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APC/GSWS Artist-in-Residence Ricardo A. Bracho has been awarded a Sachs Program for Arts Innovation grant to present The Sis Uprising: A Critical Kiki with Arien Wilkerson. The online event, taking place October 8th, 2020, will feature Wilkerson and their collaborators presenting new and previous work to Bracho’s creative writing workshop, Passion Projects, and to the greater Penn community.

GSWS course information is now available on PennInTouch through the course search feature. Click on the course id, then select "click to view" next to "course syllabus" to see a prospectus with information regarding a/synchronous course materials and requirements for each course. 

A 5 minute play APC/GSWS Artist-in-Residence Ricardo Bracho wrote about lucid dreaming, interpellation and protesting will be performed live on YouTube this Saturday Aug 1st, 2020. 
 

APC/GSWS core faculty member Pilar Goñalons-Pons' new article "His and Her Earnings Following Parenthood in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom" (American Sociological Review), co-authored with Kelly Musick, Megan Doherty Bea, examines how parenthood shapes within-family gender inequality by education. Read more here. 

Lauren Martin has published the research she worked on as an APC Visiting Scholar in the latest issue of Culture, Health & Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care. The article, "Delaying, debating and declining motherhood," tracks childless women’s reproductive decision-making and behaviours over the course of 4 years and 2 waves of participant interviews. Read more here. 
 

In the Penn Today article "Cholera vs. flu: Philadelphia’s historical epidemic successes and failures," Timothy Kent Holliday discuses his doctoral research on epidemics in Philadelphia by focusing on the "intimate care" of managing diseases in instutitions like hospitals, prisons, and quarantine stations. Read the interview here. 

GSWS/APC congratulates GSWS core faculty Hsiao-wen Cheng, Dawn Teele, and Jessa Lingel on their recent tenure appointments!

We stand in solidarity with those across the country, and especially in the city of Philadelphia, who are working for revolutionary change by protesting. The protests around the disregard, devaluation, and violent treatment of Black people come as a consequence of a long history of racist violence, including state-sponsored violence and police brutality, and exploitation fueled by white supremacy.  Black lives matter.

This year, GSWS seniors received a number of awards recognizing their scholarly work and service to the community. Two seniors were inducted into Phi Beta Kappa: Wesley Neal and Chloe Tan.