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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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ARHU 2022 Service Award Winners Announced

October 12, 2022 American Studies, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication

Six exceptional members of the ARHU community received an annual service award.

Harriet Tubman Featured in Maryland Today

October 04, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Harriet Tubman was featured in a Maryland Today article.

Breaking The M.O.L.D. Initiative Launches with In-Depth Discussion of Leadership in Academia

September 07, 2022 American Studies, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication

The initiative seeks to prepare underrepresented arts and humanities faculty for institutional leadership.

Save the Date for this Fall's Events

September 06, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Save the date for these WGSS events!

Driver-labor and Reproductive Justice

September 06, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Hua and Dr. Ray of San Francisco University will present a colloquium, Driver-labor and Reproductive Justice.

The Medium is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies

September 06, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This colloquium is with Dr. Armond R. Towns, Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa.

Publishing Workshop with Dr. Towns

September 06, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

This publishing workshop is with Dr. Armond R. Towns, editor of Communication and Race, and  Associate Professor of Communication and Media Studies.