News and Events
01/08/2025: Congratulations to GWS Affiliated Faculty Member Sarah J. Greenwald!
The journal PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies recently released its "Editor's Picks" from 2024, and highlighted the excellent work accomplished in the special issue on "Promoting Women in Mathematics" (34.5), guest edited by GWS affiliated faculty member Sarah J. Greenwald (Professor, Mathematics) and Judy Holdener. In their assessment, the journal editors noted that "Guest Editors do a lot of exciting work in recruiting high quality papers focused on topical themes for PRIMUS, and we are often spoiled for choice in terms of excellent special issues when selecting papers from special issues that we would like to amplify." Nonetheless, they settled on “Strengthening the STEM Pipeline for Women: An Interdisciplinary Model for Improving Math Identity,” by V. Akin, S. T. Santillan & L. Valentino, which was in Dr. Greenwald and her co-editor's excellent special issue. The article is available here. Congratulations to Dr. Greenwald on this recognition!
09/12/2024: Upcoming Event - Welcome Back Pizza Party!
Please join the GWS program on Thursday, September 12 in 205 LLA (the Great Hall) for a pizza party! We're looking forward to welcoming our majors and minors back to campus, and to continuing to build GWS community. Let us feed you!
07/11/2024: GWS Minor Juno Ormond Participates in Mellon-Funded Workshop on Feminist, Queer, and Antiracist Advocacy
GWS minor Juno Ormond was selected to participate in SCHEME, a workshop for students interested in organizing and advocacy from feminist, antiracist, and queer perspectives. SCHEME was hosted by the Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies program at UNC - Greensboro and funded by the Mellon Foundation's Grant for "Affirming Multivocal Humanities." Read more about the workshop here--and congratulations to Juno!
06/24/2024: GWS Major Katie Kitchen Awarded Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowship
GWS BA major Katie Kitchen was named a Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellow at NC State University in Summer 2024--the first undergraduate to ever win this award! The Tom Regan Visiting Research Fellowships are sponsored by the Culture and Animals Foundation. They provides four weeks of research time at the NC State Special Collections Research Center, which house one of the nation's most comprehensive collections of materials on animal rights and animal welfare. Read more about Katie's research project on the history of feminism and animal rights activism here. Congratulations, Katie!
05/11/2024: GWS Celebrates 37 Spring 2024 Graduates from its Major and Minors
GWS toasts its graduates! We had 32 students who graduated across our three minors (in GWS, LGBT Studies' and Girls' Studies) in Spring 2024, and six BA majors finish their degrees this academic year: Lily Bryson (a December 2023 graduate), Elizabeth Lassiter, Hallie McCagg, Delaney Rothschild-Ely, Gabrielle Secker, and Max Story, who was selected as our Outstanding Student Award winner this year. In addition, no fewer than four LGBT Studies or GWS minors won this award from other programs! We are thrilled for all of you--and keep us posted on your new adventures!
03/30/2024: GWS Students Gabrielle Secker, Trey Best, and Gaea Polanik Present at WGS South Conference
Three GWS students--major Gabrielle Secker, GWS minor Trey Best, and GWS 2421 student Gaea Polanik--presented work at the WGS South Conference, which was hosted this year by the Center for Women's and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina - Upstate. Gabrielle presented her work on "The Role of Disability and Feminism in Social Change: A Restful Critique of Nonprofit Labor." Trey delivered a talk titled "Disorientation and Disruption: Queer Phenomenology in the Face of Climate Catastrophe." Gaea workshopped "Disability and Pleasure: Rethinking Sexual Education" as part of the conference's student caucus. Student travel was supported by GWS and IDS, the University Honors College, and a grant from the CAS SAFE Fund.