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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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March 10, 2023 Harriet Tubman Day Commemoration Event

February 08, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Celebrate Harriet Tubman Day on March 10, 2023.

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

February 02, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and 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.

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

February 01, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The British Film Institute featured Dr. Eva Hageman's video essay "Shiplap" as one of 2022's best video essays.

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda

January 26, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda.

Queer in Translation: Sexual Politics under Neoliberal Islam

December 14, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join us for a colloquium with with Dr. Evern Savci of Yale University.

WGSS Student Office Assistant Opportunity

November 29, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

We are looking for a new student Office Assistant this year.

WGSS Community Remembers Catherine Schuler

November 08, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Remembering Catherine Schuler

The Harriet Tubman Poster Design Award (2022)

November 01, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read more to find out about the Harriet Tubman Poster Design Award.

Becoming Frederick Douglass

October 27, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Douglass Center

We will screen the documentary Becoming Frederick Douglass.