The Women's Studies department and faculty at the University of Maryland enjoy an international reputation for theoretical and methodological innovations and for their attention to curriculum transformation and transnational women's and gender studies institution building.
We encourage you to explore our website to learn about the resources available for Women's Studies research, scholarship, and community at Maryland.
Events
Women's Studies announces Fall 2011 events, including campus visits from E. Patrick Johnson, the Mobile Homecoming Project, Sara Marcus, and Florence Howe [PDF Flyer]
Mobile Homecoming Project will be in residence at UMD the week of October 10, including a presentation/performance on October 12, 2011, 6:30pm, Ulrich Recital Hall in Tawes
Sara Marcus reads from and discusses her critically-acclaimed book, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution, Women's Studies Multimedia Studio, 0135 Taliaferro, October 11, 2011, 7pm [PDF Flyer]
Reading at Charis Books & More in Atlanta, GA, featuring PhD candidate Julie Enszer, Megan Volpert, Batya Weinbaum, and Lisa Dordal. Saturday, November 12, 2011, Time TBD
Dr. Beth Coleman, Assistant Professor of Writing and New Media at MIT: "Everything is Animated: Pervasive Media and the Networked Subject," MITH Digital Dialogue hosted in the WMST Multimedia Studio, 0135 Taliaferro, November 15, 2011, 12:30pm
News and Announcements
Women's Studies welcomes two new Associate Professors, Drs. Aswhini Tambe and Catherine Schuler [PDF Flyer]
Congratulations to Dr. Bonnie Thornton Dill on her appointment as Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, effective August 1, 2011 for the next two years.
Thanks and congratulations also to Professors Deborah Rosenfelt and Seung-kyung Kim who have agreed to serve as Interim Chairs for the Women’s Studies Department: Dr. Rosenfelt, from August 1-January 8, 2012; and Dr. Kim, from January 9-June 30, 2012. The department anticipates a search for a permanent Chair during the upcoming academic year.
Applications for the Women's Studies Graduate Certificate Program are considered twice per year: for fall admission, applications must be received by April 15; for spring admission, applications must be received by November 15.
Graduate Director's Update, Fall 2011 [PDF]
Review of PhD candidate Bettina Judd's September 2011 poetry reading at Busboys and Poets
Dr. Ruth Zambrana releases a new book: Latinos in American Society: Families and Communities in Transition (Cornell University Press, 2011). [PDF Flyer]
Dr. Michelle Rowley's book is now available: Feminist Advocacy and Gender Equity in the Anglophone Caribbean: Envisioning a Politics of Coalition (Routledge, 2010).
Dr. Tara Rodgers's article on race, gender, and sonic representation is out in American Quarterly's special issue on sound, Fall 2011
