News

TDPS Welcomes New Faculty Members

September 23, 2022 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Two artist-scholars join the TDPS faculty in Fall 2022; one faculty member joins Maya Brin Institute.

Maryland Today

Drawing a Path From Vaccine Hesitancy to Vaccine Confidence

September 23, 2022 Jimenez-Porter Writers' House, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Center’s graphic novel series, featuring Terp artists, showcases local pandemic stories.

Breaking The M.O.L.D. Initiative Launches with In-Depth Discussion of Leadership in Academia

September 07, 2022 American Studies, English, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Communication

The initiative seeks to prepare underrepresented arts and humanities faculty for institutional leadership.

ARHU Faculty Awarded Funding to ‘Reimagine Learning’

August 12, 2022 The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, American Studies, English, Communication, Art History and Archaeology, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, History

The grants are from UMD’s Teaching and Learning Transformation Center.

The 2022–23 Season at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is Now on Sale!

July 19, 2022 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

Experience stunning works by students, faculty and touring artists this year.

Fall 2022 Leadership Appointments

June 30, 2022 English, National Foreign Language Center, The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, History, University of Maryland Art Gallery, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of Music, Art, Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity

Dean Bonnie Thornton Dill announces new leadership appointments.

Maryland Today

Mizzou Administrator, Professor of Music and Black Studies Named ARHU Dean

April 19, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, Linguistics, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Philosophy, The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Stephanie Shonekan to take helm of college on July 1.

Black Theatre and Dance Symposium at The Clarice This Weekend

April 15, 2022 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

The School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies’ two-day event will feature workshops, discussions and speakers.

Bonnie Thornton Dill, Longtime Dean of UMD’s College of Arts and Humanities, to Step Down this Spring

April 12, 2022 American Studies, Art, Art History and Archaeology, Classics, Communication, English, David C. Driskell Center for the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, History, Joseph and Rebecca Meyerhoff Program and Center for Jewish Studies, School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of Music, School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Linguistics, Philosophy

The pioneering scholar of intersectionality helped usher in a more diverse faculty, power up collaboration and research and launch interdisciplinary, arts-tech centered programs.

In Memoriam: Camilla Schlegel (1951-2022)

March 14, 2022 School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies

TDPS remembers our former program coordinator as an exceptionally kind and compassionate person.