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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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Harriet Tubman Day Bicentennial Resources

February 15, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is excited to announce our Harriet Tubman Day Celebration and share some resources about other events and projects that are underway.

RECLAIMING HISTORIES|CREATING FUTURES: Harriet Tubman Bicentennial

February 15, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join the Harriet Tubman Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality as we celebrate Harriet Tubman's Bicentennial

The Stamp Gallery presents "alternate universe: visualizing queer futurisms"

February 02, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Stamp Gallery presents "alternate universe: visualizing queer futurisms" Camila Tapia-Guilliams and micha cárdenas

ALL ABOUT HOOKS Remembering bell hooks

December 17, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Remembering bell hooks together

A Message to Winter 2021 Graduates

December 17, 2021 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Art, Classics, Communication, English, History, Linguistics, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, 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

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill addresses graduating students.

Welcome and Introduction to the WGSS Department

November 09, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Please check our our video introducing and welcoming new students to the department

Book Launch for Neel Ahuja's Planetary Specters Nov. 15, 3pm

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

Please join us to celebrate Dr. Ahuja's book release for Planetary Specters: Race, Migration, and Climate Change in the Twenty-First Century

Jackie Liu receives the ARHU Dean's Senior Scholar Award!

November 02, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dual Degree student Jackie Liu honored with the ARHU Dean's Senior Scholar Award!

Ruth Enid Zambrana Recognized for Decades of Mentorship

November 01, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Distinguished University Professor has received the 2021 Lyndon Haviland Public Health Mentoring Award by the American Public Health Association.