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Program: Penn Kemble Forum Fellowship
Agency: National Endowment for Democracy
Next Deadline: July 19th, 2019
The Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy promotes bipartisan conversation among young foreign policy leaders in Washington, DC. The Forum is an opportunity for them to share ideas across sectors and explore the role of democracy and human rights within the context of a broad range of policy questions.
The Forum convenes monthly for off-the-record dinner conversations led by foreign policy experts, government officials (past and present), and democracy practitioners. Penn Kemble Fellows have met with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran), and many others.
Program: Abe Fellowship
Agency: Social Science Research Council
Next Deadline: September 1st, 2019
The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.
https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/abe-fellowship/
Program: Radcliffe Fellows
Agency: Harvard University
Next Deadline: September 12th, 2019
The Radcliffe Fellowship Program awards 50 fellowships each academic year. Applicants may apply as individuals or in a group of two to three people working on the same project. We seek diversity along many dimensions, including discipline, career stage, race and ethnicity, country of origin, gender and sexual orientation, and ideological perspective. Although our fellows come from many different backgrounds, they are united by their demonstrated excellence, collegiality, and creativity.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/become-fellow
Program: Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
Agency: Fulbright
Next Deadline: September 16th, 2019
The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship provides opportunities for U.S. early and mid-career professionals and practitioners to serve in professional placements in a foreign government ministry or institution in partner governments around the world. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows build mutual understanding and contribute to strengthening the public sector while cultivating public policy experience in their desired area of expertise. The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship also includes an independent research component that focuses on an issue that is beneficial for the host ministry and the Fellow.
https://awards.cies.org/content/fulbright-public-policy-fellowship-0
Program: Getty Scholar Grants
Agency: Getty Foundation
Next Deadline: October 1st, 2019
Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
https://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_scholars.html
Shawn Bediako, psychology, comments on community tradition of reserving parade spaces with lawn chairs Catonsville's Fourth of July parade 'lawn chair tradition' continues — only earlier and earlier (Baltimore Sun)
David Di Maria, associate vice provost for International Education Services, comments on a memo discouraging universities from sending a form required for international students straight to recruiters. ICE memo clarifies operations for recruiters (The Pie News)
Erle Ellis (Geography & Environmental Systems) recently published a perspective piece in @sciencemagazine. twitter.com/sciencemagazin.
Felipe Filomeno, political science, and Tania Lizarazo, MLLI, talk about the partnership between UMBC and the Latino Racial Justice Circle, which is funded with a grant from Maryland Humanities. Faith Community Dialogues on Immigration and Race (with Felipe Filomeno) (Maryland Humanities Podcast)
Jo Gadsby, UMBC librarian, recently published an article
Adam Glazer '94, political science, has been named Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC announces Adam Glazer as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management (Yahoo Finance)
Tania Lizarazo, modernlanguages, linguistics, and intercultural communication, appeared on the Imagine Otherwise podcast to discuss digital storytelling.Imagine Otherwise: Tania Lizarazo on listening and learning in public (Ideas on Fire)
Jairus Lyles ’18, sociology, and star of men's basketball historic NCAA run in 2018, is a player to watch on the Utah Jazz’s summer league team. Players to watch at SLC Summer League (UtahJazz.com)
Robert Provine, psychology, discusses the science behind why people laugh. What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh (Scientific American)
Nicholas Miller, political science professor emeritus, explains the alignment of the Electoral College in the 2008 presidential election. The Electoral College May Not Actually Help Smaller States (Bloomberg)
Don Norris, public policy emeritus, points out that Governor Hogan has a mixed history when it comes to bipartisan efforts. Maryland Democrats deride Gov. Hogan’s pledge of bipartisanship as he withholds money intended for Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)
Stian Rice, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), explains how states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food. Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason (The Conversation)
John Rennie Short, public policy, writes about the recent Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering. (additional coverage) Viewpoints: A fix to gerrymandering is up to the voters (HeraldNet)
Alicia Wilson '04, political science, has been named vice president of economic development at Johns Hopkins. Alicia Wilson departs Port Covington team for Johns Hopkins (BBJ) She bridged neighborhoods and Sagamore for Port Covington deal. Can she do the same for Hopkins? (Baltimore Sun)Mickayla Bacorn, “Comparing English as a Second Language (ESL) Education and the Importance of Location in the United States and Colombia”
Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
Mentor: Dr. Tania Lizarazo
Rebecca Ferguson, “Homemaking in Baltimore: Centering the Experiences of Black Women and Mapping Community Assets”
Geography and Environmental Systems
Mentors: Dr. Dillon Mahmoudi and Dr. Dawn Biehler
Genevieve Madden, “Mixed Methods Analysis of Frame Propagation in Current Feminist Social Movements”
Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Ian Anson
Inaya Wahid, Ghina Ammar, Ayla Novruz, and Kayla Hinderlie, “Trait Anger as a Moderator in the Relationship between Discrimination and Heart Rate Variability in Emerging Adults”
Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Danielle Beatty Moody