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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD Launches Institute Focused on Ethical AI Development

Dr. Neda Atanasoski appointed Associate Director of Education for ethics focused Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland

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December 05, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Professor & Alumni Genna Rosenberg featured in Maryland Today

WGSS Alumni and professor of WGSS277 discusses toys that stand the test of time
November 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Indigenous Futures Lab featured in Maryland Today

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner and the Indigenous Futures Lab were featured in the November 20, 2023 issue of major University publication, Maryland Today
September 22, 2023 School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, History, Douglass Center

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.
April 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Exciting Online Summer 2023 Courses

Check out these exciting online summer courses!
February 28, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor Neel Ahuja's Planetary Specters Awarded an Honorable Mention in The Association for Asian American Studies Awards

The Association for Asian American Studies awarded Dr, Ahuja an honorable mention for his book, Planetary Specters: Race, Migration and Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century.
February 02, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

An Open Letter to the UMD Community from the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies

An open letter from the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, written in solidarity with the 7 December 2022 petition to President Pines written by UMD students with disabilities.
February 01, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Hageman's "Shiplap" Named as one of 2022's Best Video Essays by the British Film Institute

The British Film Institute featured Dr. Eva Hageman's video essay "Shiplap" as one of 2022's best video essays.
January 26, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda.
November 08, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Community Remembers Catherine Schuler

Remembering Catherine Schuler

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Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner publishes article on Indigenous Feminist Evaluation methods

December 14, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Meissner published an article in the Canadian Journal for Program Evaluation this December

WGSS alumna honored in Library Journal Top Books of 2023

December 13, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Graduate L. Ayu Saraswati's ('07) "Scarred" named one of Library Journal's Top Books of 2023
Maryland Today

7 Toys That Stand the Test of Time

December 06, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

From LEGO to Slinky, alum toy marketer finds ‘what’s old is certainly new again.’

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner published in Hypatia

December 06, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's essay was published this week in Cambridge University Press's Hypatia
Maryland Today

WGSS Professor & Alumni Genna Rosenberg featured in Maryland Today

December 05, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Alumni and professor of WGSS277 discusses toys that stand the test of time

Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill essay to appear in new book from Stanford University Press

November 30, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Bonnie Thornton Dill publishes chapter in Moving from the Margins: Life Histories in Transforming the Study of Racism

WGSS Student awarded ARHU Dean's Senior Scholar Award

November 30, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to Jestina Ricci on receiving the Dean's Senior Scholar Award!
Maryland Today

Indigenous Futures Lab featured in Maryland Today

November 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner and the Indigenous Futures Lab were featured in the November 20, 2023 issue of major University publication, Maryland Today
Maryland Today

Indigenous Scholar Weaves ‘Futures of Flourishing’

November 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Newly arrived professor's lab seeks to expand understanding of Native cultures, history, practices.

Offices Closed for Thanksgiving Break

November 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University offices will close for the Thanksgiving Break