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The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Now Hiring: Assistant/Associate Professor Black Feminisms

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is now hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminism

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October 08, 2025 American Studies, Art, Arts for All, Communication, English, Linguistics, Maryland Language Science Center, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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.
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!

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Office Closed for Winter Break

December 20, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Happy Holidays for WGSS!

WGSS Undergraduate Research Scholarship Applications now open!

December 18, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Applications for the Spring 2024 WGSS Undergraduate Research Scholarship are now open to all students studying in WGSS.

Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner publishes article on Indigenous Feminist Evaluation methods

December 14, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Meissner published an article in the Canadian Journal for Program Evaluation this December
School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, UMD

Mentorship is Always on the Menu at Ruth Enid Zambrana’s Kitchen Table

December 14, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Ruth Zambrana featured in UMD BSOS article

WGSS alumna honored in Library Journal Top Books of 2023

December 13, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Graduate L. Ayu Saraswati's ('07) "Scarred" named one of Library Journal's Top Books of 2023
Maryland Today

7 Toys That Stand the Test of Time

December 06, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

From LEGO to Slinky, alum toy marketer finds ‘what’s old is certainly new again.’

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner published in Hypatia

December 06, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner's essay was published this week in Cambridge University Press's Hypatia
Maryland Today

WGSS Professor & Alumni Genna Rosenberg featured in Maryland Today

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

WGSS Alumni and professor of WGSS277 discusses toys that stand the test of time

Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill essay to appear in new book from Stanford University Press

November 30, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Bonnie Thornton Dill publishes chapter in Moving from the Margins: Life Histories in Transforming the Study of Racism

WGSS Student awarded ARHU Dean's Senior Scholar Award

November 30, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Congratulations to Jestina Ricci on receiving the Dean's Senior Scholar Award!