Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie

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WGSS is looking for communications interns! Come put your feminist critical thinking skills and chronic online attitude to use as a WGSS Comms Intern! Applications open on August 1st. Visit

Check out our chair, Dr. Neda Atanasoski's, interview about her new book Technocreep on the newest episode of The Good Robot Podcast!

Join us for Sarah Scriven's PhD Dissertaiton Defense "Black Women's Scrapbooks: A Look from Within" on Tues, July 8 in person in SQH 1120 and online! To read a full abstract and RSVP, visit https://go.umd.edu/WGSSDissDefenseScriven #Blackademics #AcademicSky

Documenting Harriet Tubman’s Leadership: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Edda L. Fields-Black on the Combahee River Raid The Combahee River Raid was a military operation during the American Civil War led by Harriet Tubman on June 1-2, 1863. Historian Edda L. Fields-Black—this year’s winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Histo...

Historian Edda L. Fields-Black and @profjch.bsky.social‬ reflect on Harriet Tubman’s revolutionary Civil War raid and the power of preserving Black history in the face of political pushback.

Happy Pride Month from WGSS! Interested in studying the media, scholarship, and activist contributions across the LGBTQ+ community? Consider joining the LGBTQ Studies🌈🎓 program or taking a WGSS or LGBT coded course this fall.

Celebrate LGBTQ+ stories at @dcdoxfest June 12-15 in DC! 🏳️‍🌈Don't miss powerful docs like TESSITURA, HOLD ME CLOSE, STATE OF FIRSTS , I WAS BORN THIS WAY, HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY, THE LIBRARIANS, THE SECRET OF ME & CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG
Tix & 10% off code PRIDE10
https://dcdoxfest.com/
#PrideMonth

Joins us for Danielle LaPlace's Dissertation Defense :"How We Accomplish this Work: Black Labor and the U.S. Imperial Public Health in the Greater Caribbean, 1898-1934" will take place on June 5 at 10 AM in SQH 3105. Read the full abstract and RSVP at https://go.umd.edu/WgssDissDefenseLaplace

Join us for Lenora Knowles' PhD Dissertation Defense. "Women in the Struggle": Women of Color Coalitional Relationalities in the Cold War Era will take place on May 29 at 12:00 PM in SQH 3105. To read the full abstract and RSVP, visit https://go.umd.edu/WgssDissDefenseKnowles

There's still time to register for Summer WGSS courses🌈🎓! WGSS 250 and WGSS 105 are now both asynchronous and WGSS 250 has been extended to a 6 week course. You don't need to be a currently enrolled undergraduate student at the University of Maryland to join. #academicsky #whatwheredc

Have you heard? WGSS Chair Dr. Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social's new edited volume "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen" is out now! Make sure to check out this beautiful, full color book! #academicsky #CulturalStudies #CriticalEthnicStudies #UniversityofMaryland

Session 2-C (July 14 - August 1) - LGBT 327: LGBT Film📽️ and Video 🌈🎓
Non-UMD App Deadline: Domestic - July 1; Intl - June 1

Comparative analysis of forms, themes, and the politics of representation in film and video by and/or about LGBT people.
#filmsky #feministscholars #whatwheredc

Session 2-C (July 14 - August 1) - WGSS 250: Women, Art, & Culture 🌈🎓
Non-UMD App Deadline: Domestic - July 1; Intl - June 1

A critical introduction to the feminist studies through an exploration of the intersection of art and social justice. #feministscholars #whatwheredc

Session 1 (June 2-July 11) - WGSS 105: Intro to #DisabilityStudies
Deadline to Apply: Domestic Students - May 15

Explore the interdisciplinary field of disability studies through this introduction to how theories of disability justice interesct with feminist and antiracist struggles.

WGSS Summer courses aren't just for high schoolers! Explore the fields of #DisabilityStudies, #feminist studies, and queer film studies🌈🎓 this summer with WGSS. Current UMD students can register for classes as usual while Non-UMD students should apply @ exst.umd.edu/current-inco.... #academicsky

Please join us next Wednesday, April 30 to hear Professor Cecilia Shelton speak about her book in progress! This talk discusses a case study analysis from Shelton's forthcoming manuscript, "Act Like You Know: Black Feminist Methodology in Technical and Professional Communication."

When you're ready to apply, visit exst.umd.edu/pre-college-...

Students who complete the program will receive 3 credits for the course WGSS 250: Introduction to WGSS: Art & Culture🌈🎓. Credits will apply for GenEd requirements @univofmaryland.bsky.social or can be transferred to another university. Scholarships are available! Email wgss@umd.edu for more info

There's still time to register for WGSS's #TerpYoungScholars course: Women, Art, and Culture 🌈🎓. This course is online so students can learn about #feminism, art, and art activism from anywhere in the world and earn real college credit while they're at it. #academicsky #whatwheredc

WGSS Undergraduate Research Day coming up on May 7, 2025! Join us for research presentations from undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in WGSS, Black Women's Studies, and LGBT Studies courses, assistantships, and internships.🌈🎓#feministscholarship #WGSS #UniversityofMaryland #academicsky

In WGSS 302: Feminist, Critical Race, and Queer Theories🌈🎓, students are introduced to some of the major concepts in feminist, critical race, and queer theories. Students will become familiar with the stakes of theories through discussion and debate. #academicsky #blackfeministstudies

You're gonna let a little feminism scare you?👻 Spots are filling up so don't forget to register now in Testudo for WGSS 330 Indigenous Feminisms

🎙️Excited to share my upcoming talk:
Beyond Western Feminism: An Islamic Feminist Approach to Technology Research and Design

I’ll discuss ways to shape tech design by centering lived experiences, agency, & justice beyond Western paradigms.

Join us to rethink equitable design!
#HCI#FeministTech

In WGSS 428J/698J Health Inequality and Social Determinants.
Using an intersectional feminist lens, students will examine how many Americans confront complex disparities as they navigate the health care system. #publichealth #feminisms #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland #healthpolicy

Join us on April 30 at 4 PM for Beyond Western Feminism with @hawrarabaan.bsky.social .

This talk introduces Islamic feminism as a critical theoretical, analytical, and design lens in technology research. For more info and to RSVP visit https://go.umd.edu/wgssBWF. #academicsky

It's never too late! Knock out some GenEds while exploring the world of LGBTQ+ Studies🌈🎓. LGBT 200 fulfills both the History and Social Sciences and Understanding Plural Societies General Education Requirements. Register now in Testudo. #UniversityofMaryland

This DCQS, join us for lunch and Queer/Trans Activism at UMD: Archives of the Past for the Future. 🌈🎓 . Discover the history of queer and trans activism at UMD and explore what is (and is not) held in the archive and how activists & archivists are working to preserve documentation of these movements

We're so excited! DC Queer Studies 🌈🎓 is next week! Come celebrate with us and engage with some exciting queer studies scholarship! RSVP now at go.umd.edu/DCQS2025

This Friday, a Local Americanists Works-in-Progress event featuring Professor Jennifer James (George Washington University), who will discuss her paper "Swamp Fever: W.E.B. Du Bois, Afro-optimism, Abolitionist Ecology and the Black Commons." More info: english.umd.edu/events/local...

Get your act together and register for WGSS 319F: Fandom with Dr. Lothian. Registration now open on Testudo.

Course registration is open today! Stay tuned throughout the rest of the semester to see what we're offering here at WGSS. But for now, get started registering!