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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

Featured News

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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Q&A:Bobby Benedicto’S Insights On Lgbt Communities In Postcolonial Manila

November 16, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's Studies Professor Bobby Benedicto talks about his ethnographic work "Under Bright Lights."

Bobby Benedicto Wins The 2015 Ruth Benedict Book Prize Honorable Mention

November 16, 2015 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to Bobby Benedicto, whose book “Under Bright Lights: Gay Manila and the Global Scene,” was recognized for its excellence.

2015-2016 New Faculty Appointments

August 27, 2015 Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

ARHU welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.

Sixteen Arhu Students Win Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships

June 05, 2015 American Studies, Art, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, French, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to the sixteen ARHU students who won the Summer 2015 Bright Futures Scholarships!

Three Arhu Faculty Among 2015-16 Advance Seed Grantees

April 08, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Faculty members are either direct recipients of the prestigious awards or co-investigators.

Associate Professor Of Women’S Studies Receives Neh Grant

March 25, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ashwini Tambe will use grant to help complete book project on how the age boundary between girlhood and womanhood has shifted in the last century.
The Diamondback

Umd Panel Discusses Black Diversity, Culture Dynamics Within Community

March 10, 2015 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

A panel hosted by the African American studies department takes on identity in the black community.
The Diamondback

Casey Foundation Grant Aims To Improve Minority Rates Among Faculty

December 02, 2014 College of Arts and Humanities, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This article quotes Ruth Zambrana, director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity.

2014-2015 New Faculty Appointments

September 03, 2014 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The College of Arts and Humanities welcomes new faculty cohort to UMD.
Lambda Literary

Hanhardt Wins Book Award

June 03, 2014 American Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Christina Hanhardt wins the 2014 Lambda Literary Award (Lammys) in the category of Best LGBT Studies for her debut title Safe Space: Gay Neighborhood History and the Politics of Violence.