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!

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

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

PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to [email protected] #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!

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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."

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!

Join us on Thursday for Black Out in Gaza! For more information check out @umdenglish.bsky.social 's post.

Please join us on Zoom this Wednesday, March 26, for "Apocalyptic Ecologies: Medieval Literature at the End of the World" by Professor Shannon Gayk of the University of Indiana. More info: english.umd.edu/events/marsh...