Call For Proposals – Deadline November 7, 2021

The UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium and the UW System Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian is calling for proposals for this year’s conference.  This year’s theme is Centering Resistance: Imaginings of a New Feminist Future.   Proposals from …

Graduate School Virtual Open House 2021

Did you know Women’s & Gender Studies Graduate Program offers not just a Master of Arts in WGS (MA), but also a combined Master of Arts in WGS and a Master of Library and Information Science degree (MA/MLIS) as well …

Krista Grensavitch Awarded for Excellence

With joy we announce that our wonderful colleague, Dr. Krista Grensavitch , is being recognized by the Accessibility Resource Center for the 2021 ARC Excellence Award! Congratulations! Please join us in celebrating this accomplishment and the dedication of Dr. G …

Congratulations Graduates!

As our WGS graduates were unable to attend a traditional ceremony this year, a few people wanted to wish them well.  Please enjoy this 2021 WGS Graduation Celebration

Welcome New Teaching Assistants

Welcome to Xueyou Wang and Samantha Moore who are joining the Women’s & Gender Studies instructional staff as Teaching Assistants in the fall semester of 2021. They are both pursuing their Master’s degrees in WGS and we consider ourselves fortunate …

Congratulations to WGS’s Chancellor’s Award Recipients

Congratulations to the Women’s & Gender Studies’ Chancellor’s Award recipients for the fall, 2021 semester. Carly Casper is a WGS MA student who joined the program in the fall of 2020, and Nik’talia Jules is joining the combined MA/MLIS program …

Krista Grensavitch Recognized

Congratulations to Krista Grensavitch, Ph.D., and Women’s & Gender Studies’ Lecturer!  She and co-investigator, Rachel Buff, are recipients of the Advancing Research and Creativity (ARC) Award for their work, Documenting Wisconsin’s Black Lives Matter Demonstrations. With this honor, Krista joins …

Carolyn Eichner Named Finalist

Congratulations to Women’s & Gender Studies’ own Associate Professor Carolyn Eichner! The French translation of her book on women in the Paris Commune, Franchir les barricades: Les femmes dans la Commune de Paris (Editions de la Sorbonne, 2020), is a …

Carolyn Eichner Interviewed

Women’s & Gender Studies’ own Carolyn Eichner was interviewed for the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune and her comments made the French news! You can find the link (it is in French) here.  Great job, Carolyn!

WGS Coffee Hours Announced

What could be better than getting together with people, having some coffee, and talking about the issues of the day?  Join in with Women’s & Gender Studies’ coffee hours!  All events are Fridays from 1 to 2 pm, each with …