Announcements

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
Gray scale image of the back of a person with shoulder-length hair holding a white sign with black handwriting that reads "My Body, My Choice"
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
Headshot of Fabian Romero standing in front of a microphone wearing a grey sweater over a blue dress shirt with a smile on their face
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
Headshot of Dr. Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola wearing a blue suit jacket over blue lace top. Sporting shoulder length straight brown hair with side swept bangs and a big smile.
Dr. Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola Successfully Defends her Dissertation
June 13, 2022
A picture of Jey Saung wearing a black jean jacket, white shirt, and a big smile. They are standing in front of a line of trees.
GWSS Ph.D. Candidate, Jey Saung, Receives the Prestigious Graduate School Presidential Dissertation Fellowship  
June 6, 2022
Monica De La Torre appears on KING 5’s New Day Northwest to discuss her new book Feminista Frequencies
May 27, 2022
Yingyi Wang with her dissertation defense committee members
Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Yingyi Wang for Successfully Defending Her Dissertation on Wednesday!
May 27, 2022
Guardians of the Gonfalon
GWSS Ph.D. Candidate, Yingyi Wang, Selected to Carry the Gonfalon in this Year's Commencement Ceremony
May 23, 2022
Simona Liao
GWSS major, Simona Liao, awarded Husky 100 
May 23, 2022
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Plurifeminisms Across Abya Yala Symposium Scheduled for May 24 & 25, 2022
May 17, 2022
Ramon Johnson
Ramon Johnson awarded the Clyde Taylor Award for Distinguished Work in African American and Africana Studies
May 13, 2022
Ramon Johnson Accepting Women Engaged Award
Ramon Johnson Receives the Alumni Award from Women Engaged
May 5, 2022
Zhehui (Simona) Liao
Simona Liao Member of Husky 100
April 25, 2022
Queer Nightlife Book Cover
Kemi Adeyemi is a 2022 Lammy Finalist
April 11, 2022
Gender, Woman & Sexuality Studies New Logo
Introducing the New GWSS Logo
April 6, 2022
Whitney Miller
Introducing Whitney Miller, GWSS Program Coordinator & Graduate Advisor
April 6, 2022
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Reconnecting GWSS Community
April 5, 2022
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Remembering bell hooks 
April 5, 2022
Celine Waldmann with her dog, Jimmy
Introducing Celine Waldmann, GWSS Undergraduate Advisor
April 4, 2022
Michelle Morado
Michelle Morado, GWSS PhD Candidate, awarded impressive Crybaby Studios Residency
March 29, 2022
Yingyi Wang
Yingyi Wang Accepts Tenure-Track Job as Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at St. Lawrence University
March 22, 2022
Feminista Frequencies Book Cover
Monica De La Torre, GWSS alum and author of "Feminista Frequencies," featured in the Seattle Times
March 21, 2022
Image of Lambda Literary Finalists for LGBTQ Anthology
GWSS Professor Adeyemi's "Queer Nightlife" is a finalist for a prestigious Lambda Literary Award 
March 16, 2022
Feminista Frequencies Book Cover
University of Washington Magazine Profiles GWSS graduate student, Monica De La Torre's, new book "Feminista Frequencies" due out Spring 2022 from University of Washington Press
March 9, 2022
Fantasy Face in Trees
GWSS Professor Regina Lee's course, Feminist Science (Fiction) Studies, Featured on College of Arts & Sciences Spring Cool Courses List
March 8, 2022
Woman and Child on Traditional Boat on Body of Water in South America
GWSS Professors Michelle Habell-Pallan and Cricket Keating Set to Co-Lead a Microseminar on Plurifeminisms Across Abya Yala for the Simpson Center in Spring Quarter
March 3, 2022
Stained Glass Inside a Spanish Cathedral
Apply now for Study Abroad in Spain, co-led by GWSS Professor Michelle Habell-Pallan
March 3, 2022
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GWSS Awards: Nominations Open!
February 15, 2022
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A New Way to Submit Updates!
February 15, 2022
Dr. Nina Kim Hanson Holding Certificate of Election Win
Congratulations to GWSS Alum, Dr. Nina Kim Hanson, for her recent election win!
January 3, 2022
Heart in Hands
A Big Thank You to Our Donors!
December 15, 2021
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GWSS Dept. Chair, Shirley J. Yee, passes the torch to incoming Dept. Chair, Sasha Su-Ling Welland 
December 14, 2021
Ofrenda Podcast
GWSS Professor Michelle Habell-Pallán's Ofrenda Podcast is Featured in The Daily
December 8, 2021
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GWSS Alum, Shuxuan Zhou, Develops Racial Equity Website for the City of Seattle
November 17, 2021
Chican@ Artivistas Book Cover
GWSS Alum, Dr. Martha Gonzalez, wins a gold medal for her book, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles
November 8, 2021
Queer Night Life Book Cover
CLAGS (Center for LGBTQ Studies) Fellowship winners, GWSS Professor Kemi Adeyemi and Kareem Khubchandani, join Margot Weiss to discuss their new book, Queer Nightlife
November 4, 2021