Outstanding Teaching Award: Casey O’Brien
Casey O’Brien in a senior lecturer in Women’s & Gender Studies, and has taught many of the core courses in Women’s & Gender Studies since joining UWM in 2008. She has become an invaluable member of the department, according to Andrea C. Westlund, associate professor of philosophy and Women’s & Gender Studies chair.
The UWM Report article “Life Impact helps new grad to overcome odds” features Luisana Waukau, a Women’s & Gender Studies student scheduled to graduate this coming May. Luisana’s success story is partly due to the UWM Life Impact Program.
April 27, 2016 is the application deadline for both the Women’s & Gender Studies and the Florence L. Healy Scholarships. Please see our scholarship page for guidelines, applications, and information on eligibility.
Announcing the UWM Student Research Paper & Project Contest for 2016! In celebration of Women’s History Month, Women’s & Gender Studies hosts the annual “Student Research Paper & Project Contest.” The contest winners will be recognized at the annual “Women’s & Gender Studies Student Awards Ceremony.”
Women’s & Gender Studies has moved! We are now located in Curtin Hall, room 535! Come visit us and check out our new digs! Curtin Hall, 3243 N. Downer Ave.
Assistant Professor Xin Huang has been awarded the UW-System Fellowship at the Institute for Research in the Humanities at UW Madison, Fall 2015.
Casey O’Brien was a participant in the Promoting Pedagogical Innovation grant through the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and funded by the UW System Office for Professional and Instructional Development, 2015.
Carolyn Eichner, named a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in the School of Historical Studies for the 2015-2016 academic year.
Anna Mansson McGinty, (WGS and Geography) and UWM colleagues Kristin Sziarto (Geography) and Caroline Seymour-Jorn (French, Italian, and Comparative Literature) have received the 2015 Morris Fromkin Memorial Award for their Muslim Milwaukee Project.
WGS Assistant Professor Xin Huang publishes “In the Shadow of Suku (Speaking-bitterness): Master Scripts and Women’s Life Stories.”