YEARIN REVIEW 2023-24
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AS I ENTER MY THIRD YEAR AS DEAN of this wonderful college, I am reflecting on the many accomplishments by our faculty, staff and students that remind us why the academy is critical to our society. I am so proud to lead this community of inspired art makers and thoughtful world changers.
During a year that tested our resilience and resolve, faculty, students and staff in the college led groundbreaking research, innovative teaching and community engagement activities. They explored the complexities of these times through literature, history, philosophy, languages, the arts and more, providing critical insights and fostering dialogue and understanding. They showed how our disciplines can help us make sense of our experiences, nurture empathy and inspire hope.
Among our many achievements, we are proud to have inaugurated the Frederick Douglass Center for Leadership Through the Humanities, a beacon for leadership development and civic engagement rooted in the rich legacy of abolitionist and humanist Frederick Douglass. Hosting legendary poet, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni to mark the center’s launch was unforgettable: her lifelong commitment to the arts and humanities coupled with an unwavering commitment to social change embodies our hopes for the Douglass Center. Our second annual Douglass Center Summer Institute this past July continued the momentum. Inspired by the 60th anniversary of Freedom Summer, UMD faculty and local teachers led workshops on topics ranging from “Teaching Palestine-Israel” to “Pedagogy and Hip Hop.”
The campuswide Arts for All initiative also continues to thrive, engaging the community through diverse activities that celebrate and integrate the arts into all aspects of campus life. Through the initiative, we experience how art helps us make sense of and respond to some of our grandest challenges. After the Israel–Hamas war began, Arts for All organized two musical events designed to create common ground, which included our own faculty and students as well as the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, comprising Palestinian and Israeli youth. Arts for All also provided a platform for conversations about the intersection of arts and technology, and funded a number of exciting and cutting-edge research projects.
We introduced a new ARHU newsletter and podcast, both titled “Rhyme and Reason,” where we amplify the voices and stories within our community. We kicked off the Harmony Fellowship program, fostering innovative
collaborations across disciplines in ARHU and beyond. Additionally, our college has taken a leading role in the new Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland, ensuring that the ethical and humanistic dimensions of AI are at the forefront of this rapidly evolving field.
As always, our students and alums humble me with their passion, creativity and true belief in the power of the arts and humanities. I’m so proud of our many students who are leaders within ARHU and across the university community. Hanging out with and learning from them this year was an absolute thrill and a reminder of why we do what we do.
I hope you enjoy this Year in Review, which showcases the incredible achievements within ARHU, highlighting the leadership, creativity and dedication of our community. Let us take pride in what we have accomplished together and look forward to continuing our mission to enrich minds, broaden perspectives and make a positive impact on our campus— and the world.
Sincerely,
Stephanie Shonekan Professor and Dean College of Arts and Humanities
STUDENT EXCELLENCE
Last year, 21 ARHU students won national scholarships and awards, and 280 ARHU students studied abroad in 30 different countries. Our graduates excel in a range of careers and pursue graduate education, and our alumni are making waves as artists, entrepreneurs, diplomats, archivists, journalists, entertainers, scholars, educators, lawyers, doctors and more. Here are some of the highlights from the 2023–24 academic year:
UNDERGRADUATE
Art history major Lylah Messinger ’25 managed and conducted a project supervised by the Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture to conserve and restore an ancient Etrurian hydria, a rare type of water jar used in burials in Italy. Held in the collection of UMD’s Department of Art History and Archaeology, it’s one of only around 40 such vases in the world.
Shyanne Sellers ’25, communication, was ranked a Top 25 player in women’s college basketball Trampoline gymnast
Jessica Stevens ’24, a Russian studies minor, competed in the Olympics in Paris, France
Jenna Dietrich ’24, clarinet and music education, spoke on Capitol Hill about the diversification of music education, the use of technology in educational settings and the state of teaching post-pandemic.
History major Roshawnna Brinkley ’25 participated in a 10-week internship program through the U.S. Law and Race Initiative at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, funded by the National Science Foundation. She conducted research on African American studies, gender and race in early American law.
GRADUATE
Devon Betts, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of American Studies, was awarded the first annual Bonnie Thornton Dill Dean’s Graduate Research Award to support his research on how “paranoia influences Black Americans’ health decisions.”
English doctoral candidate Dylan Lewis was named to the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography, a prestigious community of scholars housed at the Rare Book School at the University of Virginia.
Ph.D. student in Linguistics
Sathvik Nair was awarded three years of financial support through the National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program.
