Maya Cherins (she/her) graduated from UW–Madison in May 2022 with majors in Gender and Women’s Studies and Community and Nonprofit Leadership and a certificate in Global Health. After graduating, she took a brief gap year to travel and explore and actually lived in Sydney, Australia for six months with an 86-year-old grandmother! Today, she lives …
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 was drawn in by the large number of intersectional course offerings. Most importantly though, it was the passion conveyed through …
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. Not only has GWS opened up doors to safe spaces on campus, with even better people, but it has become …
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 desire to see myself and my communities reflected in an academic course, I found the courses to be representative, relevant, …
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 and continuing students. Teaching experience and familiarity with LGBTQ+ Studies and/or Gender and Women’s Studies is preferred. GWS is recruiting …
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 graduation from the University of Denver – Sturm College of Law in 2003 and opened a solo practice dedicated to …
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 Psychology department, a research assistant in a UMass-Amherst Psychology lab, and (successfully!) applied to Psych PhD programs. She will be …
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 Rat Tail. How does GWS matter in the day-to-day of your professional life? Every day I make choices within my …
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 heady and humbling and heartbreaking, exhilarating and inspiring. For all it asks and all we give, it can be hard …
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 the opportunity to reflect on our own collegiate experiences and the feelings evoked as we consider what was going on …