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 Wiesen-Martin. The UW System Teaching Fellows & Scholars Program “provides UW faculty and teaching academic staff a unique opportunity to …
The WGSC Published a Ms. Magazine article titled, “COVID-19, Disaster Capitalism and the Crisis in Women’s and Gender Studies.” This piece contextualizes some of the trends happening in GWS and higher education within Wisconsin in a larger national and historical context. “For those at the intersections of multiple identities, the current moment only enhances the …
The UW System Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium joins AAUP-Wisconsin and other groups across the state in calling for a new search for the UW System President. As COVID-19 and police brutality intensify the deep roots of systemic racism, it is more important than ever that the new UW System leader embraces a vision of …
UW System GWS Librarian Karla Strand has written a Ms. Magazine article titled, “The Ms. Q&A: Madame Gandhi on Creativity and Feminism—During COVID and Beyond.” This piece is a Q&A dialogue between Karla and Madame Gandhi. Below is an excerpt from Karla’s piece: In 2015, I read an article about a woman who ran the …
Please see this statement from the Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium Advisory Board regarding UW System President Ray Cross’s blueprint.
Dear Conference Audience, 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,” scheduled April 16-18, 2020. This decision comes with careful consideration for and compliance with the recently announced UW–Madison campus-wide notice to avoid large group events. We truly …