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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

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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
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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Conference: 35 Years Of Feminist Scholarship

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Conference celebrates UMD's Claire Moses for her 35 years of feminist scholarship.WHAT:

Women's History Month: It's Who You Know And How You Connect

March 18, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

A look at how three ARHU professors are helping create a supportive academic environment for women.By Katelin Wangberg

Boswell Named Acls New Faculty Fellow

January 25, 2011 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UPDATED: WMST Ph.D. Barbara Boswell named ACLS New Faculty Fellow.Barbara Boswell, F'11
The Quietus

We All Play Synth: 2010 In Analogue From Hipsters To System Engineers

December 31, 2010 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Online music magazine The Quietus calls UMD Woman Studies' Tara Rogers' Pink Noises one of the best music books of 2010.
HIPSTERBOOKCLUB

Hipster Book Club 2010 Holiday Gift Guide

December 15, 2010 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Hipster Book Club picks UMD Woman Studies' Tara Rogers' Pink Noises for their 2010 Holiday GIft Guide. By Kyle Olson, HIPSTERBOOKCLUB

The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience. 

The African American Experience (Impact Research Digest: Vol. 4 No. 1, Spring 2009)

August 16, 2009 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read the Spring edition of Impact, spotlighting the research of ARHU faculty as it relates to the African American Experience.