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Ph.D. students
Juliet Huang and Zoe Copeman won highly prized History of Art Institutional Fellowships from the Kress Foundation, two-year, $60,000 fellowships attached to six centers in the United Kingdom and Europe for the advanced study of European art history.
ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Kristina London ’19, communication, landed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 music list for her role as founder of Amplify Her Voice, an L.A.based nonprofit that connects women with record company internships and mentors in the music industry.
Kia Corthron ’84, who studied radio, television and film, was the playwright behind “Tempestuous Elements,” which premiered in February at Arena Stage and tells the story of Anna Julia Cooper, an advocate for Black education whose story has largely been forgotten by history.
Two ARHU alums were on the team at The Washington Post that won a Pulitzer Prize for its series on the AR-15: Emily Guskin ’06, government and politics and communication, and Arelis R. Hernández ’09, journalism with a minor in Latino/a studies.
Part folk tale, part queer romance and part Jewish family saga, Temim Fruchter’s ’02, English, MFA ’19 widely lauded debut novel, “City of Laughter,” tells the story of a grieving daughter who dives into her family’s tangled past to find peace in her own life.
Gary Ford Ph.D. ’13, American studies, contributed to the unveiling of a postage stamp featuring the Honorable Constance Baker Motley, the nation’s first African American woman to serve as a federal judge. Ford is the author of the first biography on Motley, “Constance Baker Motley: One Woman’s Fight For Civil Rights And Equal Justice Under Law.”
FACULTY EXCELLENCE
Our world-class faculty are breaking boundaries in research, teaching and mentorship, and addressing issues around race, equity and social justice. They are dedicated leaders who excel in their fields of expertise and beyond. Find a sampling of achievements from our faculty from the 2023–24 academic year on the next few pages. A more comprehensive view can be found at go.umd.edu/ARHU-YIR.
Robert Levine, Distinguished University Professor in the Department of English, was awarded a Public Scholars Grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities to support writing and archival research for his book-in-progress on 19th-century American author and abolitionist Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Dance Principal Lecturer Alvin Mayes received the 2023 Living Legacy Award from the Maryland Dance Education Association, recognizing an individual’s body of work and their significant contributions to the field of dance education in the state of Maryland.
Ruth Enid Zambrana, Distinguished University Professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, received a $500,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to examine how leaders in higher education are successfully supporting the advancement of historically underrepresented faculty in medical, public health and STEM sciences.
Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner, assistant professor in the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was named a National Science Foundation and Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation Ocean Decade Champion, making her an active participant in the United Nations’ Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development.
Maria Beliaeva
Solomon, assistant professor of French and Francophone studies in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, received a National Historical Publications and Records CommissionMellon Planning Grant to support her work to create a digital scholarly edition and translation of the Revue des Colonies, a French abolitionist journal published between 1834 and 1842.
The Count Basie Orchestra, which counts Acting Director of Jazz Studies Mark Williams as one of its resident trombonists, won a 2024 Grammy Award for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for “Basie Swings the Blues.”
Perla M. Guerrero, associate professor of American studies; Peter Mallios, executive director of the Honors College and associate professor of English; and Shevaun Lewis, assistant director of the Language Science Center, were among 57 staff and faculty from across campus to receive a Provost’s Do Good Innovator Award. The award recognizes excellence by members of the campus community who “create, nurture, expand and amplify social impact through education, programs, and research, both in and outside the classroom.”
Janelle Wong, professor of American studies and government and politics and director of the Asian American Studies Program, was one of eight new fellows inducted into the American Academy of Political and Social Science
Valérie Orlando, professor and head of French in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities summer stipend to support her research and writing for a book on the themes of history and memory in contemporary Algerian literature.
Associate Professor Emeritus Brian MacDevitt won the 2024 Tony Award for Best Lighting Design of a Musical for “The Outsiders: A New Musical,” alongside Hana S. Kim; it was his sixth Tony. Assistant Professor Amith Chandrashaker received a nomination for Best Lighting Design of a Play for “Prayer for the French Republic.”
History Professor Holly Brewer, Burke Chair of American Cultural and Intellectual History and part of an 18-member historians’ Council on the Constitution for the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU School of Law, was the lead author of an amicus brief filed in Trump vs. the United States that countered the former president’s claim that he should have immunity from prosecution for official acts.
Professor of Violin Irina Muresanu was elected to the European Academy for Sciences and the Arts
American Studies
Associate Professor La Marr Jurelle Bruce received a Stanford Humanities Center fellowship for 2024–25.
