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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
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
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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
PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to wgss@umd.edu #academicsky #PhDSky
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to wgss@umd.edu #academicsky #PhDSky
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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.
📍12:00-5:00 pm in McKeldin Library Room 6137
Lunch will be provided!
All are welcome! RSVP at go.umd.edu/HHMTransLiberation25.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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.
📍12:00-5:00 pm in McKeldin Library Room 6137
Lunch will be provided!
All are welcome! RSVP at go.umd.edu/HHMTransLiberation25.
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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).
Recess Break takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-2:00 pm in the LGBTQ+ Equity Center (2411 Marie Mount Hall).
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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).
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!
TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly offers a high-profile venue for innovative research and scholarship that contest the objectification, pathologization, and exoticization of transgender lives. Issue 12:3 is now online: buff.ly/nZ24wUO
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
New issue of TSQ featuring an article co-authored by WGSS PhD alumni Sunhye Kim!
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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
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
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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
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
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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
More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events
Get ready for another BCaT Eats! Join us this Wednesday in Skinner 3115 from 12-1pm for some free food, games, and movies! 🍕
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events
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
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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
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
October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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
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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
go.umd.edu/technocreep
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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
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 🌈🎓
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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
September 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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
September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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
Next week join us as we welcome Tiffany Lethabo King to the department for her talk "Look for Lindsey and Other Genealogical Isolates" on Wednesday September 17 in SQH 3121 and online. For more info on the event and to RSVP, visit https://go.umd.edu/WGSSLethaboKing. #blackademics #academicsky
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Next week join us as we welcome Tiffany Lethabo King to the department for her talk "Look for Lindsey and Other Genealogical Isolates" on Wednesday September 17 in SQH 3121 and online. For more info on the event and to RSVP, visit https://go.umd.edu/WGSSLethaboKing. #blackademics #academicsky
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What makes smart tech creepy?
Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of @wgss-umd.bsky.social, recently joined KPFA's "Against the Grain" to unpack surveillance, ethics and the politics of "technocreep."
Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of @wgss-umd.bsky.social, recently joined KPFA's "Against the Grain" to unpack surveillance, ethics and the politics of "technocreep."
Technocreep | KPFA
Many new and emerging smart technologies are characterized as creepy. What’s the basis for these claims, and how should we respond to them? Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin consider creepy technologi...
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August 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
What makes smart tech creepy?
Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of @wgss-umd.bsky.social, recently joined KPFA's "Against the Grain" to unpack surveillance, ethics and the politics of "technocreep."
Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of @wgss-umd.bsky.social, recently joined KPFA's "Against the Grain" to unpack surveillance, ethics and the politics of "technocreep."
Thinking about grad school? Apply now for the 🎓🌈PhD in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Learn more about the program and start your application at https://go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd. Applications due November 16 #phdlife #academicsky #blackademics #feministsky
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Thinking about grad school? Apply now for the 🎓🌈PhD in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Learn more about the program and start your application at https://go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd. Applications due November 16 #phdlife #academicsky #blackademics #feministsky
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
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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!
New episode! In this fantastic episode we talk to Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski about their new book Technocreep: The Politics of Things Unseen 👀 Watch now on YouTube or stream on Apple, Spotify and more! 🤩
Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/ScKSG9VjqxY
Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/ScKSG9VjqxY
June 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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
June 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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
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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.
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...
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June 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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.
June 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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
Tix & 10% off code PRIDE10
https://dcdoxfest.com/
#PrideMonth
May 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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
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
May 22, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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