Honors and Awards

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)
Martha Gonzalez seated against a dark background, wearing a vibrant multicolored skirt with embroidered floral patterns and a black long-sleeved top, resting her chin on her hand with a thoughtful expression.
GWSS Alum Martha Gonzalez Featured in Viewpoint Magazine’s 20th Anniversary Edition
(December 23, 2024)
Sumangala Damodaran from waist up and in front of a microphone
Fulbright Spotlight: Sumangala Damodaran's Impact at the University of Washington
(December 23, 2024)
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)
Retired professor Angela Ginorio standing next to GWSS Alumni Award recipient Martina Kartman. Martina is holding the Alumni Award plaque in her hands.
Martina Kartman Receives 2024 GWSS Alumni Award
(October 17, 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)
Dr. Kavita Dattani headshot
Kavita Dattani Receives Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award
(August 13, 2024)
Headshot of Amanda Lock Swarr
Amanda Swarr Receives Evidence-Based Teaching Fellowship
(August 13, 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)
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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)
Headshot of Christina Yuen Zi Chung
Christina Yuen Zi Chung Awarded CAS Dean's Medal
(June 6, 2024)
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Nastasia Paul-Gera and Shelby House Receive Simpson Center Funding for Research Cluster
(May 30, 2024)
Logo for 54th Annual Awards of Excellence. Background black with gold rays of light. In large print in center of page: "54th annual Awards of Excellence, June 6, 2024." White W down in right-hand corner.
GWSS Adjunct M. Aziz Receives this Year's Distinguished Teaching Award
(May 13, 2024)
Marielle Marcaida presenting her project to a classroom of students. She is standing behind a lectern and on the screen behind her it reads: "Marielle Y. Marcaida, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, PhD in Feminist Studies."
Unveiling 'Ronda Girls of Pateros': Marielle Marcaida's Impact as a UW Libraries Research Communication and Equity Fellow
(May 13, 2024)
Marielle Marcaida Headshot
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)
Headshot of Anna Zhao
Anna Zhao Awarded 2024 Luce/ACLS Travel Grant in China Studies
(April 25, 2024)
Saad Khan Headshot
GWSS Graduate Students Awarded Human Rights Funds
(April 22, 2024)
Side view of a diverse seated audience. In the bottom left corner, the logos for the Mellon Foundation and the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies in white with a purple background.
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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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)
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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)
Kemi Adeyemi Headshot
Kemi Adeyemi's Black Embodiments Studio (BES) Receives Future Studies Grant from Ruth Foundation for the Arts
(October 9, 2023)
Chandan Reddy headshot overlayed with the letters FS, representing Freedom Scholar
Chandan Reddy Named 2023 Freedom Scholar by Marguerite Casey Foundation
(October 9, 2023)
Upper body shot of Saad Khan smiling at the camera. He's wearing a light-blue v-neck t-shirt and glasses. The background is blurred greens indicating he may be outside.
Saad Khan Receives Presidential Dissertation Fellowship for Groundbreaking LGBTQ Activism Research in Bangladesh
(June 26, 2023)
Headshot of Regina Yung Lee smiling. She has long black hair with grey streaks, square framed glasses, and is wearing a royal blue turtleneck sweater with a simple necklace on top. The background is black with gold rays.
Regina Yung Lee Among Group of Scholars Awarded Collaborative Project Grant by Simpson Center for Humanities
(June 21, 2023)
On left, grid outline of photos of 2023 teaching award recipients. On right, purple background; in large white print: "Meet the 2023 teachers of the Year;" in small white print: "By Jon Marmor | Photos by UW Photography | June 2023 Issue"
Meet the 2023 Teachers of the Year //  University of Washington Magazine and Center for Teaching & Learning
(June 21, 2023)
Book Cover for "Stories that Bind: Political Economy and Culture in New India": Title (black text) and subtitle (red text) are at the top of the image, stacked on top of one another, with the title being significantly larger is at the top in all caps. The authors name (Madhavi Murty) is at the bottom of the page. The majority of the cover is filled with color pencil drawings of Indian men and women engaged in various daily activities.
Madhavi Murty Honored with Outstanding Book Award by the International Communication Association
(June 20, 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 Receives Nancy C. M. Hartsock Award for Research on Gender Dynamics in Hong Kong
(June 15, 2023)
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UW Population Health Initiative Awards Grant to Interdisciplinary Team of Researchers Studying the Impact of Abortion Myths on Healthcare Providers
(June 1, 2023)
Upper body shot of Marielle Marcaida with her hair slicked back into a ponytail, wearing a white collared shirt, and smiling at the camera.
Marielle Marcaida and Jamelah Jacob Receive Support for Graduate Research Cluster on Transnational Filipinx Diaspora Studies
(May 31, 2023)
Headshot of Anna Zhao smiling at the camera. She is wearing a black blazer, long gold necklace, and her hair in a ponytail with long side bangs.
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)
Headshot of Bobbi Kindred smiling at the camera. They have a short afro, and are wearing a thin gold chain and a grey sweater.
Bobbi Kindred Awarded UW College of Arts & Sciences' Prestigious Alvord Endowed Fellowship
(May 1, 2023)
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2023 Husky 100
(April 24, 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)
A grid of five photos. Clockwise from top left: a short pink vest with pockets, a pin that reads "Celine" in cursive over the right breast, and a pink, black and white tie-dye interior; image of the vest with one side open to show a better view of the tie-dye; close-up of the wire pin; image of the back of the vest with the tie-dye worn on the outside; image of the front of the vest reversed to show the tie-dye.
UW Sustainability Contest Awards Second Place Prize to Celine Waldmann's Trash Art Piece 'Reinvestment'
(April 5, 2023)
University of Washington medal on a purple ribbon with a solid grey background
2023 GWSS Award Nominations Open!
(April 3, 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)