Announcements

Upper body shot of Iris Viveros Avendano outside with grass and trees behind her. She has long wavy brown hair with long side-swept bangs. She is wearing a white sleeveless turtleneck and pink lipstick.
Dr. Iris Viveros Avendaño Successfully Defends Dissertation
June 12, 2023
Left-facing profile of Michelle Morado wearing a black top, red lipstick, and with should-length curly brown hair. Background of lattice over hay.
Dr. Michelle Morado Successfully Defends Dissertation
June 5, 2023
fabian romero standing in front of the woods wearing a pocket t-shirt, with tattoos on arms and neck, hair shaved on the sides and curly on top
Dr. fabian romero Successfully Defends Dissertation
June 5, 2023
The exterior of the Hans Rosling Population Health Building, a modern and architecturally striking facility with sleek lines and large windows, surrounded by landscaped green spaces.
UW Population Health Initiative Awards Grant to Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Studying the Impact of Abortion Myths on Healthcare Providers
June 1, 2023
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Marielle Marcaida and Jamelah Jacob Receive Support for Graduate Research Cluster on Transnational Filipinx Diaspora Studies
May 31, 2023
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Sasha Su-Ling Welland Selected as 2023-2024 Katz Distinguished Lecturer
May 22, 2023
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Anna Zhao Awarded Chester Fritz Fellowship for Research on Medicalized Childbirth in China
May 16, 2023
Logo for 53rd Annual Awards of Excellence. Background black with gold rays of light. In large print in center of page: "53rd annual Awards of Excellence, June 8, 2023." White W down in right-hand corner.
GWSS Faculty Priti Ramamurthy and Regina Yung Lee Honored at the 2023 UW Awards of Excellence Ceremony
May 11, 2023
Monica De La Torre Promoted to Associate Professor at Arizona State University's School of Transborder Studies
May 10, 2023
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Bobbi Kindred Awarded UW College of Arts & Sciences' Prestigious Alvord Endowed Fellowship
May 1, 2023
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fabian romero Selected as Graduate School Gonfalonier for UW Commencement
April 19, 2023
Full body shot of Christina Chung wearing long black and white coat, with hands crossed in front of her, smiling at the camera. Cherry blossom trees in the background.
Christina Yuen Zi Chung Awarded Prestigious 2023-24 American Dissertation Fellowship 
April 18, 2023
Upper body shot of Marika Cifor wearing red blouse and glasses with long brown hair over right-shoulder. UW's Suzzallo Hall is in the background and has purple "Welcome" banners draped on both sides of the entryway.
Marika Cifor Awarded Grant to Develop Spanish-Language Homosaurus 
April 6, 2023
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UW Sustainability Contest Awards Second Place Prize to Celine Waldmann's Trash Art Piece 'Reinvestment'
April 5, 2023
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2023 GWSS Award Nominations Open!
April 3, 2023
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Calling All GWSS Graduates: Tips for a Great Commencement Day
March 27, 2023
Full body shot of Christina Chung wearing long black and white coat, with hands crossed in front of her, smiling at the camera. Cherry blossom trees in the background.
Christina Yuen Zi Chung Awarded Competitive Women's Studies Dissertation Fellowship
March 22, 2023
Upper body shot of Regina Yung Lee smiling at the camera, wearing tinted glasses and a black and brown patterned top. She has her hand clasped on the desk in front of her and in the background are a variety of musical instruments.
Regina Yung Lee Explores Feminist Pedagogy and Digital Project Creation in Latest Going Public Podcast Episode
March 22, 2023
Poster reading "If one CAN makes a difference, imagine what more can do." Underneath the slogan is an image of a box of canned food.
GWSS Hosts Food Drive to Benefit UW Food Pantry
March 9, 2023
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GWSS is Excited to Welcome Prospective Students and Families to the UW!
March 9, 2023
Cover of the book "Women in the Sky," featuring an industrialized birds-eye view of a city from atop construction equipment.
Hwasook Nam Honored with 2023 James B. Palais Book Prize 
March 7, 2023
Full body shot of Christina Chung wearing long black and white coat, with hands crossed in front of her, smiling at the camera. Cherry blossom trees in the background.
