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Chloë Bass: Soft Services Inspires GWSS Event Series on Care, Memory, and Connection

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.
Portrait of writer and researcher Shuxuan Zhou, recipient of a 2025 Artist Trust GAP award.

Shuxuan Zhou Receives 2025 Artist Trust GAP Award

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.
Dr. Chi-ming Yang standing with GWSS Chair Amanda Swarr and Linh Thủy Nguyễn from American Ethnic Studies following her talk at the University of Washington.

A Full House for Dr. Chi-ming Yang’s Talk on the Childhood Archives of Octavia E. Butler

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.”
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Podcast Launch: Season Two of Her Entrepreneurial Rise

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. 
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Ramon Johnson Receives Two Graduate Awards for Excellence and Creativity

Congratulations to GWSS Ph.D.
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Nina Zafra Wins Best Undergraduate Paper in Labor Studies

Congratulations to GWSS alum Nina Zafra (B.A. 2025), recipient of the 2025 Best Undergraduate Paper in Labor Studies award. Her essay, “Why Do We Like to Play at Labor?
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Ramon Johnson Publishes Book Review in Men and Masculinities

Congratulations to GWSS PhD student Ramon Johnson, whose book review of Dr. Saida Grundy’s "Respectable: Politics and Paradox in Making the Morehouse Man" was recently published in the journal Men and Masculinities (Vol. 28, Issue 2, June 2025).
Book cover of "From Forest Farm to Sawmill: Stories of Labor, Gender, and the Chinese State" by Shuxuan Zhou. The title appears in bold blue, black, and red text above a black-and-white illustration of workers—mostly women—lifting and loading a large log onto a truck in a mountainous, rural setting.

Shuxuan Zhou’s From Forest Farm to Sawmill Continues to Receive Acclaim

Shuxuan Zhou (Ph.D. 2017) has received continued recognition for her book From Forest Farm to Sawmill: Stories of Labor, Gender, and the Chinese State (University of Washington Press, 2024).
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Jey Saung Joins Fairhaven College as Visiting Assistant Professor

GWSS congratulates Jey Saung, who graduated with their PhD in Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies this year. Jey has accepted a position as Visiting Assistant Professor at Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University for the 2025–26 academic year.
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Find UW alumni at art exhibits across Seattle (and beyond) this fall

Looking for galleries to visit this fall? Check out these visual arts shows by UW alumni. Featured on University of Washington Magazine