New Appointment of Dr. Tyson King-Meadows
Dear Members of the UMBC Community,
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Tyson King-Meadows as Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives effective January 6, 2021.
As Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Dr. King-Meadows will advance UMBC’s mission by working with the Provost on matters related to revising the General Education Program and developing new cross-university initiatives that seed and scale strategic partnerships addressing systemic barriers to inclusive excellence.
To carry out these responsibilities, Dr. King-Meadows will work collaboratively with academic units and colleges across UMBC. Reporting to the Provost, Dr. King-Meadows will work with faculty, deans, shared governance, and other stakeholders to develop a process for reviewing and revising UMBC’s approach to general education in alignment with UMBC’s Strategic Plan priorities and recommendations. He will also develop new partnerships and strengthen existing ones between UMBC and academic learned societies, focusing on developing effective collaborations that reinvigorate UMBC’s efforts to identify, support, and recruit prospective underrepresented minority faculty and students. 
For the past year, Dr. King-Meadows has served as Special Assistant to the Provost for Faculty Development and Engagement. In this role, he identified exemplary institutional models, best practices, and high impact programs for enhancing faculty development, and advised the Provost on ways certain practices might inform implementation of the UMBC Strategic Plan. Last year, Dr. King-Meadows was awarded the prestigious American Council on Education (ACE) Fellowship and served as a fellow in the Provost’s Office at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). In this role, he advised on matters related to faculty advancement and furthered the implementation of the university’s groundbreaking “Think Big” strategic plan, which emphasized enhancing interdisciplinarity in research and in teaching, as well as enhancing community partnerships that deepened CWRU’s social impact.
Along with his experiences as an ACE Fellow, Dr. King-Meadows brings to his new role extensive experience in collaborative leadership, innovative thinking, and building strategic partnerships. He served as co-chair of the Provost’s Executive Committee for the Recruitment, Retention, and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty, and played a significant role in conceptualizing and advancing the Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity and the Emerging Scholars Program. He has also served as chair of the Black Faculty Committee, as a member of the Strategic Planning Steering Committee, as chair of the Department of Africana Studies, and as the Associate Dean for Research and College Affairs in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. Within the discipline of political science, Dr. King-Meadows has served as chair of the Committee on the Status of Blacks in the Profession for the American Political Science Association, as a member of the executive council of the Midwest Political Science Association, and as president of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. He has also served as a local, state, regional, and national officer for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Dr. King-Meadows joined UMBC in 2003 and is a professor of political science. He also holds affiliate appointments in the School of Public Policy; the Language, Literacy, and Culture doctoral program; and the Department of Africana Studies. He received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina and received his B.A. in political science from North Carolina Central University.
Prior to joining the UMBC faculty, he was a Fulbright U.S. Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Ghana, a W.E.B. Du Bois Fellow at Harvard University, and held a faculty position at Middle Tennessee State University. Since joining the UMBC faculty, Dr. King-Meadows has won numerous prestigious research grants and awards, including the National Academy of Sciences’ Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship and the American Political Science Association’s Congressional Fellowship, where he worked for the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary. As a political scientist, Dr. King-Meadows’s work explores the nature and consequence of black interest representation and black political engagement against the backdrop of economic disparities and sociopolitical stratification occurring in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. His extensive publication record contributes to multiple fields within political science, and he has lectured widely on electoral politics, public opinion, election law, and African American/Black Politics. 
UMBC is very fortunate to have someone of Dr. King-Meadows’s impressive experience and talent to serve as Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. King-Meadows on his new appointment and supporting him in this important endeavor.

Provost Philip Rous
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Dear UMBC Community,
I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Kimberly Moffitt as Interim Dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (CAHSS) effective August 17, 2020. 
Dr. Moffitt’s appointment brings to a conclusion a successful search that began in early July. On behalf of the entire campus community, I would like to express my gratitude and thanks to all members of the Search Committee, chaired by Professor Timothy Nohe. Their commitment and hard work constitutes an outstanding contribution to the future of CAHSS and UMBC. I also wish to acknowledge the advice and counsel the CAHSS and campus communities provided to the Search Committee.
Dr. Moffitt joined the UMBC community in 2006 as an assistant professor of American Studies, and, prior to her appointment as Interim Dean, served as director of the Language, Literacy & Culture doctoral program. She is a professor of Language, Literacy & Culture and affiliate professor of Africana Studies.
Dr. Moffitt brings to her new position an outstanding record of scholarship and leadership in shared governance, including serving as president and vice president of UMBC’s Faculty Senate, a member of the Faculty Senate Executive Committee, UMBC’s NCAA Faculty Athletic Representative, and as a member of several other university committees.
Dr. Moffitt received a B.A. in political science from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte, an M.A. in mass communication from Boston University, and a Ph.D. in mass communication/media studies from Howard University. Prior to joining the UMBC faculty, she was the first Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Fellow from Howard University and completed a teaching postdoctoral fellowship at Hope College in Holland, Michigan before holding a faculty position at DePaul University.
As a media scholar and critic, Dr. Moffitt’s work centers on topics that encompass ideas of citizenship, identity, representations, and belonging in society. Specifically, she explores the mediated representations of the black body and its extremities (e.g., hair), often in programming such as Disney and other media forms. Her research seeks to understand how these representations influence communication among different cultures, affect policies within institutional structures, and impact the self-esteem and self-worth of those occupying black bodies. She has an extensive publication record, including five co-edited volumes and numerous scholarly articles and book chapters. In addition to her service at UMBC, Dr. Moffitt also extends her expertise into the greater Baltimore community by facilitating workshops on diversity and inclusion, as well as appearing as a featured guest on several media outlets, both locally and nationally. Dr. Moffitt is a founding parent of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys charter school and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She remains actively involved in her disciplinary association, National Communication Association, and is also a board member of the National Association of Media Literacy Education.
As Interim Dean of CAHSS, Dr. Moffitt will lead the College in advancing excellence in teaching, research, and service. She will work collaboratively with colleagues across campus to promote innovative interdisciplinary teaching and research. Dr. Moffitt will supervise the College’s planning and budget development; oversee teaching, research, outreach, and administration within the College; develop and promote activities that support a diverse faculty; and oversee faculty development, promotion and tenure, and appointments. She also will participate in campus-wide shared governance processes, serve as a member of the university’s leadership team, and provide effective leadership and support to students, faculty, and staff as the UMBC community continues to face the challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr. Moffitt will build on the remarkable legacy of Dean Scott Casper, who will step down as dean on August 17 to become Dean Emeritus and President of the American Antiquarian Society.
UMBC is very fortunate to have someone of Dr. Moffitt’s impressive experience, abilities, and talent to serve as Interim Dean of CAHSS. Please join me in congratulating and supporting her.
Philip Rous, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
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    Brandy Harris-Wallace

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Associate Professor of Sociology, Faculty Affiliate in the Gender and Women’s Studies Program and Doctoral Program in Gerontology; and, Research Associate with UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies


Research focus is on the areas of aging/long term care, gender, health care workers and paraprofessional workers. Recipient of the NIA Diversity Supplement award, and a UMBC Summer Faculty Fellowship (2011). Member of the President’s Commission for Women, CAHSS Black Faculty Committee, Gender and Women Studies Coordinating Committee and the Women’s Center Advisory Board.


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