of Oxford. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Political Science from the University of Wisconsin – …
This year’s Deborah A. Hobbins Graduate Student Award in Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice has been awarded to Lindsay Cannon. Lindsay is a PhD student in Sociology and a trainee in the Center for Demography and Ecology. She conducts mixed methods research on reproductive health and gender-based violence, applying trauma-informed, survivor-centered, and reproductive justice frameworks. Lindsay holds …
Isobel Ashby, a second year graduate student, majoring in United States History, and minoring in Gender & Women’s Studies, at the University of Wisconsin – Madison, has received the Worcester/Whatley/Leavitt Award for her work in gender and health. She comes to UW–Madison with a Masters in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge, and a Bachelor …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is pleased to announce Dr. Judith Houck — Gender & Women’s Studies Chair, and Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, and History — has been honored with the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award, from the UW–Madison Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee. This prestigious award celebrates UW–Madison Faculty and Instructional Staff …
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies, and the Center for Research on Gender & Women are excited to announce our first ever Dissertation Fellow in LGBTQ+ Studies, Simon D. Elin Fisher! Simon is a PhD candidate in the Gender & Women’s History Program in the Department of History with a minor in African American …
Join Delaney Dvorak and Dr. Kate Phelps, Lecturer in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at UW–Madison for a body mapping workshop in two sessions. Body mapping is an arts-based method used for a variety of purposes including as a research method, for therapeutic intervention, in community development, as an educational tool, for psychological …
Rachel Litchman is a senior with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Sociology and a certificate in Health and the Humanities. This summer, Rachel worked with a group of young people who to address youth homelessness in Dane County. HUD recently awarded the group $2.4 million. Read the student spotlight to learn more. Why …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Sami Schalk has been awarded the University of Wisconsin System Outstanding Women of Color in Education Award. This award, created in 1994, honors women of color from around the state for their leadership in making significant and lasting contributions to their …
The Department of Gender and Women’s Studies is thrilled to announce that Professor ’s Seeking Legitimacy: Why Arab Autocracies Adopt Women’s Rights (Cambridge University Press, 2019), has been selected as one of two 2021 L. Carl Brown AIMS Book Prize winners. AIMS is the American Institute for Maghrib Studies. The award will be announced at the October …