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2026 ARHU Commencement: Undergraduate Ceremony

We look forward to celebrating the important milestone of commencement with our graduates, their families and friends and our faculty and staff.

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History

Meet Environmental Historian Jayson Maurice Porter

The assistant professor of history reflects on his research, teaching and the CEDAR Gallery, a student-centered space he is developing at UMD.

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History

Rethinking the American Revolution as a Global Conflict

Professor of History Richard Bell’s new book reframes America’s founding conflict as a war fought across empires, oceans and everyday lives.

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Whatever your interests and aspirations, ARHU is committed to providing the knowledge, skills and opportunities all our students need to write their own stories and chart their own paths.

"In ARHU, you’re learning about how people interact with the world and each other. My goal is to build things that people are going to use. Just technology knowledge can only go so far. You have to understand how people are going to use them to be truly successful."

Ozzie Fallick '14, Software Engineer, Google
Linguistics

"Cross-cultural communication is one of the most important skills that I learned at ARHU, and I use it to engage and inform the community in Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean about our events, exchanges and any other information that supports our key policy priorities in the region. ARHU gave me the tools to understand why in diplomacy, it’s as much about what you say as how you say it."

Krystle Norman '08, Foreign Service Officer, U.S. Department of State
Spanish and Portuguese

"I had always loved art, but I never knew you could make a career out of it until I studied abroad in Rome. There, I took a full course load of art courses and learned all about the factors of being an art professional. It was life-changing. Now I feel lucky that I’m doing something that I’m so passionate about."

Laura Sheridan Raiffe '09, Regional Account Manager, Christie's Fine Arts
Art History and Archaeology

"One of the most important things I got out of my ARHU experience is my ability to parse arguments, think critically and see multiple sides of an issue. Being in law school, it’s important to do that—it’s a skill I use every day. Not a class goes by, not a case gets read that this skill doesn’t come into play."

AJ Clayborne '13, Student, Harvard Law School
English

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The research and creative works of our faculty, students and alumni are setting the agenda for transformative dialogue about the value of the arts and the humanities in the world today.

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Happening at ARHU

With Bad Bunny headed to Super Bowl LX, we’re revisiting why UMD professor Juan Carlos Quintero-Herencia teaches the artist’s music as a way to unpack history, identity and resistance—including in his Fall 2025 course, “Contemporary Puerto Rican Musicality.” Link in profile.
Join us this Monday at 9 a.m. for a virtual event as we kick off Love Data Week 2026 at UMD. Chief Data Officer, Michelle Appel, will host our welcome session--a fireside chat with Stephanie Shonekan, Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities. Listen in as we explore how data appear in places and forms we might not expect. Dean Shonekan will share her perspectives on how she feels the use of data differs between the humanities and STEM disciplines, and what we have to learn from each other. A Fireside Chat with Stephanie Shonekan and Michelle Appel Monday, February 9, 2026 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM EST Registration link in profile umdlovedata
While the Spring semester has gotten off to a decidedly wintery start, we think this bit of good news from the College of Arts and Humanities may warm your heart! Dean Shonekan was determined to make our first all college commencement ceremony this May a smashing success, so we are so pleased to announce this inspiring and impressive speaker who will join us May 19 for our ceremony at the Xfinity Center. Hear from Dean Shonekan herself who it is! @stephshonekan @umdenglish @mfa_at_umd @umd_art @terparthistory @umdhistory @umdcommdept @terpsmusic @umd_tdps @umdsllc @harriettubmanwgss @umd_amst #UMDgrad

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