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The Art and Humanity of AI

From classrooms to research labs, the College of Arts and Humanities is shaping how we understand artificial intelligence and guiding its responsible future.

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February 24, 2025 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Harriet Tubman Day Poster Award Winners

Check out the winner and runner-ups for the 2025 Tubman Day Poster Contest
June 26, 2024 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.
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 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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.

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Dr. Hoagland received the Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award

April 14, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Tangere Hoagland was awarded the Charles A. Caramello Distinguished Dissertation Award

WGSS Graduate Students Awards and Fellowships

April 14, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS PhD students receiving Awards and Fellowships for their research

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

Maryland Today

A Still-Living Legacy of Justice

March 10, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Harriet Tubman Day event commemorates, revitalizes historic figure.
Health Affairs

Podcast: Ruth Zambrana Argues Structural Racism is a Social Determinant of Health

March 10, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ruth Enid Zambrana joins A Health Podyssey to discuss the rich intellectual history of scholarship on racism and health.

University of Maryland Giving Day 2022

March 03, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

University of Maryland Giving Day 2022

Summer 2022 Course Registration is Open

February 25, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Department is excited to offer several LGBT & WGSS courses this Summer

Arts and Humanities Colloquium: Alexis Lothian Discusses Fan Fiction, Social Justice and the Politics of Fantasy

February 22, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The talk is part of a series centering ARHU faculty expertise on issues of systemic racism, inequality and social justice.