Assistant Research Professor Osama Eshera of the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies received a $150,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support efforts to make it easier for historians working with handwritten documents from the premodern Islamicate world—primarily in Arabic, Persian and Turkish—to identify geographic locations and place names.
John Horty, professor in the Department of Philosophy, was named Distinguished University Professor, the highest appointment bestowed to tenured faculty by the university.
Brooke Fisher Liu, professor of communication, was awarded the Distinguished ScholarTeacher Award, which honors senior tenured members of the faculty who combine outstanding scholarly accomplishment with excellence in teaching.
NOTABLE FACULTY BOOKS AND PODCASTS
History Professor Paul Landau was awarded the Martin A. Klein Prize from the American Historical Association for his book “Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries.” The prize, named for a professor emeritus of history at the University of Toronto, recognizes the most distinguished work of scholarship on African history published in English during the previous calendar year.
Associate Professor of English Lillian-Yvonne Bertram’s “Negative Money” was a finalist for the New England Book Award in Poetry. Calling the book “profound,” Publishers Weekly said the poems will “stir readers into necessary reflection.” Bertram also spoke to NPR’s Marketplace about the poems.
Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics Eric Adler discussed his book “Humanistic Letters: The Irving Babbitt-Paul Elmer More Correspondence” at a conference on the state of civic education, broadcast on C-SPAN.
Associate Professor of Musicology William Robin’s co-edited volume “On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement,” was named one of NPR’s 2023 “Books We Love.”
Professor of English and Comparative Literature John E. Drabinski’s “Black Studies Podcast,” co-created by his colleague in the Department of African American and Africana Studies Ashley Newby, lecturer and director of undergraduate studies, was supported by a $100,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation. The podcast is a series of conversations examining the history of the field of Black studies spotlighting activists and scholars.
The College of Arts and Humanities launched the “Rhyme & Reason” podcast, which features Dean Stephanie Shonekan in conversation with some of the most compelling leaders in the arts and humanities at UMD. The first season, produced by ARHU faculty and staff, features topics including Indigenous feminist philosophy; immigrant rights; food and ethnic identity; Asian American, Latinx and Afrodiasporic cultures; the history of the modern Middle East; and more.
PUBLIC HUMANITIES AND PARTNERSHIPS
The Persian Flagship Program, offered through the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures since 2008, was renewed for another four-year grant cycle following a national open competition for the grant. The federally-funded program provides students with the opportunity to obtain a professional level of Persian language skills by the time they graduate, as well as a deep understanding of the life and cultures of the Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The University of Maryland hosts the only Persian Flagship program in the United States.
Assistant Professor Shelbi Nahwilet Meissner (pictured center) meets with students in the new Indigenous Futures Lab, which seeks to expand understanding of Native cultures, history and practices and co-create “futures of flourishing.” One of its first projects helps connect Piscataway communities with their language and cultural resources, currently dispersed in archives across the region.
ARHU’s “Harmony of Interdisciplinarity” fellowship program was launched by Dean Stephanie Shonekan in Fall 2023 to foster collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches to curriculum, research and programming. In total, seven pairs of fellows from across campus were awarded in the program’s inaugural year to work on projects including a plan for more public art on campus; an exhibition that visually represents engineering research at UMD; a digital humanities project to map Maryland’s ethnic culinary histories; and more.
HARMONY FELLOWS
Poet and activist Nikki Giovanni (left) in conversation with Dean Stephanie Shonekan in April 2024.
Supported by a three-year, $1.4 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the next phase of the African American Digital and Experimental Humanities Initiative is growing and expanding work at the intersection of digital studies, digital humanities and Black studies. Among the activities: the Project Igniter program will pair scholars with technologists and designers such as game developers, UX designers and book artists to create cutting-edge and interdisciplinary scholarship.
The Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center inaugurated a Community Resident Affiliate (CRA). George Escobar, chief of programs and services of CASA, the largest immigrant organization in the mid-Atlantic region, was the inaugural CRA.
On October 16, the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies hosted a special webinar with experts from around the world to discuss the war between Israel and Hamas.
