Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie

Photograph of Dr. Sharon Harley, smiling.

Dr. Sharon Harley was featured today in The Diamondback's article celebrating 100 years of Black History Month and explaining the significance of the holiday in American history. Congratulations, Dr. Harley! 🎉🐢

Read more at the link:
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Giving Day Promotional Image for the Indigenous Futures Lab. The Director of the Indigenous Futures Lab assists two students in the lab.

Today is #GivingDayUMD! Show your support for WGSS🌈🎓 and the Indigenous Futures Lab through the WGSS fund at http://go.umd.edu/wgssgivingday. Your support helps support brilliant feminist research at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as all your favorite Indigenous Futures Lab Programming

Join us to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Black Women's Studies Minor and commemorate Harriet Tubman Day at our 6th Annual Harriet Tubman Day commemoration on Tuesday, Mar 10. Learn more and RSVP at http://go.umd.edu/TubmanDay26 #Blackademics #AcademicSky

Happy Women's History Month from WGSS!

The Terrapin spirit glows brighter together! Give it forward towards WGSS 🌈🎓this March 4 as we celebrate our annual #GivingDayUMD Bookmark https://givingday.umd.edu/campaigns/women-gender-and-sexuality-studies-umd and donate on the day! #academicsky

Dark blue text over an image of a bright blue wave washing onto a sandy shore reads Spend the Summer with WGSS. WGSS and LGBT Summer 2026 Courses. Drawn out on the beach is written: Take cool feminist classes from anywhere in the world this summer. A cute cartoon image of a smiling sun sits in the top left hand corner.

Registration is now open for Summer Session at the #UniversityofMaryland! Whether you're a current or visiting students, WGSS has a class for you! Check out http://exst.umd.edu to learn more about applying for Summer Session as a visiting student.  #academicsky🌈🎓

Did you know anyone can take a summer class with WGSS? Applications for visiting undergraduate students  are now open! You can finally take classes on feminism and queer studies without having to apply for college all over again. For more info visit The link in our bio🎓🌈

Save the date, Terps – #GivingDayUMD is almost here!

On March 4, join the #UMD community moving forward for the trailblazers of tomorrow.\Learn more: givingday.umd.edu

It’s Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week! Aromanticism is a romantic orientation describing people who experience little to no romantic attraction. Take some time this week to appreciate the arospec people in your life and consider how amatonormativity shapes our lives and culture!

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Applications now open for the 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program! Join a diverse, interdisciplinary community of scholars and get support developing writing on pressing issues at the intersection of technology and social justice. Open to grad students, early-career professionals, & junior faculty!

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It's getting to be that time!

Have you written (and actually submitted) your WGS South 2026 conference proposal yet?

Submissions are Due Monday, Dec 15th! wgssouth.org/2026cfps

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #feminist #wgs #crt #queerstudies #disability #undergraduate #gradstudents #trans #lgbtq

D.r Mathiason appeared on a Woodhull Freedom Foundation Panel this past Halloween on Censorship, AI, and the Intersection of Sexual Freedom. You can see the recording on Youtube. 🌈🎓

Giving Tuesday is here! Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary and donate to WGSS 🌈🎓to help support graduate and undergraduate programs and research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Donate now at https://go.umd.edu/GivetoWGSS. #academicsky #PhDSky #blackademics

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WGS South 2026 "Feminist Futurities" CFP Deadline Extended to December 15th!

Now you have time to get that proposal together so you can join us at Wake Forest University!

wgssouth.org/2026conference

#wgs #feminism #intersectionality #highered #academicsky #disability #lgbtq #bipoc #education

Not an undergrad but wish you could still take a WGSS class? There's still time to apply to take 🌈🎓LGBT 327: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and Video this winter as a visiting undergraduate student.  Visit the link in our bio for more info #academicsky #feminism

Ever wonder what's it's like to be in WGSS🌈🎓? You can see the full list of our Spring 2026 classes and descriptions now on available on our website at https://wgss.umd.edu/news/announcing-spring-2026-courses-wgss-lgbt #academicsky #blackademics #womensstudies

Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies PhD Program Applications Due this week.

PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to wgss@umd.edu #academicsky #PhDSky

Join the Hope, Healing & Mobilizing Against Hate Committee on Trans Day of Visibility on Thursday, November 20th!
📍12:00-5:00 pm in McKeldin Library Room 6137
Lunch will be provided!
All are welcome! RSVP at go.umd.edu/HHMTransLiberation25.

Stop by the LGBTQ+ Equity Center for our weekly Recess Breaks!
Recess Break takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-2:00 pm in the LGBTQ+ Equity Center (2411 Marie Mount Hall).

New issue of TSQ featuring an article co-authored by WGSS PhD alumni Sunhye Kim!

Reads: "15 Titles to Read for LGBTQ+ History Month" with TIE logo.

Now on #TIEBlog
In honor of October being #LGBTQHistoryMonth, the TIE team compiled a list of titles featuring different aspects of queer and trans history: ow.ly/HEMv50Xk034 #queerstudies #LGBTQhistory

Starting shortly! 🌟🍔 If you're in the UMD-College Park area, stop by Skinner 3115 for BCaT Eats this afternoon

More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events

Thank you so much. We really appreciate it!

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky

We're excited to announce that @renee.bsky.social  is coming to UMD to talk about her book, Liberating Abortion! Join us on Thursday November 7 at 4 PM in Ulrich Recital Hall. For more information about the event and to RSVP visit http://go.umd.edu/LiberatingAbortion  #blackademics #prochoice

Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies PhD Program Applications: One Month Left to apply

Just one month left until PhD Program applications are due! Visit https://go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd to make sure you have all of your application materials ready. #phdsky #academicsky #blackademics #feministstudies

Join the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Wed, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. for the launch of Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen—a feminist take on why our ties to tech often feel “creepy.”

go.umd.edu/technocreep

The 2025 Annual Newsletter is here! Reminisce on the academic year past and look forward to the academic year to come in our nostalgic red and gold. Download now at https://go.umd.edu/2025WGSSNewsletter. #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland 🌈🎓

It's our 50th Anniversary! Join the celebration  - Still Here: The Evolution and Moment of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland - on 10/22/2025 from 3 -7 PM at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland. RSVP at https://go.umd.edu/WGSSisStillHere

Something (techno)creepy this way comes👻. Join us Wed October 8 @ 4 PM to celebrate the release of Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social 's book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen from @dukepress.bsky.social. RSVP at go.umd.edu/technocreep 🌈🎓 #academicsky #CriticalEthnicStudies