Recent News
GWSS congratulates PhD student Yasmine Gomez, who has been selected for the Peter T. Johnson Fund for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, which supports UW students conducting research or presenting work related to Latin America and the Caribbean.
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.
If you believe entrepreneurship has the power to solve real-world problems—and you’re looking for stories that prove it—this podcast is for you.
The Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies is delighted to welcome Chloë Bass, a multiform conceptual artist whose work explores intimacy, public life, and the ways we care for one another.
Congratulations to GWSS Ph.D.