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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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Apr 3 - Unbelonging: Inauthentic Sounds in Mexican and Latinx Aesthetics

March 21, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to invite back former faculty member, Dr. Iván A. Ramos to discuss new book
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UMD Hosts Panel to Honor Legacy of Harriet Tubman, Highlight Artists and Activists

March 11, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of Arts and Humanities

University of Maryland community members came together Sunday to discuss identity politics, reclaiming agency and the nuances of autonomy during a panel commemorating the life and legacy of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman.

Mar 10 - Announcing the 4th Annual Harriet Tubman Day Comemmoration

February 28, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS is proud to announce Harmonies of Liberty, the 4th annual Harriet Tubman Day celebration

WGSS to welcome Dr. Janell Hobson to campus

February 28, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join WGSS on March 13 for Harriet Tubman, National Memory, and the Making of Black Feminist Icon with prominent Harriet Tubman scholar Dr. Janell Hobson

Indigenous Futures Lab Inaugurates Indigenous Knowledge Speaker Series

February 06, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join the Indigenous Futures Lab in inaugurating the first annual Indigenous Knowledge Speakers Series

February 7th - Social Justice Hangout: Film Screening & Q+A - 1948: Creation & Catastrophe

February 01, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to host first Social Justice Hangout of the semester, taking part in the UMD Palestine Teach-in Series

Inaugural ‘Harmony Fellows’ Blend Disciplines, Forge New Directions for ARHU and UMD

January 31, 2024 College of Arts and Humanities, History, Art History and Archaeology, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Art, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Classics, American Studies

Seven pairs of fellows, from ARHU and beyond, are working on a range of projects to innovate curricula, research and programming.

February 21st - The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

January 30, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS to welcome back Avery Dame-Griff to discuss new book, The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet

Zenzele Isoke publishes essay in upcoming Queer Newark

January 26, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

"Remembering Sakia, Remembering Ourselves" to appear as epilogue in new anthology from Rutgers University Press

Save the Date for Spring 2024 Events at WGSS

January 24, 2024 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

We are so excited for you to see what we have coming