Research

Upper-body portrait of Nina Zafra sitting backward on a chair, smiling broadly with her arms resting across the chair back against a black background.
Nina Zafra Wins Best Undergraduate Paper in Labor Studies
October 13, 2025
Upper body shot of Ramon wearing a long white jacket with hands clasped in front of him and leaning against a shelf of books.
Ramon Johnson Publishes Book Review in Men and Masculinities
October 1, 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
September 29, 2025
Cover of the book Navigating Academia as a Transnational Scholar from the Global South: Treasuring All the Knowledges. The title appears in white text on a black background, surrounded by a colorful abstract border of swirling blue, orange, pink, and red patterns. A turquoise banner at the bottom reads “Insider Guides to Success in Academia,” with the Routledge logo in the lower right corner.
Iris Viveros Avendaño and Elizabeth Ramirez Arreola Contribute to New Anthology on Transnational Scholarship
August 1, 2025
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Shelley Pryde Publishes in Africa Is a Country
July 30, 2025
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GWSS Graduate Students and Faculty Receive Simpson Center Support for 2025–2026
May 27, 2025
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GWSS Majors Shine at the 2025 UW Undergraduate Research Symposium
May 12, 2025
Fiona Rivera, an undergraduate student, stands at Machu Picchu, wearing a blue and green tie-dye Earth shirt. The stone terraces and misty mountains are visible behind her.
Fiona Rivera Explores Queer Animality and Andean Cosmology in New Article  
March 24, 2025
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The Modern Girl Keeps Having Transgressive Fun Around the World, Now in Chinese! 
March 20, 2025
From left, headshots of Kavita Dattani, Saad Khan, and Nastasia Paul-Gera on a purple background with a gold bar at the bottom with text reading "2025-26 Society of Scholars Award Winners."
Three GWSS Scholars Awarded Society of Scholars Fellowships
January 3, 2025
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
Shelley Pryde stands at a podium presenting during Scholars' Studio. The presentation slide behind them features the title, 'The art of drag in Shanghai,' along with the quote, 'We’re all born naked and the rest is Communism.' A vibrant image of a drag performer is displayed on the slide.
Shelley Pryde to Present at Scholars' Studio 
November 14, 2024
The cover of Feminist Formations, Volume 36, Issue 2, Summer 2024, features an abstract, white line drawing of a fish with long, flowing fins on a deep blue background. The title "Feminist Formations" is written at the top in light blue and white text. The issue number and date are noted at the bottom.
Special Issue of Feminist Formations Featuring Professor Amanda Swarr's Book Published
October 24, 2024
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GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants (Round #2)
October 2, 2024
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Kavita Dattani Receives Royalty Research Fund Scholar Award
August 13, 2024
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Amanda Swarr Receives Evidence-Based Teaching Fellowship
August 13, 2024
Sasha Welland headshot: shoulder-length grey cruly hair, red framed glasses, dangly earrings and smile showing teeth
GWSS Chair and Professor Sasha Su-Ling Welland Receives Prestigious Population Health Initiative Award
June 17, 2024
Marielle Marcaida presenting her project to a classroom of students. She is standing behind a lectern and on the screen behind her it reads: "Marielle Y. Marcaida, Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies, PhD in Feminist Studies."
Unveiling 'Ronda Girls of Pateros': Marielle Marcaida's Impact as a UW Libraries Research Communication and Equity Fellow
May 13, 2024
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Priti Ramamurthy Explores Intermittent Female Migration in India // GenderTalk
January 19, 2024
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Deadline Extended: GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants
January 17, 2024
Side by side photos. On left: headshot of Ramon Johnson. On right: Image of Johnson's article "In the Wake of Blue Bones's Wicked Womb."
