Gender and Women's Studies at UIC

📢 GWS is seeking to fill three open graduate student positions.

⭐️ GWS has two open Teaching Assistant (TA) positions for GWS 102 Global Perspectives on Women and Gender for the fall semester. The TA position is a 50% appointment that comes with a tuition waiver.

Applicants should be UIC students in good standing who are knowledgeable in feminist theory, transnational feminisms, q***r theory, intersectionality, or another aspect of GWS.

For further details and to apply, visit go.uic.edu/GWSTAApp.

⭐️ GWS has one open Graduate Assistant (GA) position for the 2025-2026 academic year. The GA position is a 25% appointment (10 hours per week) that comes with a tuition waiver.

GWS seeks a candidate with experience in graphic design, website management, social media, event planning, or administrative tasks.

For further details and to apply, visit go.uic.edu/GWSGAApp.

🗓️ All Applications are due Monday, 7/7/25, 5 p.m. CST.

📧 Please contact [email protected] with questions.

Happy summer, GWS and SJ students! 😎

Do you have summer research plans? 📝

Are you traveling for a conference or research project? ✈️ 🚞 🚖

Apply for the GWS Esther O. Kegan Travel Award to receive up to $250 to support travel for conferences or research projects. 💵

📅 Applications are due by Friday, August 15, 2025, 5 p.m. CST for travel/research activities occurring 5/1/25-7/31/25.

🔗 To Apply: go.uic.edu/GWSKeganTravelFund

✉️ Questions: Contact [email protected]

💻 For more info, visit: https://gws.uic.edu/esther-o-kegan-student-travel-award/

We’d like to congratulate Professors Gayatri Reddy and Anna Guevarra for their essay that has been published as part of the anthology, ‘Eating More Asian America’ (NYU Press, 2025) on bibingka and transoceanic ties between India & the Philippines!✨

Read more: https://nyupress.org/9781479831333/eating-more-asian-america/

🎉 Congratulations to Deana Lewis, GWS graduate concentrator and alum, for hosting Stories for Power (STOP) — a powerful podcast created in collaboration with Just Practice Collaborative and Creative Interventions.

STOP uplifts stories of everyday people taking action to end interpersonal violence. 💜

🎧 Listen here: https://www.creative-interventions.org/storiesforpower/

🎉 You're Invited! 🎉
Join us for GWS’ End of Year Celebration

📅 May 1 | 🕔 5–6:30 PM
📍 Institute for the Humanities (1007 W. Harrison St, Suite 153)
🔗 RSVP: go.uic.edu/GWSCelebrate

Let’s celebrate our graduates and award-winning students, and reflect on what feminist, anti-racist education offers us in this moment. 🌿

We’re proud to honor UIC alumnae Jenine Wehbeh and Nora Flanagan with this year’s CECSCO Award for their powerful work as educators and social justice advocates. 💜✨

📚 GWS Brown Bag Event 📚
🗓 Friday, April 18, 2025
⏰ 12 PM - 1:30 PM
📍 University Hall 1250
🔗 RSVP by April 15: go.uic.edu/GWSBrownBagWilliamson

Join us for an opportunity to learn about critical new scholarship from GWS Professor Dr. Terrion L. Williamson, Associate Professor, Black Studies and Gender and Women's Studies. She will be giving a talk titled 'Richard Pryor, Black Serial Murder, and the Making of an All-American City.'

This is your chance to engage with groundbreaking research and connect with the GWS community! 💜

😷 Masks encouraged when not eating or drinking.
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We're excited to share that UIC’s Dr. Dez Brown’s debut collection of poetry, ‘they/she/he: ritual to forget your (un)becoming’, will be published by Host Publications in Fall 2025. 🌿✨

📢 Exciting News!

UIC’s Dr. Dez Brown has been designated a 2025 Black Homeplaces DISCO (CO)LAB Microgrant Awardee from the Black Communication and Technology (BCaT) Lab at the University of Maryland to create a video game that will be housed in an accessible XR project that envisions Black Homeplaces across the diaspora.🏠✨

UIC's Dr. Cindy Tekobbe, Assistant Professor in Critical Feminist Science and Technology, Gender and Women's Studies, and Communication, was featured on 's episode 172 of The Big Rhetorical Podcast, where she discusses her latest book, Indigenous Voices in Digital Spaces which dives into Indigenous storytelling and decolonizing practices across digital platforms, exploring the significance of hashtags, memes, and digital artistry.

Listen to the full episode here: https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/the-big-rhetorical/episodes/172-Dr--Cindy-Tekobbe-e2teft8
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🎉 5 Ways to Celebrate Women’s History Month with GWS! 🎉

March is here, and we invite you to engage with UIC’s Gender & Women’s Studies Program in meaningful ways! Here’s how you can celebrate and support:

📅 Plan ahead for our big May event
📱 Engage with our student leaders on TikTok → .gender.womens
📚 Explore our exciting classes → gws.uic.edu
💜 Donate to our student fund
🔎 Learn from our faculty’s urgent research:
- Anti-racist & Global Feminisms
- Media & Popular Culture
- Public History
- LGBTQ+ Studies
- Reproductive Justice
- Health & the Body
- Disability, Community Care & Abolition
- Gender & Revolutions

✨ Take action & celebrate with us at gws.uic.edu!

📢 Are you a GWS major/minor or in Social Justice? We know that financial support is key to your success. The Basic Needs Fund offers up to $500 to cover any necessary expenses—no restrictions! Whether it's for food, housing, or other essentials, we're here to help.

📅 Extended Deadline: April 11, 11:59 pm CST
📲 Apply now: go.uic.edu/gwsbasicneedsfund
✉️ Email [email protected] for questions.

For more info. visit https://gws.uic.edu/resources/gws-basic-needs-fund/

"I believe in collective care, collectivizing our care, and thinking more about how we can help each other." – Mariame Kaba

📢🎙️ Exciting News!

UIC’s Dr. Jennifer Brier was recently featured on WBEZ’s show Reset for an episode titled "The Chicago woman who dared to wear pants." To mark Women’s History Month, she tells the story of Evelyn “Jackie” Bross and discusses the importance of centering women in our understanding of U.S. history.

🎧 Listen to the full episode here > https://www.wbez.org/reset-with-sasha-ann-simons/2025/03/05/the-chicago-woman-who-dared-to-wear-pants
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