University of Wisconsin–Madison

People Type: Gender and Women’s History

Acharya, Deep

Biography Biography I am a historian-in-training and a Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. I study the evolution of fatherhood as a heuristic device to understand broader socio-ideological transfigurations in twentieth-century Germany. At a time when authoritarianism resurges with paternalistic overtones, through my research I attempt to reconceptualize fascism beyond the architectures of a …

Allen, Madison

Biography Biography  I am interested in Asian American women’s activism during the late 20th Century. Currently, my research focuses on Third World organizing and its afterlives in California. Education B.A., History, Georgetown University, 2025 Field Selected Awards

Arceo, Verenize

Biography Biography My dissertation, “Gateway to Community: Ethnic Mexican Place-Making in California’s San Joaquin Valley, 1965-1995,” centers the everyday socio-cultural life and leisure experiences of ethnic Mexican women as critical strides in redefining the identity of the San Joaquin Valley. Located in the heart of California, the San Joaquin Valley has remained a hyper-invisible landscape …

do Prado, Julia

Biography Biography I am a student of U.S. history with a particular interest in the social, legal, and cultural developments of the 20th century. Education B.A. in Law, State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil Field

Fernandez, Ana

Biography Biography My research explores 20th-century California labor history with a focus on the U.S.-Mexican borderlands and the intersections of race, gender, and radical politics. I am interested in how living conditions, welfare systems, and labor struggles shaped everyday experiences and ignited movements for social change during the 1930s in the Imperial Valley. Education B.A., …

Flynn, James

Biography Biography I’m an East Asian historian and Koreanist. My research has centered on postwar Korea, focusing on labor, class formation, and social activism amidst the “miracle” of its rapid industrial development. Before arriving to the history department of UW-Madison, I had been a long term resident of Korea, beginning with a stint as an …

Miron, Kyle

Biography Biography My dissertation examines treatment of incarcerated girls in the United States from World War I through the New Deal. I investigate how wartime concern about women’s sexuality and children’s misbehavior became localized and amplified on the bodies of adolescent girls, introducing new ideas about the its causes and new methods to try to …

Moro, Fauziyatu

Biography Biography I am a Ph.D. student in the African History Program, with a minor concentration in African Cultural Studies. I specialize in 19th and 20th-century West Africa, and my research interests include migration, urbanization, urban popular culture, and gender in Africa. My current research maps the social lives of migrants in Ghana’s largest migrant …

Richu, Elizabeth

Biography Biography My interest is in African history particularly on environment, political ecology, and gender in colonial and post-colonial Kenya. Education B.Ed (Arts), Machakos University Field

Tetteh, Valentina Korkor

Biography Biography I am interested in African History, on juvenile, women and social justice. Education M.Phil., History, University of Ghana B.A, University of Education, Winneba Field MA Title