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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

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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.
January 26, 2023 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda

WGSS welcomes AAUW Fellow Agnes Namaganda.
November 08, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Community Remembers Catherine Schuler

Remembering Catherine Schuler

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WGSS Seeks Applicants for Black Feminist Thought and/or Black Women’s Studies Faculty Position

September 16, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

WGSS Seeks Applicants for Tenure-Track Faculty Position in Black Feminist Thought and/or Black Women’s Studies

Department Welcomes New Chair

September 08, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Welcomes New Chair, Dr. Neda Atanasoski

Department Welcomes New Faculty

September 08, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

The Harriet Tubman Department Welcomes New Faculty Member, Dr. Neel Ahuja

Applications Now Open for the Charlotte Brozer Shapiro Scholarship

September 07, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Applications Now Open for the Charlotte Brozer Shapiro Scholarship in Women's Studies

WGSS Career Development: What Can You Do With a WGSS Education?

April 14, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Our Spring 2021 Careers video is now online!

Summer 2021 Course Offerings

March 30, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Summer Registration is Open!
Maryland Today

A Day to Remember Harriet Tubman

March 11, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Event celebrates revolutionary’s legacy, department’s name change.

Announcing Queering Health/Care: A Virtual Series from DC Queer Studies at UMD

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

Presenting: Mutual Care; Pandemics, Plural; and Queering Health/Care: A DC-area Symposium

2021 Giving Day

March 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Have you been waiting to show your support for the Department? Today's a great day to do it!

Harriet Tubman Day

March 03, 2021 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

We hope you will join us for our celebration of Harriet Tubman Day on March 10th