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GWSS Graduate Students and Alumni Featured in UW’s National First-Generation College Day Celebration
The University of Washington’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) recently celebrated National First-Generation College Day on November 8, with a variety of campus events and programming. As part of the celebration, CAS highlighted the stories of first-generation students and alumni in their news story, "We Are First-Generation: College of Arts & Sciences Students and Alumni."
We’re proud to share that two current GWSS PhD students, Yasmine Gomez and Keila Taylor, along with GWSS alumnus… Read more
Effective August 2023, alma khasawnih has been promoted to an Associate Professor, a faculty position in the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department at TCNJ.
khasawnih's manuscript project, Urgent Ephemera as Site of Revolutionary Collectivity, focuses on urgent ephemera–graffiti, murals, posters, and other visual culture production–that are produced during moments of political, social, and cultural revolution and unrest. Through transnational feminist imaginaries and… Read more
We're delighted to share the recent accomplishments of Dr. Sara Diaz, a 2012 Ph.D. graduate from the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. Currently serving as the Associate Professor and Department Chair of the newly renamed Department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Gonzaga University (formerly Women’s and Gender Studies), Dr. Diaz has successfully… Read more
The Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies proudly celebrates the accomplishments of alumna Dr. Noralis Rodriguez-Coss. A 2016 Ph.D. graduate, Dr. Rodriguez-Coss has been honored with the prestigious 2024 Runger/Dolliver Faculty Excellence Award for the College of Arts and Sciences at Gonzaga University, where she currently serves as assistant professor in the department of Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies.
The awards committee praised Dr. Rodriguez-Coss, stating, "Dr.… Read more
Known as the 'Doc of Choc' for her dedicated work in examining the politics of the international chocolate industry, Kristy Leissle earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington's Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (formerly the Women Studies Department) in 2008. Her expertise was recently featured on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight during the 'Chocolate' episode, which aired on October 29, 2023.
Cornell University is set to host a transformative event, "Lest Silence be Destructive: A Celebration of Chicana Feminism and the Work of Helena María Viramontes," on October 20-21, 2023. The centerpiece of the event is "Riding the Currents of the Wilding Wind," a theatrical concert created in collaboration with musical director and GWSS alumna, Martha Gonzalez, and writer Virginia Grise. This powerful performance explores the impact of intersecting freeways on a community, inspired by… Read more
In the College of Arts & Sciences, we are proud to celebrate our first-generation community through a collection of stories! We honor our students and alumni, and their many contributions to our university community and beyond.
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In the College of Arts & Sciences, we are proud to celebrate our first-generation community through a collection of stories! We honor our faculty and staff, and their many contributions to our university community and beyond.
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reading on UW College of Arts & Sciences News
"I researched what I did not find in academia. I sought out scholars already in the academy who practiced pedagogies that were aligned with my philosophy and understanding of the world. With their work as a foundation, I have become more comfortable with the soundness of my own teaching/learning relationships and practices." - Jeanette M Bushnell (Ph.D., Women Studies, 2010; B.S.N., 1975; M.N., 1979), Faculty Instructor: Department of Comparative History of Ideas;… Read more
"I was 24 years old when I found support to apply for college. This support came from other first-generation college students who noticed my curiosity and inquisitiveness and sat with me while I applied. That support led me to graduate with a four-year degree and then be accepted to the University of Washington as a graduate student. Now that I am a professor, I want to continue to pass forward this support to first-generation students, to pursue paths deemed impossible or unlikely because of… Read more