Last week, Professor Donald Norris and Ph.D. student Laura Mateczun of the School of Public Policy published an article with Professors Tim Finin and Anupam Joshi of UMBC’s Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department.
The paper, published in the Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, examines the most significant cybersecurity challenges facing local governments in America.
The article is available here.
]]>CLS, a program of the U.S. Department of State, is part of a wider government initiative to expand the number of Americans studying and mastering foreign languages that are critical to national security and economic prosperity. CLS plays an important role in preparing students for the 21st century's globalized workforce and increasing national competitiveness.Register for an October 9th, 3:30pm EST webinar about this exciting opportunity at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cT8QQu_ITC-h9lMSLKGzfwApplications are due November 27th and can be accessed at:
I am writing to make you aware of an upcoming conference – “The New China Challenge” – being held in Annapolis, MD at the U.S. Naval Academy on 10 October. We invite you, your students, and fellow faculty to attend. As China has risen in power and prominence, it has emerged as a true competitor to America. Is war between the two nations inevitable? If conflict were to occur, what would it look like? Guided by its state capitalism, China’s challenge goes beyond the military domain. How should the United States respond to the emerging revisionist power in the Indo-Pacific? These questions and more will be addressed by an incredible line-up of speakers.
The Mandarin speaking former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, will give the morning keynote on “Understanding China’s Rise.”
The morning panel will explore the question, “Are the U.S. and China Destined for War?”, and will feature Harvard Professor Graham Allison, Ph.D., author, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides Trap?; Dr. Kathleen Hicks, Senior Vice President at CSIS, ADM Scott Swift, USN (Ret.), former Pacific Fleet Commander (2015-2018); and ADM Robert Willard, USN (Ret.), former Commander of Pacific Command (2009-2012).
August Cole, coauthor of GHOST FLEET: A NOVEL OF THE NEXT WORLD WAR, will discuss how fiction can be used to understand what a future conflict with China might look like. Complimentary lunch will be provided for all attendees.
The afternoon panel, “U.S. vs. China: The Great Power Competition,”moves beyond the problem of potential conflict and considers the complex and competitive dynamics in the U.S.-China relationship. Leading experts will explore the new China challenge in the political, strategic, and economic domains.
Authors August Cole, Dr. Graham Allison, and Dr. James Holmes will be signing copies of their books during the conference from 12:50 – 1:30 p.m.
Register, view the full conference schedule, and find additional information online. Registration is free and open to the public. Please share with students and colleagues you feel would be interested in this excellent day of programming.
Kate Newmeyer | Coordinator of Conferences and Special Events
U.S. Naval Institute | knewmeyer@usni.org
291 Wood Road | Annapolis MD 21402
PH 410.295.1035| F 410.295.1084
Last week, F. Chris Curran, assistant professor of Public Policy at UMBC, published an article in the journal Educational Policy with co-authors Michael H. Little, Lora Cohen-Vogel, and Thurston Domina of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The article “School Readiness Assessments for Class Placements and Academic Sorting in Kindergarten” examines the relationship between the use of kindergarten readiness assessment data and differential sorting of students by ability across classrooms.
Curran's findings suggest that using this readiness data for class placements may be predictive of greater sorting by ability across classes, particularly in English/Language Arts. This study builds on previous research demonstrating that experiences in early education and kindergarten can significantly impact children’s academic trajectories and draws attention to previously understudied implications of readiness assessment use. The article is available here."
]]>The Japan-America Student Conference bilateral exchange program is now accepting applications for their 2019 meeting. See this website for more details: http://iscdc.org/jasc/
The Okinawa Essay Contest is accepting submissions until
February 1, 2019. Please see this
website for details on what the requirements are, the prizes, and how to submit
an essay:
http://www.okinawa-conference.com/
The Internship in Japan program is soliciting
applications. See their website for more
information:
https://www.iccworld.co.jp/internshipinjapan/
There’s a career fair in Boston in November for individuals
who are bilingual in Japanese and English.
See this for more information:
https://careerforum.net/en/event/bos/
Questions? julier@umbc.edu
Pamela Bennett, Associate Professor of Public Policy, is co-author of a journal article with Amy Lutz, Associate Professor of Sociology at Syracuse University, and Rebecca Wang, Ph.D. graduate student in Sociology at Syracuse.
The article “Mismatch and academic performance at America’s selective colleges and universities” discusses the relationship between test score mismatch and academic performance, and whether any relationship particularly impacts racial minorities.
Prof. Bennett and her co-authors found that SAT mismatch is not associated with graduation from a selective institution, but is associated with lower grades.
The piece was published online this week in Ethical and Racial Studies and will be published in print in November 2018. For a limited time, the journal is offering free access to the online version.
The Department of English and Humanities at Shawnee State University and the Center for Asian and African Studies at El Colegio de México invite scholars to submit 500 word abstracts on topics related to the character of the Black Panther in his various permutations in comic books and films for a two-day conference to be held April 19th and 20th, 2019 at Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio.
Interested scholars should send their abstract to BlackPantherConference2019@gmail.com by December 1st 2018. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by January 1st 2018.
The abstract of 500 words should be accompanied by:
The conference organizers are also planning a co-edited volume for publication in English and Spanish in 2020 which will include a selection of the best papers presented at the Conference. Toward that end finalized papers of 8,000 words or less in MLA style need to be submitted electronically by May 30th, 2019.
Presentations may approach the subject from a variety of theoretical and disciplinary trajectories including but not limited to: history, post-colonial studies, comparative literature, comics studies, cinema studies and cultural studies which serve to elucidate the myriad ways in which the Black Panther character has influenced popular and scholarly thought over the past half century. V
Aaron Louis Rosenberg, Centro de Estudios de Asia y África, El Colegio de México
The Institute for Policy Studies
Cordially invites you to the 42nd Annual Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Gala
5:30 pm Reception /7:00 pm Program
BUY YOUR TICKETS NOW AS WE HONOR AND CELEBRATE THE 2018 AWARD RECIPIENTS
Masters of Ceremony
Noura Erakat and Tope Folarin
Acoustic music performance by
Crank LuKongo, a native D.C. band.