The Departments of Art and Art History and Archaeology continued their partnership with the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA). Highlights this year included a Pressly Forum panel featuring UMD alums that now serve in leadership roles at the BMA, including BMA Director Asma Naeem Ph.D. ’11; a Graduate Art History Association Distinguished Lecture by BMA Curator and Department Head for Contemporary Art Jessica Bell Brown at the Driskell Center; and UMD Museum Fellowships and undergraduate summer internship positions. Cecilia Wichmann, associate curator of contemporary art at the BMA and a Ph.D. candidate in art history, curated the exhibition “Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams,” a 50-year retrospective of the work of the Baltimore-based artist whose textile work
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ranges from wearables to tapestries and quilts. Art history grad Isabella Chilcoat ’23 also worked with Wichmann on the exhibition.
The 1856 Project (also known as “Universities Studying Slavery at the University of Maryland”) published its first research report on UMD’s connection to the regional context of slavery. The project staff and advisory board includes many ARHU faculty and staff, including Performing Arts Librarian Drew Barker, Associate Professor of History Christopher Bonner, Director of the Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture Quint Gregory and Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies Psyche Williams-Forson. Williams-Forson was also part of a committee of faculty and staff that crafted the first-ever UMD Enslavement Acknowledgement
The National Historical Publications and Records Commission awarded a $125,000 grant to the Department of History’s Freedmen and Southern Society Project to continue its work on the multi-volume “Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.”
Neda Atanasoski, professor and chair in the University of Maryland’s Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, was named the inaugural associate director of education of UMD’s new Artificial Intelligence Interdisciplinary Institute at Maryland. The institute launched in April as a collaborative hub to support faculty research and offer innovative and experiential learning opportunities to boost the field’s workforce and inspire new generations of leaders dedicated to AI that helps solve societal problems. With support from Distinguished University Professor John Horty of the Department of Philosophy, she is coordinating the launch of two new undergraduate majors in AI that will allow students to prepare for a range of careers, all rooted in responsible use that advances the public good.
THE ARTS
At UMD, the arts are at the heart of campus life, from cuttingedge performances and innovative exhibitions to dynamic collaborations between students and faculty. ARHU is proud to be home to the Arts for All initiative, bridging the arts with science, technology and other fields to inspire dialogue and action.
Assistant Clinical Professor Allison Durbin ’15, Ph.D. ’23 and music education major Paige Peercy ’25 regularly played music for the children in the University of Maryland Children’s Hospital in Baltimore as an initiative within the newly established Terrapin Community Music School
“David’s Dream,” a sculpture composition by contemporary artist Melvin Edwards funded by a $790,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, was dedicated in front of the David C. Driskell Center Standing over 20 feet tall, it commemorates the late Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, groundbreaking artist and center namesake, and his mission to highlight the rich legacy of African American artists.
Professor of Dance/Theatre Design and Production Misha Kachman, Frank Labovitz MFA ’10, Alberto Segarra MFA ’15, Kelly Colburn MFA ’18 and Dylan Uremovich MFA ’16 received Helen Hayes awards, which celebrate phenomenal work in the theater community of D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
Internationally renowned Russian playwright and screenwriter Mikhail Durnenkov was the 2024 Maya Brin Artist in Residence, as well as a visiting faculty member in the School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS) for the Spring 2024 semester. TDPS produced Durnenkov’s “Are We at War Yet?,” directed by Yury Urnov, as part of its mainstage season.
The Driskell Center received two grants from the Terra Foundation for American Art and another from the Institute of Museum and Library Services totaling nearly $690,000 The funds will support work to bring in and make accessible incoming gifts, increase accessibility of three of the center’s archival collections from African American artists as well as establish an institutional archive documenting the center’s history and legacy
Through a partnership between the College Park Housing Authority and The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, residents of Attick Towers, a subsidized apartment complex for more than 100 older adults and people with disabilities, are shuttled to premier seats at shows at The Clarice by internationally renowned artists such as the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop.
A new captioning system at School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ theater performances allows audience members who are deaf or hard of hearing to follow every line in the show. Theater design MFA student Tim Kelly is leading the project.
Arts for All, along with the School of Music and The Clarice, organized “Music and Community in Response to War” in November, featuring performances by student ensembles and faculty members to bring the community together in the midst of the Israel-Hamas war. The evening included a recording of the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, featuring Palestinian and Israeli singers, introduced in person by its founder and artistic director, Micah Hendler. In April, ARHU Dean Stephanie Shonekan was in conversation with guests from the Jerusalem Youth Chorus in person at an event hosted by Arts for All, ARHU and the School of Public Policy.
Hannah Smotrich, an associate professor of art and design at the University of Michigan, and Ari Melenciano ’14, studio art, an artist and creative technologist, were the first faculty members to hold residencies through the Arts for All initiative. They taught classes and conducted research to address questions about some of the most pressing issues of our time: the health of American democracy and the ethical and creative use of artificial intelligence.