Ramon Johnson Publishes Two Notable Works
January 16, 2024
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UWCHR Unveils First-Year Findings: Empowering Massage Parlor Workers and Students
November 3, 2023
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Kavita Dattani's Research Unveils Gender Disparities in Gig Economy // The Guardian
October 24, 2023
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Sasha Su-Ling Welland Featured in Interview on Cross-Generational Storytelling // Feminist Media Histories
October 23, 2023
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Beyond Binary Science: Amanda Lock Swarr Explores Gender, Sex, and Science in New Podcast Episode // Science
August 25, 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
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
Illustration of Pittsburgh around the turn of the century. Image features a large building with the name "Excelsior Coffin and Casket Works" written on the front. There are people and carriages on the street in front of the building.
Shirley Yee's Research Sheds Light on Pittsburgh's Lesser-Known Industrial History
April 27, 2023
Purple book cover with hollow gold ring in the center with the title "Envisioning African Intersex" printed on top. Authors name is printed vertically on the top right-hand corner.
Amanda Lock Swarr Explores Histories and Activism by Intersex South Africans in Latest Book
March 14, 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
Skid Road Book Cover. Skid and Road are stacked on top of one another in large white lettering with the subititle "on the frontier of health and homelessness in Seattle" appearing in smaller letters in between.
Josephine Ensign Explores Seattle's History of Health and Homelessness in Latest Book, Skid Road
January 31, 2023
Book cover of Kemi Adeyemi's book Feels Right. White text with green and red accents with an image of black women dancing in a nightclub to the left of the text.
Spotlight on Kemi Adeyemi's New Book "Feels Right" // UW News
December 14, 2022
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Mediha Sorma Contributes to Translation of Prison Writings by Kurdish Women Politicians
December 9, 2022
Book cover of Kemi Adeyemi's book Feels Right. White text with green and red accents with an image of black women dancing in a nightclub to the left of the text.
New Book by Kemi Adeyemi: Feels Right
November 28, 2022
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The paradox of ‘Mary Sue’
November 10, 2022
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Kemi Adeyemi breaks down a shared laugh in Passing
July 20, 2022
An upper body photo of professor Bettina Judd, a black woman with long braids and her head tilted to the left, wearing black framed glasses and a black top
‘Folks on the ground have been activated and ready’: UW expert on reproductive justice and the U.S. Supreme Court
June 23, 2022
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How we decided what stories to tell in our Black Arts Legacies project
June 15, 2022
Celebrate Pride Month through LGBTQIA+ Work from UW Faculty, Staff & Students
May 31, 2022
Biology and Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold edited by Regina Yung Lee and Una McCormack
Regina Lee & Jey Saung - Feminist Science Fiction
April 12, 2022
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Priti Ramamurthy & Jiwoon Yulee - Feminists on Capitalism
April 12, 2022
Queer Nightlife Book Cover
Kemi Adeyemi is a 2022 Lammy Finalist
April 11, 2022
Feminista Frequencies Book Cover
Monica De La Torre, GWSS alum and author of "Feminista Frequencies," featured in the Seattle Times
March 21, 2022
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GWSS Professor Adeyemi's "Queer Nightlife" is a finalist for a prestigious Lambda Literary Award 
March 16, 2022
Feminista Frequencies Book Cover
University of Washington Magazine Profiles GWSS graduate student, Monica De La Torre's, new book "Feminista Frequencies" due out Spring 2022 from University of Washington Press
March 9, 2022
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Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May 14, 2021
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YouTube Roundtable Discussion with Dean Spade about New Book Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During this Crisis
December 3, 2020
Kemi Adeyemi
Kemi Adeyemi Receives the Errol Hill Award for Outstanding Scholarship in African American Theatre Studies
December 1, 2020
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BLACK AND CENTER: ARCHIVING INDIGENOUS AND BLACK FUTURES
October 23, 2020
Martha Gonzales, Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles
Chican@ Artivistas: Music, Community, and Transborder Tactics in East Los Angeles - A New Book from GWSS Alum, Martha Gonzales
September 15, 2020