“To discuss the history of Palestinian migration or displacement to the United States requires discussing the history of Israel. Otherwise, we are leaving out the root cause behind why there’s such a large…
“The following contribution celebrates, honors, and reflects on the bodies of work that create spaces of cariño in Carla Trujillo’s Citation1991 anthology, Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About. This piece is two-fold:it…
Ronak K. Kapadia is a queer cultural theorist of race, war, and empire. His research on the world-making potential of contemporary Arab, Muslim, and South Asian diasporic artists in response to the “Global…
On the 60th anniversary of the historic March On Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Dr. John D’Emilio, a professor emeritus of history and of women’s and gender studies at the University of Illinois…
Gender & Women’s Studies Professor Barbara Ransby and Dr. Angela Davis co-authored an important and timely op-ed in Truthout about the ongoing struggle to prevent the construction of a militarized police training facility…
Hyperallergic recently published a remarkable review by Lori Waxman, the Chicago Tribune’s primary art critic since 2009, of the Surviving the Long Wars Veteran Art Triennial. In addition to vividly describing individual pieces…
Congratulations to Dr. Ronak K. Kapadia, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies; Dr. Therese Quinn, Professor and Director of Museum and Exhibition Studies and GWS Affiliated Faculty Member; and Aaron Hughes, Adjunct…
GWS Associate Professor Ronak K. Kapadia recently was named as one of the 2022 UIC Scholars of the Year! Dr. Kapadia earned recognition as a Rising Star in the Humanities, Arts, Design, and…
Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of Black Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History; LAS Distinguished Professor; Director of the Social Justice Initiative; and MacArthur Endowed Chair at UIC joined Democracy Now! to…
Dr. Nadine Naber, UIC professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian studies, joined WBEZ’s “Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons” to discuss findings from a UIC Institute for Research on Race and Public…
Just published in the 20th anniversary special issue of Surveillance & Society, the open-access peer-reviewed flagship journal of surveillance studies; Professor Ronak K. Kapadia and Professor Toby Beauchamp (UIUC GWS) reflect on their…
A Chicago Reader story on the legacy of former Alderperson Helen Shiller and the past, present, and future of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood highlights “Dis/Placements: A People’s History of Uptown, Chicago,” a project co-founded…
Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Naber for winning the 2022 Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize for lifetime achievement and outstanding contribution to American Studies! Dr. Nadine Suleiman Naber’s accomplishments are summarized in the nomination…
Dr. Akemi Nishida’s first book, Just Care: Messy Entanglements of Disability, Dependency, and Desire, was published by Temple University Press last week. Dr. Nishida is a Professor of Gender & Women’ Studies and…
A Chicago Tribune article about MAMAS (Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition and Solidarity) and the group’s work to integrate mother’s voices into social movements features a Q&A with the group’s co-directors, one of…
Four members of Gender & Women’s Studies faculty, two core and two affiliate, received Creative Activity Awards from the University of Illinois at Chicago: Gayatri Reddy and Anna Guevarra for their project “Evicted!…
Dr. Nadine Naber, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies, has published an opinion editorial in TruthOut. Read more here: truthout.org/articles/lets-work-for-global-anti-imperialist-reproductive-justice-this-mothers-day/.
“Finally, at noon of the last day of classes we will gather outside University Hall–rain or shine–to celebrate the life and leadership of our late great UICUF president Janet Smith; acknowledge and cheer…
Ronak Kapadia, GWS Professor and Director of the Graduate Interdepartmental Concentration, is the winner of a Dialogues on the Experience of War grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The project, titled…
GWS Professor Nadine Naber was highlighted as a YWomen Honoree during the month of March. Find out more information and watch the video here: https://www.ywca-ens.org/get-involved/events/ywomen/.
