Women's and Gender Studies UW-Green Bay News Posts

UW-Green Bay Prof. Bryan Carr hosts live podcasts at Brown County Library “Pop-Con”

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Sep 27, 2022

Saturday, October 1 marks the return of the Brown County Library Pop-Con event! This fun-filled, family-friendly activity is open to all and features arts and crafts, tabletop games, an Artists’ Alley, comics, LARP demonstrations and more. Prof. Bryan Carr (Communication/Information Science/Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies) will host three live recordings of his “Serious Fun” podcast…

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Prof. Kimberley Reilly featured in Green Bay Press Gazette

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Sep 27, 2022

UW-Green Bay professor, Kimberley Reilly was featured in the Green Bay Press Gazette for her collaboration with Deb Anderson, director of archives at the Cofrin Library, to develop the the project “Our Voices: LGBTQ+ Stories of Northeastern Wisconsin.” Reilly teaches a class in which students learn about LGBTQ+ history and conduct interviews to record the…

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Breaking down the constitutionality of overturning Roe V. Wade | Fox 11

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Kristin Bouchard

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Jul 7, 2022

Reilly discussed the history of the Court’s jurisprudence on abortion rights in the wake of the Dobbs V. Jackson Health decision. (WLUK) — From the steps of the Supreme Court building to the streets closer to home, the fight over abortion rights continues. While Roe v. Wade is the name taking over most headlines, there…

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State Lawmakers Weigh-In on Potential Impacts of Roe v. Wade Decision in Elections | WTAQ News Talk | 97.5 FM · 1360 AM | Green Bay, WI w/ Prof. Christine Smith

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Sue Bodilly

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May 6, 2022

WISCONSIN, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — If the Supreme Court decides to overturn Roe v. Wade, the laws surrounding abortion in Wisconsin could be in the hands of state lawmakers.With midterm elections approaching, some state lawmakers, like Rep. Gordon Hintz, a Democrat from Oshkosh, says he thinks the issue could impact engagement and motivation from voters in…

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Faculty note: Prof. Carr and RANDOM ENCOUNTER #14 In Which It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Virtual World

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Sue Bodilly

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Feb 11, 2022

UW-Green Bay Prof. Bryan Carr (Communication, Information Science, and Women & Gender Studies) writes his newest Random Encounters article about the new virtual reality set he got last year. He writes about various games that he has played using the headset but also breaks down the concept of virtual reality, going into detail about the…

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Faculty note: Profs. Reilly and Levintova publication

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Sue Bodilly

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Jan 5, 2022

Professors Katia Levintova and Kim Reilly announce the publication of their article “Student Parents and HIPs: Missing Out on High Impact Practices” that was just appeared in The Journal of Continuing Higher Education (70:1, January 2022) with the campus community.

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UW-Green Bay’s ‘BIPOC Rise’ program aims to improve retention rates among students of color

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Nov 8, 2021

GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — UW-Green Bay has launched a new peer mentor program to help improve retention rates among students of color. The University’s BIPOC Rise program is aimed at providing support for freshman of color by pairing them with a mentor. “Students of color, specifically black students and Native American students actually have…

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UW System: Honors achievements of LGBTQ+ advocates and their allies across UW System through 2021 awards

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Nov 8, 2021

MADISON, Wis.—The University of Wisconsin System has announced the 11 honorees of the 2021 Dr. P.B. Poorman Award for Outstanding Achievement on Behalf of LGBTQ+ People, an annual honor given to LGBTQ+ people or their allies who have helped to create a safer and more inclusive climate for LGBTQ+ people. The award celebrates the memory and…

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Faculty note: Prof. Van Slooten presentation

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Sue Bodilly

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Jun 7, 2021

UW-Green Bay Associate Prof. Jessica Lyn Van Slooten (English, Writing Foundations, and Women’s and Gender Studies), presented “Carry Me Over the Threshold: Using Popular Romance Novels in Women’s and Gender Studies Classes to Teach Disciplinary Threshold Concepts” at the virtual national Popular Culture Association conference on June 3.

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Art student Kieran Krueger’s work selected for Wisconsin Gender and Women’s Studies Conference

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Sue Bodilly

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Mar 31, 2021

Art student Kieran Krueger was selected to present at the Wisconsin Gender and Women’s Studies Conference, “Resistance and Reimagination: Gender, Change, and The Arts,” April 8-10, 2021. In this video presentation, Krueger discusses his artwork “Queer Monsters.” The work considers identity, especially transgender and gender non-conforming identities, and draws influence from queer theory. “Queer Monsters”…

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