Michael Rozier is majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies. Why did you choose GWS? I chose to pursue GWS for a couple of reasons. First, as a person that is passionate about social justice, I …
GWS Student Spotlight – Hannah Cacciapaglia
Hannah Cacciapaglia is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Political Science. Why did you choose GWS? I chose GWS after feeling seen and understood through the course content in GWS 102 taught by Dr. Kate. …
GWS Student Spotlight – Bella Ferak
Bella Ferak is double-majoring in Gender & Women’s Studies and Journalism. Why did you choose GWS? I chose Gender & Women’s Studies to immerse myself in narratives often erased from common curricula. Armed with the …
GWS is Now Hiring Spring 2025 TAs!
The Department of Gender & Women’s Studies (GWS) is looking for graduate students interested in TAing undergraduate courses for the Spring 2025 semester. Applications for these 50% Teaching Assistant positions are open to both incoming …
Amanda Gennerman – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2000
Amanda Gennerman (she/her) graduated from UW-Madison in 2000 with a dual degree in Women’s Studies and Afro-American Studies (which is what both programs were called back then!) She has practiced immigration law exclusively since her …
Shaniya Auxier – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2022
Shaniya Auxier (she/her) graduated from UW-Madison in the spring of 2022, with a major in Psychology and a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies. Since graduation, Shaniya has been a teaching assistant in the UW-Madison …
Ollie DiPietro – Alumni Spotlight, Class of 2023
Ollie (he/they) is a 2023 grad from the GWS MA program. He is currently the co-owner of The Big Gay Market LLC, a barista, a visual artist, and a beginning taxidermist for their business, The …
Chair’s Letter – Summer 2024
Greetings everyone, Graduation marks a momentous transition. College, at its best, involves compelling challenges, unexpected failure, surprising success, new friendships, bumps in the road, emerging identities, awesome instructors, mind-blowing discoveries, nascent skills. It’s so often …
The Scoop with Dr. Kate – Summer 2024
Hello again dear Gender and Women’s Studies and LGBTQ+ Studies alumni! A very happy cusp of summer to you! We have reached the end of another academic year, and with that occasion, we are gifted …
Saying Goodbye to the GWS MA Program
This spring 2024 our very last cohort of four MA students will graduate! Since 2007 we have welcomed between two and five MA students each year. As they move through the program and exercise their …