Announcements

Promotional banner for Spring GWSS courses featuring vibrant colors and course titles: GWSS 420: Gender & Sexuality in India, GWSS 490: Revolutionary Genders, and GWSS 490/590: Feminist Ethnographic Studio, alongside thematic images.
Spring 2025 Featured Courses 
January 15, 2025
From left, headshots of Kavita Dattani, Saad Khan, and Nastasia Paul-Gera on a purple background with a gold bar at the bottom with text reading "2025-26 Society of Scholars Award Winners."
Three GWSS Scholars Awarded Society of Scholars Fellowships
January 3, 2025
Dr. Amanda Lock Swarr receives the Bonnie & Vern L. Bullough Book Award, standing on stage with the award presenter, holding the plaque against a blue curtain backdrop
Amanda Lock Swarr Receives Bonnie & Vern L. Bullough Book Award
December 1, 2024
A tribute graphic with the heading 'Learning with Shirley J. Yee' and the subheading 'A Celebration of Her Storied Career' on a purple background. Below the text is a portrait of Shirley J. Yee framed in a decorative gold border.
A Celebration of Shirley Yee’s Storied Career
November 14, 2024
A collage with a purple 'I AM FIRST GEN' graphic on the left and photos of three individuals on the right, each labeled with their name: Yasmine Gomez, Keila Taylor, and Fabian Romero.
GWSS Graduate Students and Alumni Featured in UW’s National First-Generation College Day Celebration
November 14, 2024
Shelley Pryde stands at a podium presenting during Scholars' Studio. The presentation slide behind them features the title, 'The art of drag in Shanghai,' along with the quote, 'We’re all born naked and the rest is Communism.' A vibrant image of a drag performer is displayed on the slide.
Shelley Pryde to Present at Scholars' Studio 
November 14, 2024
The cover of Feminist Formations, Volume 36, Issue 2, Summer 2024, features an abstract, white line drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a deep blue background. The title "Feminist Formations" is written at the top in light blue and white text. The issue number and date are noted at the bottom.
Special Issue of Feminist Formations Featuring Professor Amanda Swarr's Book Published
October 24, 2024
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Winter 2025 Featured Courses
October 15, 2024
The Northern Lights glow in vibrant green over Kirkjufell Mountain in Iceland. A nearby waterfall cascades into a river, surrounded by lush greenery, with the iconic mountain peak rising in the background under the aurora-lit sky.
Explore Feminism and Democracy in Iceland: Study Abroad Opportunity
October 7, 2024
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GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants (Round #2)
October 2, 2024
Logo of the Northwest New Works Festival, with "Northwest New Works Festival" in bold black letters on a white background.
GWSS Professor Kemi Adeyemi Joins On the Boards Curatorial Team for NWNW 2025
September 24, 2024
Envisioning African Intersex Book Cover
Amanda Swarr’s Book Nominated for Prestigious African Studies Association Award
September 20, 2024
Envisioning African Intersex Book Cover
Professor Amanda Swarr Awarded 2024 DSREI Professional Book Award 
September 3, 2024
The cover of "Keywords for Gender and Sexuality Studies" features a series of wrenches against a black background, with text underneath reading "edited by The Keywords Feminist Editorial Collective."
Listen to Kemi Adeyemi’s Podcast on Deviance 
August 13, 2024
Dr. Kavita Dattani headshot
Kavita Dattani Receives Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award
August 13, 2024
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Amanda Swarr Receives Evidence-Based Teaching Fellowship
August 13, 2024
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New Anthology Bangtan Remixed Features Associate Professor Regina Yung Lee
July 31, 2024
Kelen Tamurian, a young woman with long brown hair and glasses, sitting on a wooden porch with a lake in the background.
Kelen Tamurian Awarded Herman S. & Dorothy B. Lederman Endowed Scholarship
June 24, 2024
Upper body shot of Jordynn smiling at the camera and giving a thumbs up. She has long brown hair in a ponytail and is wearing a graphic t-shirt. In the background is Germany's famous Neuschwanstein Castle.
Jordynn Hays Awarded Mary Katherine Mackenzie and Mary Ann Whitmore Endowed Scholarship
June 18, 2024
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GWSS Chair and Professor Sasha Su-Ling Welland Receives Prestigious Population Health Initiative Award
June 17, 2024
A person stands at a podium speaking, with a presentation slide behind them about the 2024 Distinguished Book Award Honorable Mention for "Envisioning African Intersex" by Amanda Lock Swarr.
