Honors and Awards

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
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
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
2023 Husky 100
April 24, 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
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
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
Small Gold W paperweight in the corner of the foregound. Background is out of focus and features circles of yellow and white light.
Cricket Keating and Michelle Habell-Pallan Receive UW Global Innovation Awards
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
Harriet Dumba, a dark-skinned black woman with long braids pulled back in a ponytail, wearing a blue blouse and patterned skirt, holding her 2022 GWSS Alumni Award plaque and smiling at the camera.
2022 GWSS Alumni Awardee Harriet Poni Dumba: “There is so much work for us to do out there.”  
December 15, 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.
Genius Award for GWSS Alum// Perspectives
November 14, 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
Shuxuan Zhou
Shuxuan Zhou's Essay "The Posthumous Child" Wins Grand Prize in Sixth Tone Writing Contest
September 12, 2022
Upper body shot of a woman with long hair, wearing a black jacket with scarf, and smiling at the camera. Background is of a rock and tree with moss growing on it.
Nastasia Paul-Gera Selected for the Graduate School's 2022 Distinguished Thesis Award 
August 9, 2022
Headshot of woman with short hair, wearing collared color-blocked shirt, smiling at the camera
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
Outside staircase that reads "W: This is Your Moment." Trees in the background.
Graduate Student Recognition Roundup
July 18, 2022
Upper body shot of two women wearing graduation gowns and caps and smiling at the camera
Two New PhDs in Feminist Studies
July 18, 2022
Upper body shot of a woman with long hair, wearing a black jacket with scarf, and smiling at the camera. Background is of a rock and tree with moss growing on it.
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
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
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
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
Michelle Morado
Michelle Morado, GWSS PhD Candidate, awarded impressive Crybaby Studios Residency
March 29, 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
Trophy
GWSS Awards: Nominations Open!
February 15, 2022
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
Awards of Excellence
June 15, 2021