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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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Nov 1st: Unsettling Borders with Dr. Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

October 03, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies

WGSS invites you to a book talk with Dr. Felicity Amaya Schaeffer

Breaking the M.O.L.D. Launches Second Cohort for Leaders of Color and Women in Higher Ed

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

The Mellon Foundation-funded initiative prepares underrepresented arts and humanities faculty at three Maryland universities for leadership roles.

DC Queer Studies Symposium October 25th

September 08, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, History, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, English

Save the Date - October 25th "The Queer Limit of Black Memory, Ten Years Later: A Celebration of the Scholarship of Matt Richardson"
Maryland Today

Dr Ruth Enid Zambrana receives $500K Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

September 05, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Professor Ruth Enid Zambrana has received a a new grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

WGSS welcomes new faculty member, Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner

August 21, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS is excited to welcome Indigenous feminist philosopher Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner to the department this Fall

Unsettled Borders: The Militarized Surveillance on Sacred Indigenous Land

June 22, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join us on November 1st with Dr. Felicity Amaya Schaeffer, author of Unsettled Borders: The Militarized Surveillance on Sacred Indigenous Land .

Judith Peller Hallett, Professor of Classics and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Emerita Wins Howarth Mentoring Award

May 05, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Judith Peller Hallett, Professor of Classics and Distinguished Scholar-Teacher Emerita wins Howarth Mentoring Award.