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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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WGSS Student Office Assistant Opportunity

November 29, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

We are looking for a new student Office Assistant this year.

WGSS Community Remembers Catherine Schuler

November 08, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Remembering Catherine Schuler

The Harriet Tubman Poster Design Award (2022)

November 01, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Read more to find out about the Harriet Tubman Poster Design Award.

Becoming Frederick Douglass

October 27, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Douglass Center

We will screen the documentary Becoming Frederick Douglass.

Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom

October 24, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

We will screen the documentary Harriet Tubman: Visions of Freedom.

Update: Obeahs, Brujas and Witches (2022)

October 21, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Join us on November 11th for Obeahs, Brujas and Witches.

Dr. Armond R. Towns: Black Escapism On The Underground Railroad

October 20, 2022 Communication, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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

Women's Studies Quarterly article explores the department's history

October 17, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

History of the WGSS PhD program featured in an article by WGSS alums Dr. Barbara Shaw and Dr. Ayu Saraswati.
Maryland Today

Expert on Health Inequities Elected to National Academy of Medicine

October 17, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Ruth Enid Zambrana becomes record 62nd UMD faculty member in National Academies.