Women’s & Gender Studies is proud to co-sponsor webinars presented by MATEC-WI. Presenters for this even include our own MA student, Katie Klein. ******************** The Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence, Sexual Assault, Trafficking and STI Risk in Indigenous Women: Identifying … Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Associate Professor Carolyn Eichner who was elected to her second term on the Board of the International Federation for Research in Women’s History/Federation Internationale Pour la Recherche en Histoire des Femmes (IFRWH/FIRHF). Established in 1987, the aim of … Continue Reading »
UWM Women’s and Gender Studies Statement Regarding the Murder of Vanessa Guillen & Gender-Based Violence The events of the last week have prompted us, faculty, staff, and students of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), … Continue Reading »
Warm congratulations to Krista Grensavitch for receiving the UWM 2020 Academic Staff Outstanding Teaching Award! Dr. Grensavitch completed her MA in Women’s and Gender Studies in 2014 and received her Ph.D. in History at UWM in 2019. Her Ph.D. thesis, titled … Continue Reading »
Lisa Hager (English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at UWM-Waukesha) is the recipient of the Surridge Prize for best essay in the Victorian Review. Her essay, “A Case for a Trans Studies Turn in Victorian Studies: ‘Female Husbands’ of the Nineteenth Century,” … Continue Reading »
About the Milwaukee Freedom Fund, Resources, FAQs: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X9Ovd3ADYse95QlGDWzwhm3oV69vmtBa/view?fbclid=IwAR2wtowX9SJfol8KxT28FLnFFczgMpcLLzUW6uT33ekHGrJ0L36ixkbLzk0 Donate to the Milwaukee Freedom Fund: https://supportwomenshealth.salsalabs.org/mkefreedomfund/index.html Other Black- and Brown-led Milwaukee organizations (list compiled by Milwaukee Freedom Fund on a fundraising site that is no longer active): BLOC: Black Leaders Organizing … Continue Reading »
Collective Statement of Solidarity In response to police violence against Black and Brown people in our city and nationwide and the recent murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Joel Acevedo, Ahmaud Arbery, and a painfully long list of others, we write in strong … Continue Reading »
Women’s & Gender Studies student Tasha Berillo has chosen show her support and advocacy for black lives through art and educating individuals around her. Through making this piece, she reflected on a Hannah-Jones’s article that was read in her coursework. … Continue Reading »
As our WGS graduates were unable to attend a traditional ceremony this year, a few people wanted to wish them well. Please enjoy this 2020 Graduation Celebration.… Continue Reading »
Congratulations to Katie Klein, Women’s & Gender Studies’ MA student, who is one of the recipients of the 2020-21 UWM Graduate Student Excellence Fellowship (GSEF) awards. The Graduate Student Excellence Fund was established in 2015 as a philanthropic effort to … Continue Reading »