Amanda Lock Swarr Receives Distinguished Book Award Honorable Mention from the Section on the Sociology of Sexualities
June 10, 2024
Keila Taylor wearing a yellow shirt and overalls standing in a field with her legs spread and firmly planted and her hands clasped behind her head. She's looking up at the sky.
Keila Taylor Awarded Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship in Social Sciences
June 10, 2024
Headshots of Saad Khan and Marielle Marcaida on a purple background with stars. Above their photos in large letters "2024 Nancy C.M. Harstock Award Recipients." Below their photos, their names: "Saad Khan" and "Marielle Marcaida" in caps.
Saad Khan and Marielle Marcaida Announced as Recipients of this Year's Nancy C. M. Hartsock Graduate Student Prize 
June 6, 2024
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Christina Yuen Zi Chung Awarded CAS Dean's Medal
June 6, 2024
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Congratulations to Our Newest PhDs!
June 6, 2024
A typewriter on a plain desk with a sheet of paper sticking out. The paper reads "Funding Round" in large print, all caps, across the center of the page.
Nastasia Paul-Gera and Shelby House Receive Simpson Center Funding for Research Cluster
May 30, 2024
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Bobbi Kindred Accepts Tenure-Track Position at UT San Antonio
May 15, 2024
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GWSS Adjunct M. Aziz Receives this Year's Distinguished Teaching Award
May 13, 2024
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Marielle Marciada Adds Chester Fritz Fellowship to Growing List of Achievements
May 2, 2024
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GWSS minor, Nora Medina, awarded Husky 100
April 30, 2024
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Anna Zhao Awarded 2024 Luce/ACLS Travel Grant in China Studies
April 25, 2024
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GWSS Graduate Students Awarded Human Rights Funds
April 22, 2024
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alma khasawnih Promoted to Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at The College of New Jersey
April 22, 2024
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Mellon Grant Recognizes GWSS as UW Hub for Feminist Thought and Action
March 28, 2024
Purple banner with white and gold lettering. On the left it reads "GWSS Annual Awards" above a gold line with "nominations now open, deadline April 30" underneath. To the right of this text are 6 bullet points in the shape of stars, each one listing a different GWSS award.
🎉 2023-24 GWSS Awards: Nominations Open Until April 30!
March 12, 2024
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Empowering Change: Dr. Sara Diaz Launches Major in Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies at Gonzaga
February 23, 2024
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Celebrating the Success of Dr. Noralis Rodriguez-Coss: 2024 Runger/Dolliver Faculty Excellence Awardee
February 23, 2024
Promotional image recognizing Catalina Velasquez as the Creating Change Immigration Award recipient. Includes her headshot and logos for Creating Change Conference and the National LGTBTQ Task Force.
Catalina Velasquez Honored with National LGBTQ Task Force's Creating Change Immigration Award
January 25, 2024
Purple banner reading "GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants"
Deadline Extended: GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants
January 17, 2024
Side by side photos. On left: headshot of Ramon Johnson. On right: Image of Johnson's article "In the Wake of Blue Bones's Wicked Womb."
Ramon Johnson Publishes Two Notable Works
January 16, 2024
The outside of the Cathedral of Leon, a gothic cathedral in Leon, Spain.
Embark on a Cultural Odyssey: "Sounds of Social Justice" Study Abroad Program in Spain 2024
January 9, 2024
Headshot of Adrian Kane-Galbraith
A Warm Welcome to Adrian Kane-Galbraith, GWSS's New Undergraduate Academic Advisor 
January 4, 2024
Ramon Johnson with their exam committee.
Ramon Johnson Attains ABD Status and Embarks on Pivotal Dissertation Project
January 2, 2024
Three books on a table (from left): “Puro Pinche True Fictions,” Spirit Whales and Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State,” and “Envisioning African Intersex: Challenging Colonial and Racist Legacies in South African Medicine.”
New faculty books: Story and comic collection, Washington state fossils, colonial roots of intersex medicine
December 12, 2023
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Bettina Judd Receives Honorable Mention for The William Sanders Scarborough Prize From MLA
December 7, 2023
Compilation of headshots of 2023 winners of The Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant
Kemi Adeyemi Awarded Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant for Writing About Black Art
December 5, 2023
Yasmine Gomez headshot
Yasmine Gomez Receives LACS Award for Pop Conference
December 4, 2023
Headshot of Professor Kemi Adeyemi next to the cover of her book "Feel Right"
Kemi Adeyemi Receives Prestigious Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize
November 7, 2023
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UWCHR Unveils First-Year Findings: Empowering Massage Parlor Workers and Students
November 3, 2023
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Cornell University Hosts Inspiring Chicana Feminism Celebration Featuring GWSS Professor and Alumna
October 19, 2023