The Departments of Sociology and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seek to hire a tenure-track Assistant Professor of the Social Causes and Consequences of Reproductive Health Inequities. The successful candidate will have well-established research and teaching interests in the underlying causes and/or pathways to reproductive health and health disparities as well …
The Departments of Psychology and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison seek to hire a tenure-track Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor with research and teaching interests in the psychological aspects of sexual violence. Job duties for faculty positions include research, teaching, and service. Ph.D. in Psychology or Gender & Women’s Studies, with …
May 2019 marked the 150th anniversary of the awarding of bachelor’s degrees to women at UW–Madison. UW Women at 150’s mission, initiated in 2018-19 and to be continued beyond, is to celebrate the contributions of women and the achievements of our alumnae, and to give voice to their resilience in the face of adversity. Stories …
Administrative Staff Positions in Gender and Women’s Studies, UW–Madison Gender and Women’s Studies is seeking a new half-time (50%) Administrative Assistant (USA2) for the main office. Please find the direct link to the job posting and portal to apply here. The Center for Research on Gender and Women is seeking a full time (100%) Administrator …
Professors Chris Garlough and Annie Menzel with graduate students Agnes Muyanga and Flint Devine have been awarded support for an interdisciplinary Borghesi-Mellon Workshop in 2019-2020! This Borghese-Mellon Workshop — titled “Care: Politics, Performances, Practices” — hopes to open discussion of “feminist care theory” informed by socialist feminists, reproductive justice advocates, performance studies scholars, disability activists, domestic labor organizers, …
Professor Sami Schalk is interviewed for Space the Nation in the SYFY Wire. Schalk “believes today’s mainstream science fiction erases disability in the same way some early utopian science fiction erased racial differences, even as our history proves that disabled people have always been the ones pushing technology into the future.”
Chair of Gender & Women’s Studies, Professor Aili Tripp, weighs in on how the impact of the newly elected, all female-identified Madison Metropolitan School Board, one that also includes several women of color, may have on upcoming policy changes.
Professor Jenny Higgins shares expertise on how the expanding influence of health care institutions funded by religious groups in Wisconsin contributes to the changing landscape of women’s reproductive care and policy.
Professor Sami Schalk, in Inside Higher Ed, questions the arbitrariness and biases of scholarly standards for so-called lowbrow subjects and activities.