Women's & Gender Studies Consortium

Planning Committee

Second Annual
4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being
and
40th Wisconsin Women and Gender Studies Conference

TRANSFORMATIVE EDUCATION:
Equity, Sustainability, Empowerment

Summit Program Committee

  • Devaleena Das, Lecturer, Department of Gender and Studies, UW-Madison, Honorary Fellow, Institute for Research in the Humanities
  • Lori DePrete Brown, 4W Director, Associate Director for Education and Engagement, Global Health Institute, UW-Madison,Summit Co-Chair
  • Dong Ibister, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies, UW-Platteville
  • Lisa King, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Edgewood College
  • Helen Klebesadel, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium, Summit Co-Chair
  • Lauren Lacey, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies, Associate Professor of English, Edgewood College
  • Amy Shapiro, Co-Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Alverno College
  • Karla Strand, UW System Gender and Women’s Studies Librarian

Conference Co-chairs:

Lori DiPrete Brown, Director, UW-Madison 4W Initiative
Helen Klebesadel, Director, UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium

Special Thanks to the Summit Planning Committee

Summit Contacts:

Helen Klebesadel, Director
UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium
Email: hrklebesadel@wisc.edu, Phone:  608-262-3056

Dace Zeps, Program Administrator
Center for Research on Gender and Women, UW-Madison
dazeps@wisc.edu, Phone: 608-263-2053

The 4W Summit co-convenors and sponsors are honored to be
holding this conference under the auspices of the
UNESCO Chair on Gender, Wellbeing, and a Culture of Peace
as part of a global United Nations Platform
on education, science, and culture.