Program Innovation

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)
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)
Kemi Adeyemi Headshot
Kemi Adeyemi's Black Embodiments Studio (BES) Receives Future Studies Grant from Ruth Foundation for the Arts
(October 9, 2023)
Stack of folder newspapers
Kemi Adeyemi Explores "The Art of Junk Mail" // South Seattle Emerald
(June 21, 2023)
On the left, a headshot of Michelle Habell-Pallan smiling. She has dark red curly hair on one side and a buzz cut on the other. She's wearing large teardrop earrings and a chunky collar necklace. On the right, centered on top of a yellow background are the words " Michelle Habell-Pallan on 'Plurifeminisms Across Abya Yala." In the lower right-hand corner is the logo for the Simpson Center for Humanities.
"Plurifeminisms Across Abya Yala:" A Retrospective Look at the Symposium on Gender, Race, and Social Justice in the Americas
(April 28, 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)
Artistic image of beige book that has fallen open with a teal blue background
New Winter 2023 Courses Respond to Current Events
(October 10, 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)
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)
Graphic image of an Asian woman with long black hair, wearing a tank top and looking left. Above the image is the name of the woman pictured, "Christina Yuen Zi Chung"
Christina Yuen Zi Chung Contributes to New SAAM Exhibit and Asian Art Archive Series
(July 18, 2022)
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Reconnecting GWSS Community
(April 5, 2022)
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)
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)
GWSS 451 Latina Cultural Production Class Ofrendas Dia de Muertos Committee at El Centro de La Raza in Beacon Hill
GWSS 451 Latina Cultural Production Class Ofrendas
(November 3, 2020)
How to Have Sex in a Pandemic Course Image
How to Have Sex in a Pandemic ... YouTube Roundtable Discussion Associated with Course GWSS 290
(October 28, 2020)
BES Artist Talk - Will Rawls "Stopping Dancing"
Black Embodiments Studio Artist Talk - Will Rawls "Stopping Dancing"
(February 12, 2020)
9th Annual WWR - Dance the Archive: Memoria Ancestral - March 16, 2019
9th Annual Womxn Who Rock (un)Conference - Dance the Archive: Memoria Ancestral
(February 21, 2019)
Danny Giles - Artist Talk - Black Embodiments Studio
Danny Giles - Artist Talk - Black Embodiments Studio
(January 15, 2019)
Students in GWSS 451 create Dia de los Metros Altar/Exhibit
Students in GWSS 451 create Dia de los Metros altar/exhibit
(November 26, 2018)
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Media scholar to explore feminism and pop culture
(July 18, 2018)