I’m the new undergraduate advisor for GWSS! I joined the staff in December 2023, although I’ve taken a number of GWSS classes over the years, so I’ve been in and around the department for a while. My background is in queer and trans history. I did my undergraduate degree in history at the University of Edinburgh, then returned to the West Coast to continue my graduate studies at UW, where, as an instructor, I’ve had the privilege of working with so many enthusiastic, dedicated, socially-…
GWSS major Daisy Federspiel-Baier, recipient of the 2023 Herring Phelps Scholarly Activism Award and member of Starbucks Workers United, was recently interviewed by the New York Times for the article "Starbucks Workers Walk Out on Red Cup Giveaway Day." Federspiel-Baier's comments shed light on the challenges faced by Starbucks employees, particularly during promotional events like Red Cup Day.
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Celine Waldmann, 2021-2023 GWSS Academic Counselor, interviewed two majors about their experiences for this article. Also, see below for information on “Sounds of Social Justice: Diasporic Routes of Music and Dance,” an Early Fall Start 2024 study abroad course in Spain organized by GWSS Professor Michelle Habell-Pallán.
More than 300,000 students in the United States participate annually in some form of study abroad experience. For many, it’s a chance to improve foreign…
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.
Yasmine Gomez, a graduate student in Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies (GWSS), has been awarded the LACS Graduate Student Award by the Latin American and Caribbean Studies program at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. The award will support her attendance at the Pop Conference in Los Angeles from March 7 to 9, 2024.
Three new faculty books from the University of Washington feature contributions from the Department of Slavic Languages & Literature and the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies. These books cover a diverse range of topics, including life in the Rio Grande Valley, fossils of Washington state, and the colonial roots of contemporary intersex medicine. UW News talked with the authors to learn more.…
Bettina Judd, Associate Professor of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, has received an honorable mention for the prestigious William Sanders Scarborough Prize from the Modern Language Association (MLA). This award, recognizing outstanding scholarly studies of African American literature or culture, acknowledges Judd's significant contribution with her work, Feelin: Creative Practice,…
Kemi Adeyemi, UW Associate Professor of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies and Director of the Black Embodiments Studio, has been co-awarded the prestigious Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Prize by the National Women’s Studies Association for her book Feels Right: Black Queer Women and the Politics of Partying in Chicago, published by Duke University Press in 2022. Widely regarded…
Kemi Adeyemi, Associate Professor of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies and Director of The Black Embodiments Studio has been honored with the prestigious 2023 Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant. The $935,000 grant, distributed among 27 writers, was awarded in acknowledgment of Adeyemi's upcoming book, Writing About Black Art, an illustrated writing manual designed to cultivate critical literacy in the interpretation and experience…