Recent News
Our new chair, Dr. Amanda Lock Swarr, delivered these remarks at our 2025 Fall Reception, a time students, faculty, and alumni come together to welcome in the new year.
Edited collections play a crucial role in shaping disciplines: they set agendas, frame debates, and help define the contours of a field. Contributing to one is a significant professional milestone, and we’re thrilled to celebrate PhD candidate Saad Khan for earning this distinction.
Colleen Melody, who taught GWSS 310: Women and the Law in Spring 2024, has been appointed to the Washington State Supreme Court. Her path reflects the deep, long-lasting connections that define GWSS: Melody first encountered GWSS 310 as an undergraduate, when she took the course with longtime instructor Pat Novotny.
From November 12–16, GWSS faculty, students, and alumni gathered in San Juan for the annual National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA) conference, an event that highlights the state of the field of gender, women’s, and sexuality studies and centers feminist research.
GWSS PhD student Marielle Marcaida was honored this week as one of the 2025–2026 Graduate Labor Research Grant recipients at the annual UW Labor Studies Awards Celebration.
The UW Daily published a fantastic write-up of "Swim Parallel to the Shore," the lecture performance by artist Chloë Bass, presented in collaboration between Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (GWSS) and the Henry Art Gallery.
GWSS alum and affiliate faculty member Shuxuan Zhou (PhD 2017) has been awarded a 2025 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) grant from Artist Trust in the literary category. These annual awards provide project-based grants of $1,500 each to artists across Washington State.
On October 9, GWSS hosted Dr. Chi-ming Yang (University of Pennsylvania) for a packed and engaging talk, “A SciFi-Horse Girl’s Coming of Age: The Childhood Archives of Octavia E. Butler.”
The University of Washington’s Public Lectures series once again offers an exceptional lineup of speakers and topics.