GWS Professor Gayatri Reddy, along with GWS affiliated faculty Anna Guevarra, has released the Queer Uptown virtual walking tour as part of their Dis/Placements Project. Find out more information and take the tour…
Dr. Barbara Ransby, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Black Studies, and History and MacArthur Endowed Chair, has received the Franz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award from the Caribbean Philosophical Association. Read more here:…
Nadine Naber, Professor of GWS and Global Asian Studies, has published her piece “Chicagoland Study Shows Why We Need a MENA Category in the U.S. Census” in The Chicago Reporter. Read more here:…
Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Black Studies, and History; LAS Distinguished Professor; Director of the Social Justice Initiative; and MacArthur Endowed Chair at UIC, joined WBEZ’s “Reset with…
In a column published by The Guardian, Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Black Studies, and History and MacArthur Endowed Chair, reflects on the impact and legacy of feminist…
Nadine Naber, UIC Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian Studies, has published the opinion piece “The U.S. Has a Torture Problem Too” in the Chicago Reporter. Read more here: https://www.chicagoreporter.com/the-u-s-has-a-torture-problem-too/.
Gayatri Reddy, UIC Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology, was featured in WGN Radio’s (AM 720) “Outside the Loop” segment with Anna Guevarra, UIC Director of Global Asian Studies and…
Dr. Nadine Naber, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian Studies, has written an opinion column titled “The Racism of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, Then and Now” that has been featured…
Gayatri Reddy, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Anthropology, is featured in the Chicago Reporter with Anna Gueverra, GWS Affiliate faculty and Director of the Global Asian Studies Program, regarding the…
Dr. Barbara Ransby, Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies, Black Studies, and History, has been awarded the 2021 Women and Media Award from the Women’s Institute for Freedom of the Press! Read more…
Dr. Elena Gutierrez, UIC Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies, is featured in a Cicero Independiente story on Morton High School students seeking changes to uniform…
John D’Emilio, UIC professor emeritus of gender and women’s studies and history, is featured in a USA Today article on the importance of LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ youth learning about the contributions and achievements…
Gayatri Reddy, UIC Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Anthropology, and Anna Guevarra, UIC Associate Professor and Director of Global Asian Studies, discuss urban removal in Uptown Chicago in the Chicago…
The Gender and Women’s Studies Director, and professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies, Jennifer Brier joins the Office of Diversity as the faculty coordinator for UIC PACT (Partnerships for Anti-Racist Campus…
Gayatri Reddy, UIC Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Anthropology, and Anna Guevarra, UIC Associate Professor and Director of Global Asian Studies, discussed their project that details the history of urban displacement in…
UIC Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Global Asian Studies Nadine Naber writes about gender violence in Afghanistan and new but belated attention being given to the rights of Afghan women. Read…
NPR affiliate WGBH Radio interviewed UIC Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies Barbara Ransby during a news story on efforts by Boston area Black activists to turn the movements against racism into organized…
The Chicago Tribune features a Q&A with Barbara Ransby, MacArther Endowed Chair and Professor of Black Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History at UIC. In addition to highlighting various recent honors Ransby…
ABC’s Good Morning America interviews Kishonna Gray, UIC Assistant Professor of Communication and Gender and Women’s Studies, in a segment examining racial harassment in the online gaming community. “Sexism or racism in those…
John D’Emilio, UIC Professor Emeritus of History and Gender and Women’s Studies, discusses his new book “Queer Legacies: Stories From Chicag’s LGBTQ Archives” in The Chicago Reader. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2HaRD44!
