Dr. Jodi Vandenberg-Daves, UW-La Crosse Professor of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, has been quoted in a New York Times article by Lisa Selin Davis, featured as part of the “In Her Words” section of the Times. Below are a few quotes from the article, featuring Dr. Vandenberg-Daves. Ironically, as women’s paid work hours increased …
Rickie-Ann Legleitner, WGSC member and UW-Stout Professor in the English department, advis0r to the Women and Gender Sexuality Studies program, and inclusive excellence action plan coordinator, published a new book called, “Women Writing the American Artist in Novels of Development from 1850-1932: The Artist Embodied.” From 1850-1932, American women artists found their bodies and desires …
Stephanie Rytilahti, WGSC Director and Co-Chair of the Caregiving Task Force, was featured in a Telegraph Herald article, “‘Balancing act’ for tri-state moms during pandemic.” An excerpt of what Dr. Rytilahti shared is below. Stephanie Rytilahti, director of University of Wisconsin System’s Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, said parents also have dealt with the constant …
UW System Wisconsin and Gender Studies Consortium Member and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Manitowoc Professor of Women’s & Gender Studies Jessica Van Slooten received the 2021 Faculty of the Year Award from the UWGB-Manitowoc campus. Professor Van Slooten has been a long-standing leader in the WGSC and previously participated in many critical efforts to grow …
Stephanie Rytilahti, WGSC Director and Co-Chair of the Caregiving Task Force, and Jodi Vandenberg-Daves, Department of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, are featured in a Monterey Bay Parent article. “The Mother Load” discusses caregiving and gender equity. Read the piece here.
Rickie-Ann Legleitner, WGSC member and UW-Stout Professor in the English department, adviser to the Women and Gender Sexuality Studies program, and inclusive excellence action plan coordinator, wrote a chapter called “Facilitating Difficult Discussions: Politics and Free Speech in the Classroom” in a book published last year. In the book titled “Civil Liberties in Real Life: …
Lisa Hager, Caregiving Task Force member, UW-Milwaukee-Waukesha Professor of English and Gender, Sexuality, & Women’s Studies, and Director of the LGBTQIA Resource Center, is the new co-editor of the academic journal Prose Studies. She also received the annual North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA) Donald Gray Article Prize for her article, “‘Female Husbands’ of the …
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 a ripple from the support she received.” Baca completed her degree in the UW-L Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies Department …
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 childcare options during the pandemic, which disproportionately increases the workload for large numbers of women, as well as the higher …
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 everyone! My name is Lindsay, and I graduated from UWEC in 2018. At UWEC, I majored in Women’s Gender and …