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2020

Caregiving Task Force Member and UW-La Crosse Graduate Featured in La Crosse Tribune

Posted on December 21, 2020

Melissa Baca, Caregiving Task Force member and UW-La Crosse graduate was featured in the La Crosse Tribune on December 19, 2020, in a piece called “Single mom graduating from UW-L this weekend hopes to create …

Posted in 2020, Publications

Caregiving Task Force Member Co-Authored Article About Gender Equity Amidst the Pandemic

Posted on December 21, 2020

Caregiving Task Force member and UW-Madison Biomedical Engineering faculty member Dr. Kristyn Masters has co-authored an article in PLOS Computational Biology, “Ten simple rules for women principal investigators during a pandemic.” Noting the evaporation of …

Posted in 2020, Publications

Alumni Spotlight – Lindsay Sherman, 2018 UW-Eau Claire Graduate

Posted on December 18, 2020

Below please find an Alumni Spotlight for 2018 UW-Eau Claire WGSS Graduate Lindsay Sherman. Lindsay graduated with a major in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies and a minor in Psychology. Read Lindsay’s spotlight below! Hi …

Posted in 2020, Alumni Spotlight

UW-Platteville WGS Minor Presents at Red River Women’s Studies Conference

Posted on December 18, 2020

This past October, UW-Platteville senior and WGS minor gave a presentation at the 2020 Red River Women’s Studies Conference, hosted by North Dakota State University. Mumma presented on black women and the suffrage movement. Mumma, …

Posted in 2020, Student Spotlight

WGSC Director Featured in Badger Herald Article

Posted on December 13, 2020

WGSC Director and Caregiving Task Force Co-Chair Dr. Stephanie Rytilahti was featured in a December 2020 article by The Badger Herald, “Women Face Additional Challenges Balancing Work, Home Life Amid Pandemic.” “I think that there …

Posted in 2020, Publications

Dong Isbister of UW-Platteville WGS Published an Anthology

Posted on October 6, 2020

Dr. Dong Isbister, Professor and Program Coordinator of WGS at UW-Platteville, has published an anthology, “Chinese Women Writers on the Environment: A Multi-Ethnic Anthology of Fiction and Nonfiction.” This book’s genesis began in 2014 at …

Posted in 2020, Publications

UW-Stout WGS Professor Rickie-Ann Legleitner Receives 2020-21 Outstanding Teacher Award

Posted on September 24, 2020

UW-Stout WGS Professor Rickie-Ann Legleitner has received the Outstanding Teacher Award for 2020-21, on behalf of UW-Stout Academic Affairs.  Evaluation criteria for the award included 1) scholarly approach and creativity regarding methods for teaching and …

Posted in 2020, Awards

Caregiving Task Force Cited in Green Bay Press Gazette

Posted on September 8, 2020

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 …

Posted in 2020, News

Caregiving Task Force’s Recommendations Mentioned in Inside Higher Ed

Posted on August 28, 2020

The Caregiving Task Force was highlighted in a piece called “Babar in the Room,” published in Inside Higher Ed in August 2020. The Inside Higher Ed piece lists the Caregiving Recommendations created in June 2020 by …

Posted in 2020, Publications

WGSC Statement Regarding Caregiving Recommendations for Fall 2020 Return to Campus

Posted on June 23, 2020

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.

Posted in 2020, Statement
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