Acclaimed University of Illinois at Chicago historian and GWS professor Barbara Ransby has been named a Freedom Scholar, a select group of progressive academics who are at the “forefront of movements for economic…
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Professor Barbara Ransby has been named a John D. MacArthur Endowed Chair. Ransby is a professor of History, Gender and Women’s Studies, and Black Studies, a College…
Dr. Kishonna Gray, UIC Assistant Professor of Communication and Gender & Women’s Studies, talks to WFSU Radio, the public media outlet of Tallahassee and Panama City, Florida, about allegations of sexual assault and…
Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of Black Studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History, writes about the legacy of the late U.S. Rep. John Lewis and how the current generation of young activists,…
GWS and COMM Assistant Professor Kishonna Gray’s support of the new text-based Games and Online Harassment Hotline, launching August 8, is the subject of a story from Kotaku. Read more at: https://bit.ly/3eAOC7T
GWS, BLST, and History professor Barbara Ransby writes that the white left needs to embrace Black leadership and understand that today’s uprisings are what class struggle in the 21st century looks like. “The White…
Barbara Ransby, LAS Distinguished professor and director of the Social Justice Initiative, was a featured guest on WBEZ’s “Reset” where she discussed the Black Lives Matter movement and how history can inform present-day…
GWS Director and Professor of History Jennifer Brier has published an oped in the Washington Post on the importance of women’s history in times of crises. “We Can’t Forget Women as We Tell…
A recent edition of “Upfront” on KPFA Radio (Berekley, CA) included an interview with John D’Emilio, UIC professor emeritus of history and gender and women’s studies, who discussed California Gov. Gavin Newsom posthumously…
Dr. Jennifer Brier, Professor of History and Director of Gender & Women’s Studies has published an American Association of University Professors piece titled “LGBTQ Students and the Liberation of College Campuses”
Congratulations to several GWS core and affiliate faculty who have been named recipients of the UIC Awards for Creative Activity program. Recipients include: GWS Core Faculty and Associate Professor of Anthropology Dr. Gayatri…
“Woke Gaming: Digital Challenges to Oppression and Social Justice” edited by Dr. Kishonna Gray and Dr. David Leonard was named as an Outstanding Academic Title (OAT) by Choice Reviews. Every January Choice Magazine,…
Karla Solis, now alum of UIC with Bachelor’s degrees in Gender & Women’s Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies was featured as one of UIC’s Inspiring Grads. Congratulations on all your hard…
Congratulations to GWS’s own Dr. Ronak K. Kapadia on publishing “Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War” (2019, Duke University Press) Check out the book here: https://www.dukeupress.edu/insurgent-aesthetics Attend the Chicago…
Dr. Anna Guevarra, GWS affiliate faculty and Director of Global Asian Studies, was featured in UIC Today for her work with students on food and culture in GLAS 230, Cultural Politics of Asian…
Dr. Esther Diaz Martin has published a chapter titled “Aprender Bordando” in Voices from the Ancestors: Xicanx and Latinx Spiritual Expressions and Healing Practices (2019, University of Arizona Press)
Dr. Kishonna Gray, Assistant Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Communication at UIC was featured in an Op Ed in BET: The U.S. Video Game Industry Just Generated 43.4 Billion In Revenue…
The Telegraph (UK) features Dr. Kishonna Gray, UIC Assistant Professor of Communication and Gender and Women’s Studies, discussing what impact violent video games has on behavior versus the influence of recruiters within gaming…
The New York Times published an op-ed from Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of African American studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History. Professor Ransby writes about ‘The Squad’ – U.S. Representatives Ayanna…
GWS Professor Emeritus John D’Emilio was featured in CNN commentary on expanding use of the term “queer,” emphasizing the term’s flexibility and possibility for inclusion.
Congratulations to GWS Director Jennifer Brier and Affiliate Associate Professor Lorena Garcia on being chosen for the inaugural cohort of the Public Voices Fellowship, part of a national initiative from The OpEd Project…
Congratulations to GWS’s own Erica Chu for winning first runner up in the ACCC Panopto Contest. Check out Erica’s video here and more information on Panopto here.
Dr. Barbara Ransby and Dr. Beth Richie Featured in NYT Highlight on “Black Women in Chicago, Getting Things Done.” Dr. Barbara Ransby is Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, African American Studies and…
Dr. Laurie Schaffner, Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, Sociology, and Criminology, Law, and Justice at UIC will receive the 2019 Maggie Kuhn Scholar-Activist Award from the Youth Aging and the Life…
Dr. Anna Romina Guevarra, Director of UIC Global Asian Studies, has been awarded the 2018 Holland Prize for the best article published in Volume 91 (2018) of Pacific Affairs. Dr. Guevarra’s article, “Mediations of Care:…
Dr. Barbara Ransby Featured by Democracy Now! discussing Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago mayoral victory, “Chicago Makes Herstory: First African American Woman and Gay Chicago Mayor Wins in Landslide.”
