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Resistance and Reimagination: Gender, Change, and the Arts
In order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of everyone involved, the conference co-conveners have decided to postpone “Resistance and Reimagination: Gender, Change, and the Arts."
Ms. Magazine Article
The WGSC has published a Ms. Magazine article, titled “COVID-19, Disaster Capitalism and the Crisis in Women’s and Gender Studies,” which contextualizes some of the trends happening in GWS and higher education within Wisconsin in a larger national and historical context.
2020 WGSC Awardees
We are excited to share that 11 Women's and Gender Studies undergraduate students, across a variety of UW System campuses, have received awards that honor their research, community outreach, and scholarship. Congratulations to all the awardees for all of you hard work!
About Us
The Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium directly serves Women’s and Gender Studies students, faculty, staff, and administrators in all University of Wisconsin institutions. The Women’s Studies and Gender Consortium is committed to scholarship, teaching and activism that benefit all UW campuses and communities throughout the state. To accomplish this work, the Consortium invites and considers diverse voices, and seeks collaborations to improve the life of each community and the state of Wisconsin.
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Office of the Gender and Women's Studies Librarian
The Office of the GWS Librarian was created in 1977 to serve administrators, faculty, librarians and students across the UW System. Since 1989 it has been a constituent of the Women's and Gender Studies Consortium.
Women and Science Program
Initiated by a grant from the Division of Undergraduate Education of the National Science Foundation, the Women and Science Program became a permanent part of the UW System in the fall of 1996. The program is based on the UW-Oshkosh campus and serves all UW System institutions.
News
Caregiving Task Force Cited in Green Bay Press Gazette
In a piece called “Labor Day: Caregivers in the home are taking on more work, new obligations due to the pandemic,” the Caregiving Task Force, including WGSC Director Stephanie Rytilahti and WGSC Board Member Women …
WGSC Statement Regarding Caregiving Recommendations for Fall 2020 Return to Campus
Please see this statement from the Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium regarding Caregiving Recommendations to UW System Campus Leaders, as the UW System campuses prepare to return to campus in Fall 2020.
2 WGSC Members Named UW System Teaching Fellows and Scholars Program Participants
Two WGSC members have been named UW System Teaching Fellows & Scholars Program participants, Co-Chair and UW-Green Bay Women’s and Gender Studies Professor Jessica Van Slooten and UW-River Falls Women’s and Gender Studies Professor Desiree …
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