Graduate Prize

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The Gender and Women’s Studies Graduate Prize is awarded annually to one outstanding GWS graduate concentrator in recognition of the student’s commitment to interdisciplinary scholarship in Gender and Women’s Studies. The winner will receive a certificate of recognition, a monetary award of $500, and notice among the University’s award winners.

To apply, we ask that you be an existing UIC GWS graduate student concentrator who has taken at least one of the core courses (GWS 501 or 502).

Award Applications Information
Award applications generally open each spring. Please check back here for the 2025-2026 application link and detailed information.

GWS Graduate Prize Winner 2025

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Andrew Chenohara

Andrew Chenohara is a doctoral student in Educational Policy Studies and Social Foundations, with a concentration in Gender and Women’s Studies, under the mentorship of Dr. Pauline Lipman. Andrew’s research directly examines the cultural politics of childhood through the lens of feminist political economy and racial capitalism. Andrew has presented research on racialized childhood at conferences like the American Education Research Association (AERA); will serve as a guest lecturer in a course on Troubling Adolescence; and is publishing the essay, “The Child as Debt: Childhood, Urban Schooling, and Racializing Infrastructures of Social Reproduction in Chicago.” The GWS faculty recognize, honor, and celebrate Andrew’s urgent contributions and fierce commitment to interdisciplinary gender studies scholarship.