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

    A Day to Remember Harriet Tubman

    Event celebrates revolutionary’s legacy, department’s name change.

    Featured News

    March 05, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Announcing Queering Health/Care: A Virtual Series from DC Queer Studies at UMD

    Presenting: Mutual Care; Pandemics, Plural; and Queering Health/Care: A DC-area Symposium

    February 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Harriet Tubman Day Call for Submissions

    Help us celebrate Harriet Tubman Day by submitting artwork that celebrates what Harriet Tubman means to you or what it means to you that our name now honors her.  
    February 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    New video introduces the department and programs

    Check out this video to learn more about the department and this new website
    September 17, 2020 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.
    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

    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.

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    WGSS Career Development: What Can You Do With a WGSS Education?

    April 14, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Our Spring 2021 Careers video is now online!

    Summer 2021 Course Offerings

    March 30, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Summer Registration is Open!
    Maryland Today

    A Day to Remember Harriet Tubman

    March 11, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Event celebrates revolutionary’s legacy, department’s name change.

    Announcing Queering Health/Care: A Virtual Series from DC Queer Studies at UMD

    March 05, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Presenting: Mutual Care; Pandemics, Plural; and Queering Health/Care: A DC-area Symposium

    2021 Giving Day

    March 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Have you been waiting to show your support for the Department? Today's a great day to do it!

    Harriet Tubman Day

    March 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    We hope you will join us for our celebration of Harriet Tubman Day on March 10th

    WGSS Announces Spring Events

    February 08, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    WGSS Spring Events Schedule: Social Justice Hangouts, Career Development, and Harriet Tubman Day offer something for everyone

    Harriet Tubman Day Call for Submissions

    February 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Help us celebrate Harriet Tubman Day by submitting artwork that celebrates what Harriet Tubman means to you or what it means to you that our name now honors her.  

    New video introduces the department and programs

    February 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

    Check out this video to learn more about the department and this new website
    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.