Following her successful exhibition “Chromatic Dialogue” at the UMD Art Gallery winning visual artist and LGBTQ activist Lisa Marie Thalhammer led attendees of Maryland Day in the creation of a community mural at the Arts for All tent on McKeldin Mall. The vibrant “Love for All” mural was painted by hundreds of participants on a series of panels.
UMD launched the Terrapin Community Music School: High School Academy to offer affordable music education to high school students in Prince George’s and Montgomery counties. Each week, students received one-onone lessons in their instrument from School of Music graduate students and amped up their experience with a group musicianship class.
In the course “Paint on Site,” Assistant Professor of Art Brandon DonahueShipp, with support from the nonprofit Community Forklift and the Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability, taught students to reuse unconventional materials to create works of art
The Clarice, The School of Music and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra launched a collaboration focused on community engagement and educational opportunities through orchestral music. In the first event, BSO Music Director Jonathon Heyward co-hosted a conversation and performance with ethnomusicologist and UMD College of Arts and Humanities Dean Stephanie Shonekan before a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 4.
Ten faculty members and five graduate students from units across campus received a total of $112,500 in funding from Arts for All through its inaugural Faculty and Graduate Student Fellowship. And in UMD’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences partnered with ARHU scholars on seven research collaborations grants totaling $54,650 from the Division of Research and Arts for All.
Through a partnership with Arts for All, the 2024 Sadat Arts for Justice and Peace Program relaunched as an expanded competition included music and poetry works in addition to art. Students affiliated with the School of Music, Department of English and Department of Art were invited to submit works focused on the theme of self-expression and freedom of speech.
The “Moving With Screens + Machines symposium explored the relationship between embodied practices and technology, bringing together multidisciplinary experts and enthusiasts to explore how screens and machines shape our experiences and interactions. The symposium was presented by the University of Maryland Immersive Media Design Program, the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies and Arts for All.
The National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic played a performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at Washington National Cathedral, conducted by Music Director Marin Alsop and featuring soloists from the University of Maryland School of Music: soprano Adia Evans B.M. ’19, mezzo-soprano Jazmine Olwalia M.M. ’20, tenor Lawrence Barasa Kiharangwa M.M. ’23 and Associate Professor of Voice & Opera Kevin Short. The Washington Post noted, “It’s no small feat to fill Washington National Cathedral, whether we’re talking about people or sound. But a sold-out performance … managed, rather gloriously, to do both.”
GIVING
ARHU launched the Arts for All Advisory Council, a group of influential, dedicated UMD donors and alumni that will assist and advise the dean and Arts for All director by building partnerships and leveraging the University of Maryland’s position as an arts leader. Council members include:
• Dave Baggett ’92
• Nancy Clarvit ’78
• Ashley Manning Foxworth ’06
• Carol Goldberg ’62
• Leslie Hardware, M.D.
• Randall “Randy” Lord ’77
• Catherine “Kip” Young ’89
Faculty-Supported Funds
Associate Professor Emerita Mary Corbin Sies established the Sies Endowed Student Support Fund in American Studies, which will support incoming graduate students in the Department of American Studies.
Professor Emerita Lillian Doherty established the Doherty Pedagogy Endowed Program Support Fund in Classics to provide programmatic support for pedagogical initiatives related to the study of Latin and Greek language and culture within the Department of Classics.
Alumni Carl and Beryl Tretter committed to enhancing the endowment for the Tretter Family Distinguished Faculty Fellowship in Violin, creating a new professorship in the School of Music. Professor Irina Muresanu, an acclaimed concert violinist, currently holds the position.
Since 2015, businessman Farshid Assemi has supported the Roshan Institute for Persian Studies. His initial gift empowered the institute to hire distinguished faculty member Navid Bazargan, who continues to teach at UMD as an assistant clinical professor. A new gift will enable Bazargan to start a multilingual literary journal in Persian and English housed in the Roshan Institute. Fatemeh Keshavarz, chair and director of the Roshan Institute, said she is “deeply grateful to Farshid for his continued support.” She added that the new journal will encourage “collaboration between scholars of different training and background.”
Trustee Randy Lord ’77 and his husband Steve Fessler launched a generous multiyear fund to support large scale theatrical productions in the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. In September 2023, the school produced “The Prom,” an award-winning musical by Matthew Sklar. The production won three Broadway World Regional awards, including the award for Best Musical in the Washington, D.C., region.
