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

    Women’s Studies Chooses Icon of Freedom as Namesake

    Abolitionist, suffragist Harriet Tubman symbolizes department’s commitment to values.

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    September 15, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Ruth Enid Zambrana Co-Authors ‘Equity and Inclusion’ Guidebook

    The new guidebook for college and university leaders draws from the Distinguished University Professor’s book and a 2018 conference.

    September 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    UMD Names Academic Department After Legendary Marylander Harriet Tubman

    Scholarship on Tubman’s life and works will be incorporated into curricula, programming and service impacting the entire campus.
    July 09, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Professor of Women’s Studies Ruth Enid Zambrana Named Distinguished University Professor

    Zambrana is a renowned and pioneering interdisciplinary scholar and mentor.

    December 06, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    A First in Women’s Studies

    Groundbreaker in program at UMD creates its inaugural merit-based scholarship.
    September 27, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Op/Ed: Teen 'boys will be boys': A brief history

    Associate Professor of Women's Studies Ashwini Tambe weighs in on the history of adolescence.
    September 23, 2018 Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    The Stress of Being a Minority Faculty Member

    An author examines the ways in which elite colleges can be toxic to the minority faculty members they hire, and what might be done to improve the situation.

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    Inside Higher Ed

    Waiting Game

    November 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Some students at colleges in the Washington, D.C., area were actively demonstrating alongside local organizations near the White House, but Tuesday was a mostly quiet night on campuses as results of the 2020 presidential election slowly trickled in.
    Medium.com

    Trauma Seizures: PNES and Disability Invisibility

    October 15, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    It’s estimated that 70% of people with PNES are young women.
    Maryland Today

    Women’s Studies Chooses Icon of Freedom as Namesake

    September 17, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Abolitionist, suffragist Harriet Tubman symbolizes department’s commitment to values.

    Ruth Enid Zambrana Co-Authors ‘Equity and Inclusion’ Guidebook

    September 15, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    The new guidebook for college and university leaders draws from the Distinguished University Professor’s book and a 2018 conference.

    UMD Names Academic Department After Legendary Marylander Harriet Tubman

    September 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Scholarship on Tubman’s life and works will be incorporated into curricula, programming and service impacting the entire campus.
    The Diamondback

    UMD Finds New Undocumented Coordinator, Announces New Women’s Studies Dept. Name

    September 04, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies in the Diamondback

    Professor of Women’s Studies Ruth Enid Zambrana Named Distinguished University Professor

    July 09, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Zambrana is a renowned and pioneering interdisciplinary scholar and mentor.

    The Diamondback

    "Nothing More Fearless"

    February 07, 2020 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    UMD students discuss injustice at Black History Month event.

    Mellon Grant Supports Values-Based Metrics Initiative to Transform Higher Education

    August 16, 2019 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    International partnership supports development and implementation of new methods for assessing humanities and social science research.
    Maryland Today

    A First in Women’s Studies

    December 06, 2018 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Groundbreaker in program at UMD creates its inaugural merit-based scholarship.