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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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Robyn Muncy Interviewed About 19Th Amendment

May 18, 2017 History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Historian outlines how American women of the 1920s “changed the meaning of womanhood.”

Students And Professors Come Together To Discuss The Rise Of Donald Trump

December 05, 2016 English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Potomac Center for the Study of Modernity and the Miller Center for Historical Studies teamed up for the first time to organize the discussion.

Arhu Emeriti Faculty Granted

September 27, 2016 American Studies, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Six ARHU faculty received emeriti status from UMD in Fall 2016.

2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship Recipients

July 07, 2016 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Nine ARHU doctoral students receive 2016-17 Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships.

2016-17 Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship Recipients

July 07, 2016 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Spanish and Portuguese, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

EIGHT ARHU graduate students receive 2016-17 Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowships.

Elle Magazine Ranks Most Compelling Classes About The Female Experience

June 29, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

From Pussy Riot to Caribbean literature by women, Elle Magazine highlights three UMD courses offered this fall.

2015-16 Outstanding Directors Of Graduate Studies

June 23, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU profs in English and Women’s Studies make exceptional contributions to graduate education.

Angel Love Miles Receives Two Campus-Wide Service Awards

May 31, 2016 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Miles, critical race, disability and gender scholar, was honored for her advocacy work on behalf of disability rights.

Women’S Studies Professor Lamonda Horton-Stallings Awarded 2016 Emily Toth Award

March 18, 2016 American Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Horton-Stallings’ new book offers a revitalizing discussion of black sexuality, literature and art from the perspective of funk culture.

2016 Arhu Leadership Appointments

March 11, 2016 University of Maryland Art Gallery, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the new leaders in the College of Arts and Humanities.