(6/1/07) IWS is bringing Laura Flanders, host of Air America Radio's "RadioNation" to UGA on Tuesday, June 26 at 5:15pm to discuss her new book Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians. Details here.

(3/30/07) Core faculty member, Dr. Doris Kadish, will give the keynote address at the 4th annual Southeast Costal Conference on Languages and Literatures at Georgia Southern University on March 29-31, 2007.

(3/29/07) Dr. Pamela Orpinas, Professor of Health Promotion and Behavior and affiliate faculty member of Women's Studies, received a Creative Research Medal at UGA's annual Research Awards Banquet.
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(3/29/07) Dr. Virginia Nazarea, Professor of Anthropology and affiliate faculty member of Women's Studies, received the Williams A. Owens Award for research in the social and behavioral sciences at UGA's annual Research Awards Banquet. See the full story here.

(3/21/07) Dr. Andrew Herod, Professor of Geography and affiliate faculty member of Women's Studies, has been elected to the Athens-Clarke County Commission. See the full story here.

(2/16/07) 2006 graduate, Shelley Chinnan, has won a leadership award from Chioce USA. Read the full article here. Congrats Shelley!

(2/15/07) Dr. Patricia Richards, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Women's Studies, has won a 2007 Sandy Beaver Special Teaching Award from the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. These awards honor excellence in teaching from faculty members who have shown a sustained commitment to high-quality instruction.

(2/7/07) Dr. Doris Kadish, Distinguished Research Professor of Romance Languages and Women's Studies, is featured on Franklin College of Arts and Sciences webpage. Read the article here.

(1/22/07) Desiree Smith, Women's Studies and Sociology major, is UGA's current "Amazing Student". Read the full article here.

Elissa R. Henken, a professor of English and affiliate of Women's Studies, has been selected as a Fellow by the American Folklore Society. Read more.

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Dr. Maria Lugones, Professor of Philosophy, Interpretation and Culture and Comparative Literature at Binghamton University, was on campus Thursday, November 9 to discuss “The Modern Colonial Gender System." Check out the podcast! See pictures from the event here.

(9/16/06) The Women's Studies Student Organization (WSSO) is featured in the Athens Banner-Herald today. The story talks about UGA's newly formed chapter of the Women's Studies honor society, Iota Iota Iota. Read more.

(7/5/06) Dr. Mary Carruth, former Assistant Director of Women's Studies at UGA and current Director of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies at the University of Mississippi, has edited a new collection of essays called Feminist Interventions in Early American Studies. Read more.

(5/3/06) Former core faculty member, Dr. Roberta Fernandez, has been granted a 2006-2007 Fulbright award to the Czech Republic. She will have a nine-month appointment in the Department of English at Charles University in Prague. Dr. Fernandez will teach courses in American Literature and will introduce Latino/a literature and culture to students in the Czech Republic.

(4/28/06) Women's Studies student, BJ Ard, has just been named one of UGA's Amazing Students. Read more.

(4/26/06) Dr. Susan Wessler, Regents Professor of Plant Biology and a member of the Institute for Women's Studies Advisory Board, has been named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor. Read More.

(4/26/06) Dr. Donna Alvermann, Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education and affiliate faculty member of Women's Studies, has been awarded the 2006 William Gray Citation of Merit by the International Reading Association. Read More.

(4/13/06) Dr. Juanita Johnson-Bailey, Associate Professor of Adult Education and Women's Studies, was recently honored by UGA's Graduate School with an Outstanding Mentoring Award. Read More.

(4/13/06) Dr. Susan Thomas, Assistant Professor of Music and Women's Studies has been honored with a Sandy Beaver Award for excellence in teaching. Read More

(3/31/06) Dr. Doris Kadish, interim Director of the Institute for Women's Studies has been promoted to Distinguished Research Professor of French and Women's Studies.
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(3/21/06) Dr. Chris Cuomo has been named the new director of the Institute for Women's Studies. Currently a professor of philosophy at the University of Cincinnati, Dr. Cuomo will begin her appointment in August 2006.
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(3/6/06) Dr. Pat Bell-Scott, Professor of Child and Family Development and Women's Studies was recently honored with the Marie F. Peters Award from the National Council on Family Relations for her contribution to the field of ethnic minority families with a focus on African-American women's developmental issues. Read More.

(3/1/06) Abigail Richardson, graduate student in sociology and teaching assistant for the Institute for Women's Studies, was recently honored as an Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant by the Dean of Academic Affairs. Richardson teaches Introduction to Women's Studies.

(Summer 2005) The UGA Research Magazine has good representation of women's studies faculty, instructors, and affiliates in this issue. There is a long article by Kathleen Cason on Doris Kadish's research, including reference to Lisa Van Zwoll's dissertation. And there are articles on Patty Gowaty's research (including a nice photo of the cover of her book, Feminism and Evolutionary Biology) and on Velma McBride Murray's work on strong African American families. Read More