Dr. Barbara Ransby, UIC Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, African American Studies, and History, was featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” discussing the significance of two black women in a race to…
GWS Director and Professor of History Dr. Jennifer Brier has been named UIC’s 2018 Distinguished Scholar of the Year for the Humanities, Arts, Design and Architecture. Professor Brier’s work on HIV/AIDS history, women’s…
Professor Jennifer Brier, GWS Director and Professor of History, was featured in an article in the Chicago Tribune on a UIC initiative to sponsor arts and humanities projects among the three University of…
Barbara Ransby, UIC Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies, recently joined Chicago Public Radio’s (WBEZ-FM 91.5) “Morning Shift” to discuss her latest book, “Making Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom In The 21st Century.”
HuffPost quotes Beth Richie, UIC Professor and Head of Criminology, Law, and Justice; African American Studies, and Gender & Women’s Studies, in an article on black female victims of domestic violence being hesitant…
Woke Gaming, co-edited by Kishonna L. Gray, UIC Professor Gender & Women’s Studies and Communication, was featured as one of the Six Best New Books About Video Games by The Guardian.
Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century, by Barbara Ransby, UIC professor of African American studies, Gender and Women’s Studies, and History; LAS distinguished professor; and Director of the…
GWS Professor and Director Jennifer Brier was featured in an article in The New York Times titled, ‘”He Did Not Lead on Aids’: With Bush, Activists See a Mixed Legacy.”
GWS Professor Roderick Ferguson was interviewed by Truthout.org on his book One-Dimensional Queer, in a Q&A titled “The LGBTQ Movement Needs to Revisit Its Radical Past to Thrive.”
Barbara Ransby, UIC Professor of GWS, AAST, and History was highlighted in both the Chicago Crusader and Chicago Citizen newspapers as a symposium participant for celebrating the 100th birthday of Timuel Black.
Professor Barbara Ransby received the 2018 Angela Y. Davis Award from the American Studies Association for public scholarship. The award recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for the “public good.” This…
Professor Barbara Ransby was featured on CBS Chicago on winning the prestigious 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize from the American Studies Association for public scholarship.
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education features Professor Barbara Ransbyfor receiving the American Studies Association’s 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize for Public Scholarship.
Professor Barbara Ransby was interviewed by Chicago Public Radio WBEZ on being named the recipient of the American Studies Association’s 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize for Public Scholarship.
Professor Barbara Ransby was featured in a discussion with WBEZ South Side Reporter Natalie Moore on “Black Politics in Chicago.” The discussion highlighted Professor Ransby’s new book, Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in…
Professor Kishonna Gray was featured on the Built to Play Podcast “So everything is broken: What do we do to fix the world we love?” Dr. Gray tells us in this podcast how to…
GWS Professor Jennifer Brier participated in a panel discussion titled “VISUAL AIDS: Documents: Art, AIDS & Activism in Chicago. The panel followed a screening program including video diaries, documentary footage, and oral histories; the project…
GWS Professor Barbara Ransby was cited for her activist work during the Chicago “Women’s March to the Polls” in a recent Chicago Times Article. The march centered around the need for voter turnout on…
Dr. Nishida was the featured speaker for a Conversation on Disability Justice at the Japanese American Service Committee. Professor Nishida uses research, education, and activism to work towards cross-community solidarity for the liberation and…
Professor Kapadia spoke about his forthcoming book Insurgent Aesthetics at a roundtable discussion on Perverse Decolonization at the University of Chicago.
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Where you live is, for better or for worse, an expression of who you are. Some people, though, are better at expressing themselves through design than others. The new traveling exhibit “Everyone’s a…
