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

Examining Data Science Through an Equity Lens

The Computer Science and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies departments collaborated on a new cross-listed course.

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June 04, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Inked in History

Professor tells stories behind her traditional tattoos.
April 10, 2024 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
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.

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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.  

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.
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.