Assistant Chair Kathy Miller-Dillon Retires after 20 Years

On July 1, Women’s & Gender Studies said farewell to Kathy Miller-Dillon, who served as Assistant Director and later Assistant Chair. Kathy mentored, taught, and advised hundreds of undergraduate students and oversaw many internships and independent studies. A tireless supporter …

WGS MA orientation: Wednesday, 8/28, 10AM

The annual WGS MA orientation will be Wednesday, August 28th at 10:00 am in the WGS conference/seminar room, Curtin Hall 535B.  All new and continuing master’s students in the WGS MA program as well as the coordinated degree programs (MA/MLIS and …

Assistant Professor of WGS Xin Huang Granted Tenure and Promotion

Beginning in fall 2019, Xin Huang will be the first Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies with a full appointment in our department and the first to be tenured in WGS! Xin teaches feminist theory, feminist research methods, and …

UWM Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge in Milwaukee that we are on traditional Potawatomi, Ho-Chunk and Menominee homeland along the southwest shores of Michigami, North America’s largest system of freshwater lakes, where the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic rivers meet and the people of Wisconsin’s sovereign Anishinaabe, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Oneida and Mohican nations remain present.   |   To learn more, visit the Electa Quinney Institute website.