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Things to Keep in Mind

Fall 2022 Courses in Gender and Health

Click the course titles below for a short description and scheduling details.

Gen&WS 331 (Lec 002): Feminist Social Movements Across the Americas

TR, 4 – 5:15 pm, ethnic studies course

Course description: This course examines the movements for reproductive, sexual, economic, labor, and political justice from a transnational and hemispheric perspective in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We will delve into the campaigns and organizations such as Ni una menos (Argentina), #MeToo and #SayHerName (US), La Colectiva Feminista en Construcción (Puerto Rico), and Lastesis (Chile), among others. We will discuss the ways these campaigns have traveled transnationally and been adapted to the local conditions of each country, as well as the varying and sometimes contradictory claims some of these movements make. Students will understand the impacts of globalization, imperialism, colonialism, and neoliberalism on the lives of gendered, classed, and racialized bodies.

Gen&WS/CLS 332: Latinas: Self Identity and Social Change

TR, 2:30 – 3:45 pm, ethnic studies course

Course description: Explores the multiracial and multicultural reality of Latina societies by becoming familiar with the history and cultures of Chicana, Cuban-American, and Puerto Rican women. Interdisciplinary readings in law, journalism, public policy, history, and self-reflective literature.

Gen&WS 533: The Science of Sexuality

Lec001 – TR, 11 am – 12:15 pm
Lec002 (H) – TR, 9:30 – 11 am

Course Description: This interdisciplinary course focuses on sexuality and science from two perspectives. We will discuss current biological and neuroscientific research about sexuality, as well as feminist scholarship on these topics and critical responses to this research. Topics will cover the intersections between biology (e.g., hormones, genetics, neural activity, psychophysiology, evolution, etc.), sexuality (e.g., desire, dysfunction, arousal, bisexuality, orgasm, same-sex sexuality, pleasure, etc.), and feminist/critical scholarship about this research (e.g., feminist science studies, queer theory, feminist psychology, medicalization, etc.). Students are expected to have a background knowledge in women’s studies, sexuality, or biopsychology/neuroscience, but do not need proficiency in more than one of these fields.

Gen&WS 539: Critical Perspectives on Gender and Global Health

TR, 1 – 2:15 pm

Course description: Global Health is a burgeoning field, with an ever-growing number of multilateral, non-governmental, philanthropic and academic enterprises dedicated to improving the health of the global population. These endeavors have been both credited with saving millions of lives through scientific advancements, and subjected to substantial criticism of cultural imperialism and technocratic neocolonialism. This course will examine the contemporary global health project in historical and cultural context, highlighting some of the greatest sources of tension and struggle. Using a feminist lens and focusing on gender as key analytic category, the course will explore the ways that the distribution of global wealth and power impacts health and well-being around the world. The course will explore social, demographic, political and economic determinants of global health, and the ways that these factors interconnect with biomedicine to create and affect health outcomes, both within and across countries. Drawing on critical race, feminist, and development theories, this course situates the study and practice of global health in an intersectional framework.

OutPages

Are you looking for LGBTQ+ faculty and staff mentors? Browse the OutPages. This directory (hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Campus Center) can also help you choose courses across programs.

Name in Use (Preferred Name)

UW’s name process is now called Name in Use. Access your MyUW profile to indicate a first name for most campus systems. Find more in Navigate Campus or at go.wisc.edu/nameinuse.

Join GWS Club

Students are working on the GWS Club. Join us as we develop plans to put the GWS Club back together. Contact Ava Wilkerson (ajwilkerson@wisc.edu) to learn more.

Last Day to Drop a Fall Course

November 25 is the last day to drop a fall course (with a DR transcript notation).

Latinx/e Heritage Month

Campus celebrations of Latinx/e Heritage Month begin September 15. Find details about the March Up Bascom, research talks, exhibits, dance classes, and crafts. The keynote features Yesika Salgado, a Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her fat body.

Student Spotlights

Every month, the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies features the work and experience of one of our students. This is a place to find inspiration in reading about your classmates – why they chose GWS and/or LGBTQ+ Studies, where they are engaged and involved on campus, and what kinds of plans they have for…

Internships/Jobs

Victory Congressional Internship

Every semester, the Victory Congressional Internship brings LGBTQ+ students to D.C. to develop strong leadership skills. Interns work with a LGBTQ+ friendly member of congress and learn about the legislative process.

Work with City Year

City Year helps students and schools succeed. City Year partners with schools in 29 communities across the U.S. where staff teams provide research-based student, classroom and school-wide supports. City Year is hiring recent graduates to serve in full–time positions starting in late summer. Interested candidates can start an application here but are strongly urged to contact a recruiter.

Social Justice Hub

The Social Justice Hub is located in Union South. You can start your own issue-based action team, join a group already in progress, attend a workshop, and be a peer facilitator. This is a space where you can get involved in social justice work on campus.

Intern with Governor Evers

The Office of Governor Evers frequently hires interns to work in Madison and Milwaukee. There is space to work in many areas, including: operations, policy, constituent services, communications, legislative affairs, etc.. Find more information and fill out the application (resume, cover letter, writing sample) from their website.

Volunteer with LGBT Books to Prisoners

LGBT Books to Prisoners is a volunteer-run organizations that sends books and educational materials to LGBTQ people who are incarcerated in the United States. Volunteers gather and package based on requests. Find more information about how to get involved on their website.

Campus Programs

IIP

Are you interested in working abroad? Consider the International Internship Program (IIP). Find opportunities in gender and the arts, communications, education, and health. Start looking for 2020 - 2021 opportunities.

WI in Washington

Intern with a federal agency, a NGO, or a DC non-profit through the WI in Washington Program.

WI AHEC

WI Express (1 week immersion) and CHIP (8 weeks paid) are great introductions to community health in WI communities. There are multiple WI Express sessions throughout 2020.