ARHU LEADERSHIP
DEAN’S OFFICE
Dean
Stephanie Shonekan
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Research
Trevor Parry-Giles
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Graduate Education and Strategic Initiatives
GerShun Avilez
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs: Undergraduate Education
Audran Downing
Director of Arts for All
Craig Kier
Assistant Dean for Development
Laura Brown
Assistant Dean for Academic Technology and Administrative Operations
Kathleen Cavanaugh
Assistant Dean for Marketing and Communications
Kelly Blake
Director of Facilities
Lori Owen
Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
Julie Wright
DEPARTMENTS
American Studies
CHAIR
Psyche WilliamsForson
Art CHAIR
Brandon Morse
Art History and Archaeology (ARTH)
CHAIR
Karin Zitzewitz
Classics CHAIR
Eric Adler
CENTERS
Center for East Asian Studies (SLLC)
DIRECTOR Minglang Zhou
Center for Global Migration Studies (History)
DIRECTOR Madeline Hsu
Center for Health and Risk Communication (Communication)
DIRECTOR Xiaoli Nan
Center for Literary and Comparative Studies (English)
CO-DIRECTORS Karen Nelson Sangeeta Ray
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Mark and Heather Rosenker Center for Political Communication & Civic Leadership (Communication)
DIRECTOR Shawn Parry-Giles
Communication
CHAIR
Shawn Parry-Giles
English
CHAIR
Amanda Bailey
Harriet Tubman
Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
CHAIR
Neda Atanasoski
History
CHAIR
Ahmet T. Karamustafa
Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity
DIRECTOR
Ruth Enid Zambrana
David C. Driskell Center for the Study of Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora
DIRECTOR Jordana Moore Saggese
Herman Maril Gallery (Art)
GALLERY ADVISER Cy Keener
The Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Institute for Israel Studies (JWST)
DIRECTOR Ilai Saltzman
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
DIRECTOR Ryan Long
The Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies (JWST)
DIRECTOR
Maxine “Max” Grossman
Linguistics
CHAIR
Jeffrey Lidz
Philosophy
CHAIR
Fabrizio Cariani
Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities
DIRECTOR Trevor Muñoz
Maryland Language Science Center
DIRECTOR Yi Ting Huang
Maya Brin Institute for New Performance (TDPS)
CO- DIRECTORS Sam Crawford Kendra Portier
Michelle Smith Collaboratory for Visual Culture (ARTH)
DIRECTOR Quint Gregory
Nathan and Jeanette Miller Center for Historical Studies (HIST)
DIRECTOR Karin Rosemblatt
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (SLLC)
DIRECTOR
Mary Ellen Scullen
School of Music
INTERIM DIRECTOR
Michael Votta
School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies (TDPS)
DIRECTOR
Jill Bradbury
National Foreign Language Center
LEAD DIRECTOR Connie DiJohnson
Potomac Center for the Study of Modernity (ARTH)
DIRECTOR Joshua Shannon
Roshan Institute for Persian Studies (SLLC)
DIRECTOR, ROSHAN INSTITUTE CHAIR IN PERSIAN STUDIES Fatemeh Keshavarz
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Terry Dwyer
University of Maryland Art Gallery
DIRECTOR Taras Matla
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UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
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American studies
Arabic
Arabic studies
Archaeology
Art history
Arts leadership
Black women’s studies
Chinese
Chinese language
Cinema and media studies
Classical languages and literatures
Classical mythology
Communication
Creative placemaking
Creative writing
Dance
Digital storytelling and poetics
East Asian studies
English language and literature
French language and literature
French studies
German studies
Greek language and culture
Hebrew studies
History
Humanities, health, and medicine
Immersive media design
Israel studies
Italian language and culture
Italian studies
Japanese
Jewish studies
Korean studies
Latin American studies
Latin American and Caribbean studies
Latin language and literature
LGBTQ studies
Linguistics
Middle East studies
Music and culture
Music education
Music: Liberal arts program
Music performance
Music: Professional program
Persian studies
Philosophy
Philosophy, politics, and economics
Portuguese and Brazilian studies
Professional writing
Religions of the Ancient Middle East
Religious studies
Rhetoric
Romance languages
Russian language and literature
Russian studies
Spanish heritage language and Latina/o culture
Spanish language, culture, and professional contexts
Spanish language, literatures, and culture
Spanish literature, linguistics, and culture
Studio art
Theatre
U.S. Latina/o studies
Women, gender, and sexuality studies