Research

Purple banner reading "GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants"
GWSS Undergraduate Mellon Foundation Research Grants (Round #2)
(October 2, 2024)
Dr. Kavita Dattani headshot
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)
UWCHR 2022-23 Annual Report Cover
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)
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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)
Book cover with purple background, white flowers and birds covered by black lines symbolizing prison bars with the bar in the middle replaced by a pencil
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)
Head shot of black woman wearing a bonnet, looking sideways and laughing
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)
Feminist Studies Journal Cover
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)
Image of Lambda Literary Finalists for LGBTQ Anthology
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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National Women's Studies Association (NWSA) Annual Conference 2021
(October 21, 2021)
Collage of AAPI book covers and art work by faculty
Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
(May 14, 2021)
Dean Spade - Mutual Aid Book Cover
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)
Biology and Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold edited by Regina Yung Lee and Una McCormack
Regina Yung Lee - New Book - Biology and Manners: Essays on the Worlds and Works of Lois McMaster Bujold
(July 27, 2020)
GWSS Assistant Professor Bettina Judd quoted in Today.com article
Bettina Judd quoted in Today.com article "How this Black doctor is exposing the racist history of gynecology."
(June 30, 2020)
Mediha Sorma awarded Sawyer Seminar Fellowship
Graduate student, Mediha Sorma, awarded Pre-Doctoral Sawyer Seminar Fellowship
(March 4, 2020)
BES Artist Talk - Will Rawls "Stopping Dancing"
Black Embodiments Studio Artist Talk - Will Rawls "Stopping Dancing"
(February 12, 2020)
Saad Khan
Saad Khan co-authors article in Sex Education.
(January 15, 2020)
Shuxuan Zhou is a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
GWSS Alum, Shuxuan Zhou, is a Mellon/ACLS Public Fellow
(June 5, 2019)
Transgender Studies Quarterly Volume 6, Issue 2
Transgender Studies Quarterly features article by Assistant Professor Kemi Adeyemi
(May 22, 2019)
Feminist Studies Vol. 45, No. 1
Feminist Studies issue features article by Assistant Professor Bettina Judd
(May 22, 2019)
Feminist Studies Issue 45:1
Feminist Studies issue features article by Stephanie Yingyi Wang
(May 22, 2019)
China in the New Millennium: Art, Politics, and the Environment poster
Sasha Welland gives talk at Mount San Antonio College
(April 23, 2019)
Women in Percussion February 23, 2019
Women in Percussion featuring GWSS graduate student Iris Viveros Avendaño
(February 21, 2019)
9th Annual WWR - Dance the Archive: Memoria Ancestral - March 16, 2019
9th Annual Womxn Who Rock (un)Conference - Dance the Archive: Memoria Ancestral
(February 21, 2019)