Christina Yuen Zi Chung Awarded the Joseph and Yetta Blau Award for Excellence in Research
February 16, 2023
Skid Road Book Cover. Skid and Road are stacked on top of one another in large white lettering with the subititle "on the frontier of health and homelessness in Seattle" appearing in smaller letters in between.
Josephine Ensign Explores Seattle's History of Health and Homelessness in Latest Book, Skid Road
January 31, 2023
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In Memoriam of Carolyn J. Allen, Advocate, Ally & Friend 
January 23, 2023
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Cricket Keating and Michelle Habell-Pallan Receive UW Global Innovation Awards
January 4, 2023
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Bettina Judd Explores Black Women Artists and Embodied Knowledge in Latest Book Feelin
January 4, 2023
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fabian romero Accepts Assistant Professor of Indigenous Knowledge Position at Ohio State University 
January 3, 2023
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GWSS Faculty & Graduate Students Recipients of UW Simpson Center Awards 
December 27, 2022
Sasha Welland headshot: shoulder-length grey cruly hair, red framed glasses, dangly earrings and smile showing teeth
Sasha Su-Ling Welland Awarded the Katz Distinguished Lectureship in the Humanities
December 27, 2022
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Michelle Morado Accepts Tenure-Track Position in History at Seattle Central College
December 14, 2022
Book cover with purple background, white flowers and birds covered by black lines symbolizing prison bars with the bar in the middle replaced by a pencil
Mediha Sorma Contributes to Translation of Prison Writings by Kurdish Women Politicians
December 9, 2022
Nastasia Paul-Gera Successfully Passes her General Exams and Moves on to Candidacy
December 2, 2022
Book cover of Kemi Adeyemi's book Feels Right. White text with green and red accents with an image of black women dancing in a nightclub to the left of the text.
New Book by Kemi Adeyemi: Feels Right
November 28, 2022
Ramon Johnson Speaking at LGBTQ+ Presidents Panel for the 16th National HBCU Leadership Summit at the Human Rights Campaign
November 9, 2022
Image of woman (Martha Gonzalez) sitting in the middle of a couch playing a guitar with her son and husband on either side of her also playing guitars.
Martha Gonzalez Receives 2022 MacArthur Fellowship
October 13, 2022
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New Winter 2023 Courses Respond to Current Events
October 10, 2022
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GWSS Searches for Assistant Professor in Critical Feminist Data Studies
September 14, 2022
Shuxuan Zhou
Shuxuan Zhou's Essay "The Posthumous Child" Wins Grand Prize in Sixth Tone Writing Contest
September 12, 2022
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fabian romero offers Writing Embodied Workshop at the Henry Art Gallery
August 22, 2022
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Nastasia Paul-Gera Selected for the Graduate School's 2022 Distinguished Thesis Award 
August 9, 2022
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Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Statement on Reproductive Justice
July 20, 2022
GLQ Journal Cover: pink background with dark pink text made to look like the sideways outline of the American flag with the words "Queer Liberation Means Prison Abolition" behind the the stripes, which look like prison bars
Chandan Reddy Named Co-Editor of GLQ
July 20, 2022
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Kemi Adeyemi breaks down a shared laugh in Passing
July 20, 2022
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Cricket Keating Receives Fellowship for Her Book and a UW Labor Studies Grant to Develop a New Course
July 18, 2022
Journal cover of Transgender Studies Quarterly. Mostly black page with white and pink font. Featuring image of an upside down heart with hands inside and a glittery background.
Amanda Swarr Receives Fellowship for Her Book and Serves as Co-Editor of “The Intersex Issue” of TSQ
July 18, 2022
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Graduate Student Recognition Roundup
July 18, 2022
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Two New PhDs in Feminist Studies
July 18, 2022
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Nastasia Paul-Gera Receives Chester Fritz International Research and Study Fellowship 
July 13, 2022
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fabian romero Receives the GSEE Foundry 10 Summer Support Fund Award and a Scholarship to the VONA (Voices of a Nation) Summer Writing Workshop
June 13, 2022
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Dr. Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola Successfully Defends her Dissertation
June 13, 2022