Jill H. Casid is thrilled to be joining the faculty of Gender and Women’s Studies after teaching cross-listed courses in queer theory and visual culture for the LGBT certificate for many years as an affiliate. She looks forward with excitement to offering courses in queer theory, feminist theory, and visual culture and media on a regular …
The majority of new contraceptive users become dissatisfied with their birth control method and stop using it after only a few months. Researchers are still trying to understand the major factors that lead to this contraceptive dissatisfaction and continuation. GWS professor Jenny Higgins argues that a critical but overlooked factor is sexual acceptability, or how …
I’m excited to join the faculty at UW Madison after a year as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies at Oberlin College! I am a multidisciplinary feminist scholar and educator whose work combines feminist science studies, critical public health, and critical race theory to investigate the politics of health promotion aimed …
Dr. Sami Schalk is thrilled to join the Department of Gender & Women’s Studies at UW–Madison. Professor Schalk earned her PhD in Gender Studies at Indiana University and worked at SUNY Albany and Rutgers prior to coming to Madison. Her research focuses on disability, race, and gender in contemporary American literature and culture, especially African …
We are pleased to welcome GWS & Political Science Professor Aili Tripp as the new Chair of our department! We look forward to your leadership in Gender & Women’s Studies, Aili.
Contraceptive methods are expressly designed for use during sexual activity. However, we know surprisingly little about how contraception affects sexual enjoyment and functioning, particularly for women.1 Methods designed for female bodies are rarely tested for their effects on satisfaction, libido, lubrication, orgasm, and/or myriad other facets of sexuality. This “pleasure deficit” is even more striking …