Madison Allen

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Email: madison.allen@wisc.edu

Address:
Advisor: Cindy I-Fen Cheng

Madison Allen headshot

Biography

I am interested in Asian American women’s activism during the late 20th Century. Currently, my research focuses on the nascent Asian American Movement and Third World Solidarity Movement in California. I explore how radical organizing was an inherently gendering activity for Asian American and Third World protestors. As such, I analyze how gender shaped movement culture, labor reproduction, consciousness-raising, cultural production, political education, as well as differing and emergent forms of resistance.

Education

B.A., History, Georgetown University, 2025

Field

  • U.S./North American History
  • Gender and Women’s History

Selected Awards

  • Kemper Knapp Graduate School Fellowship, UW-Madison, 2025-26