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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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Who Run The World?

March 07, 2012 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's Studies develops a class on female pop singers Lady Gaga, Beyonce, and Nicki Minaj. 

A Celebration Of 17Th & 18Th Century Maryland Food, Drink And Tavern Life

November 10, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, American Studies, English, History, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Associate Professor Sheri Parks, American Studies, discusses 17th and 18th century taverns.

ARHU Emeriti Granted

October 06, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Art, English, History, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UMD announces six new ARHU emeriti for 2010-2011 at Faculty and Staff Convocation.H. Eleanor Kerkham, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Tadeusz A. Lapinski, Department of Art

2011-2012 New Faculty Appointments

September 02, 2011 American Studies, College of Arts and Humanities, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Arabic, Persian, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

College of Arts & Humanities welcomes new cohort of 13 faculty to campus. Updated: Tuesday, September 6, 2011

UMD Students Awarded Mary Savage Snouffer Disseratation Fellowships

June 07, 2011 English, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Three ARHU students win fellowship funding towards their dissertation completion. 

Umd Students Win Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships

June 03, 2011 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, English, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

13 ARHU doctoral students receive Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowships from the UMD Graduate School for 2011-2012.

Umd Students Win Summer Research Fellowships

June 03, 2011 American Studies, Art History and Archaeology, Communication, English, History, Philosophy, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, German Studies, Spanish and Portuguese

14 ARHU students awarded Summer Research Fellowships for 2011 from the UMD Graduate School.

Bonnie Thornton Dill Named Dean Of Arts And Humanities

June 02, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Women's studies Chair Bonnie Thornton Dill serving two-year term as ARHU dean.

2011-2012 Arhu Fulbright Recipients

April 21, 2011 English, History, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center, French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, School of Music, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

UPDATED: ARHU students are selected as prestigious 2011-2012 Fulbright award winners.

Conference: 35 Years Of Feminist Scholarship

April 14, 2011 College of Arts and Humanities, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Conference celebrates UMD's Claire Moses for her 35 years of feminist scholarship.WHAT: