Please RSVP here: 
https://my.umbc.edu/groups/promise/events/55529

POLI 353, Government Budgeting, has a special instructor this spring, and will focus on Baltimore City issues.  The instructor is Andrew Kleine, who became Baltimore’s budget director in 2008, after nearly 15 years of federal government service that included budget and policy positions in the U.S. Department of Transportation, White House Office of Management and Budget, and Corporation for National and Community Service.  He is a nationally recognized leader in budgeting for outcomes, long-term financial planning, Lean Government, and pension and health benefit reform. 

Sarah Miller

INDS Capstone
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Fine Arts 002
10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

For Sarah's capstone she spent several months abroad researching this question: "How can I use collaborative photography as a fieldwork research method to investigate the social roles fulfilled by women participating in low income housing movements and projects in Rio de Janeiro?"

The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2018)

The NWSA 2018 Call for Proposals is NOW AVAILABLE

• Afro-futurism, feminist futures, surrealist thought and radical imaginaries
• Rethinking gender, sexuality, family, disability and the bio-politics of what is or is not human?
• The future of the universities, schools, and knowledge production: maroon spaces, insurgent practices, and the future of the disciplines and the interdisciplines?
• Post-capitalism: imagining new economic futures
• Revolutions and utopian projects: sustained, incomplete and derailed
• Political, cultural and artistic movements that “demand the impossible:” “abolition” and beyond
• The earth’s future and legacies of its past: environmental justice, climate change, indigeneity, land rights, wars and occupations

The Immigration and Border Community – Research Experience for Undergraduates, is a unique opportunity to learn social science research methods while collaborating with local organizations to conduct in-depth research about the unique challenges faced by border communities in the Paso del Norte region of southern New Mexico, El Paso and Ciudad Juárez.

The U.S. Mexico border is currently at the center of political controversy, one that has threatened to further disrupt border cities that were once closely integrated. Immigration is an important part of the Paso del Norte region and the increase in border enforcement has significant impacts not only on those passing through the border, but those who live here as well. This is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students to learn social science research methods through hands-on collaboration with local organizations about border enforcement and its impacts on immigrants and border communities.

Work will be fully funded by the National Science Foundation and is an excellent opportunity for students interested in pursuing a graduate degree or a variety of career paths. By collaborating closely with organizations already involved in advocacy for civil and human rights, such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Border Network for Human Rights, your work will have a greater impact. Sample topics include:

• The impacts of repealing Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
• Alleged abuse and mistreatment of migrants and community members by law enforcement
• Asylum seekers in the borderlands: Access to due process and basic human rights
• “Know Your Rights” campaigns
• The history of community organizing and leadership development in the borderlands

Successful applicants will spend 10 weeks in the El Paso/Las Cruces/Ciudad Juárez region during the summer (May 21-July 28, 2018). Positions are fully funded by the NSF. Students will receive a stipend of $5000 and meal expenses. In addition, students traveling from outside the region will receive accommodation and $500 towards their travel expenses. We will also have several excursions, including a one-week intensive field-trip through the Arizona/Sonora borderlands.

(Please note, because this is federally funded, there are citizenship/immigration limitations—very sorry.)

For more information please contact Neil Harvey, (575) 646-3220, nharvey@nmsu.edu or Jeremy Slack, (915) 747-6530 jmslack@utep.edu