Faculty and Staff

A Styrofoam monument of George Washington on the University of Washington's quad, which was temporarily erected for filming of the show "The Sex Lives of College Girls"
Sasha Welland Quoted on the Dearth of Monuments to Women in Seattle // Axios Seattle
March 31, 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
Purple book cover with hollow gold ring in the center with the title "Envisioning African Intersex" printed on top. Authors name is printed vertically on the top right-hand corner.
Amanda Lock Swarr Explores Histories and Activism by Intersex South Africans in Latest Book
March 14, 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
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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Cricket Keating and Michelle Habell-Pallan Receive UW Global Innovation Awards
January 4, 2023
Book cover with drawing of backside of a full-figured naked person surrounded by foliage.
Bettina Judd Explores Black Women Artists and Embodied Knowledge in Latest Book Feelin
January 4, 2023
University of Washington medal on a purple ribbon with a solid grey background
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
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.
Spotlight on Kemi Adeyemi's New Book "Feels Right" // UW News
December 14, 2022
Hollow neon pink text reading "On Air" inside a pink box with blurry colorful dots in the background
Amanda Swarr Featured Guest on Grad Share Podcast
December 6, 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
Illustration of Ray Skywalker and Katniss Everdeen
Regina Yung Lee Quoted in The Daily on the Paradox of the 'Mary Sue' Archetype
November 15, 2022
American Studies Association logo, a blue circle with two small caps letter a with a swirly s in the middle
GWSS Presents a Strong Showing at the American Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting
November 3, 2022
Sasha Welland standing at a podium in front of a larger projection screen featuring text and an image of Jin-me Yoon’s artwork title "Untunnelling Vision"
Sasha Welland Explores the Histories and Aesthetics Embodied in Jin-me Yoon’s Untunnelling Vision
October 31, 2022
An upper-body shot of Professor Regina Lee, an asian woman wearing glasses with shoulder-length, dark brown hair, and wearing a button up cardigan with her hands folded on the table in front of her.
Analyzing Data as a Site of Power and Resistance in Professor Lee's course on Critical Feminist Data Studies
October 7, 2022
Purple GWSS logo overlaid on top of black digital web chain
GWSS Searches for Assistant Professor in Critical Feminist Data Studies
September 14, 2022
A man standing in the center of a stage designed to look like a bedroom with a chair, desk, bed, and artwork on the walls. The man with shoulder-length brown hair is wearing a sweater over a button-up shirt, black pants and shoes, and a mask on his face.
Community Development and Trans-Centered Choral Pedagogy, Mikey Prince on his internship with Symphony Tacoma Voices 
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
Head shot of black woman wearing a bonnet, looking sideways and laughing
Kemi Adeyemi breaks down a shared laugh in Passing
July 20, 2022
Upper body shot of a Black woman wearing a black hoodie and her afro in a ponytail. She's looking directly at the camera and has a neutral expression.
Kemi Adeyemi’s Visionary Black Embodiments Studio Generates Synergy at UW and Recognition of Black Arts in Seattle 
July 18, 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
Upper body shot of three women of color (mostly) smiling at the camera. The woman in the middle has her arms around the other two.
From Northwestern to UW, These Three Faculty Members Have Built a Connection to Last 
July 5, 2022
Line of protestors with various signs including one reading "Ready to Fight" which features fallopian tubes wearing boxing gloves
Professor Bettina Judd Discusses the Inequitable and Unjust Impacts of SCOTUS's Ruling to Overturn Roe v. Wade
June 24, 2022
An upper body photo of professor Bettina Judd, a black woman with long braids and her head tilted to the left, wearing black framed glasses and a black top
‘Folks on the ground have been activated and ready’: UW expert on reproductive justice and the U.S. Supreme Court
June 23, 2022
Space Gayze
Professor Regina Young Lee Discusses the Queer Subtext of Star Wars with The Daily 
May 17, 2022
Biology and Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold edited by Regina Yung Lee and Una McCormack
Regina Lee & Jey Saung - Feminist Science Fiction
April 12, 2022
Feminist Studies Journal Cover
Priti Ramamurthy & Jiwoon Yulee - Feminists on Capitalism
April 12, 2022
Queer Nightlife Book Cover
Kemi Adeyemi is a 2022 Lammy Finalist
April 11, 2022
Bettina Judd
Bettina Judd featured in Poem-a-Day 
April 11, 2022
Whitney Miller
Introducing Whitney Miller, GWSS Program Coordinator & Graduate Advisor
April 6, 2022
Celine Waldmann with her dog, Jimmy
Introducing Celine Waldmann, GWSS Undergraduate Advisor
April 4, 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
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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Women in the Workforce article in The Daily features GWSS Professor Regina Yung Lee
February 28, 2022
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GWSS Awards: Nominations Open!
February 15, 2022
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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
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
Flyer for Community-Based Archives Panel
GWSS Professor Michelle Habell-Pallan participates in panel on community-based archives
November 4, 2021
Bettina Judd
GWSS Assistant Professor Bettina Judd's poem, "Not My Ancestors," featured by the Academy of American Poets on Poem-a-Day
October 20, 2021
Queer Night Life Book Cover
Kemi Adeyemi, Kareem Khubchandani, and Ramón Rivera-Servera discuss their new book, Queer Nightlife, in an audio interview with Isabel Machado at New Books Network
October 19, 2021
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Dianne Harris named dean of UW College of Arts & Sciences
July 15, 2021
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The Ofrenda Podcast
June 30, 2021
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Awards of Excellence
June 15, 2021
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Husky 100
June 15, 2021
Michelle Habell-Pallan receives James D. Clowes Award for the Advancement of Learning Communities
Michelle Habell-Pallán receives James D. Clowes Award for the Advancement of Learning Communities
June 11, 2021