Jessica Burstrem successfully defends her Dissertation

On April 7, 2025, Jessica Burstrem of LLC Cohort 23 successfully defended her dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy.  Her degree will be conferred in May, 2025.  Her virtual defense went well and she gave a impressive presentation of her dissertation research, Interested: How Susan S. White, Shareholder Advocacy, and 50 Years of Indigenous Activism Changed the Game and the Name of the Washington Football Team.


The program wishes to acknowledge the guidance and commitment of Jessica's committee:

Chair: 

            Denise Meringolo, History

            Ramon Goings, Language, Literacy and Culture

Members:

            Amy Froide, History

            Fernando Tormos-Aponte, University of Pittsburgh

            Allan Downey, McMaster University

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The Language, Literacy, and Culture Program is pleased to announce that Shahin Hossain of LLC Cohort 23 successfully and skillfully presented his dissertation research proposal on April 7, 2025.

Shahin's project is titled, Measuring College Students' Reliance On Large Language Models In Academic Writing: Impacts And Insights From A Mixed-Methods Study.

After his presentation, Shahin discussed the next stages of his work with his committee.

Many thanks to Shahin's committee members:

Chair:   

     Ramon Goings, Language, Literacy and Culture

Members:  

     Michele Stites, Education

     Lara Martin, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

     Susan Sterett, Public Policy

     Yusuke Kuwayama, Public Policy

Please join us in congratulating Shahin on reaching this significant milestone!

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Mahmoud Abdel-Halim | The Relationship Between Inflammatory Markers and Mood States in Individuals With Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) | Psychology| Daniel Roche

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 1


Vunnathi Ankem | Conceptualizing Intimate Partner Abuse Through the Lens of Intracultural Dialogue Amongst South Asian Students | Psychology| Christopher Murphy

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 10


Ryan Calheira | Emotional Distress And Cognitive Performance: The Impact of Depression and Stress on Accuracy And Workload | Psychology| 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 21


Sarah Conklin, Ana Delariva - Avina | The Impact of the Presence of Others on Semantic Networks in Social Anxiety | Psychology| Lira Yoon

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 35


Olivia Edoigiawerie | Examining Childhood Adversity, Trauma Exposure, and Protective Factors in Caregivers of Infants | Psychology| Kay Connors

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 40


Logan Forsythe | Community and Retention: Exploring Factors that Support Retention in Opioid Recovery Research | Psychology| Steven Pitts

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 25


Daniela Gutman | Perceived Socioeconomic Status, Cognitive Performance, and Physiologic Workload in Adults From Baltimore | Psychology| Sarah Conklin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 47


Maeva Kaunan | Empowering Hispanic/Latinx Students in STEM: The Role of Resources, Community, and Belonging | Psychology| Shuyan Sun

Oral Presentation | UC 310 | 2:40-2:55


Eden Kennedy | Mind-Body Fitness: Unique Biotypes and Their Association With Anxiety And Depression | Psychology| Sarah Conklin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 49


Isabel Killip | The Connection Between Perceived Stress and Mind-Body Fitness in Community Adults | Psychology| Sarah Conklin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 10:00-11:00 | Poster 58


Jasmine Liu | Exploring the Impact of Parenting Styles On Burnout Among College Students | Psychology| Elaine MacDougall

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 52


Aidan MacGloan, Chielota Uma | Does The Type Of Stress Matter For Chinese American Immigrant Mothers’ Parenting Behaviors? | Psychology| Charissa Cheah

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 57


Krishna Madhiwala, Mica Jardine | Eye See Something! Tracking Reading Comprehension And Attention In Children | Psychology| Karrie Godwin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 58


Judy McLaughlin | Frequency of Mindfulness and Contemplative Practices Covary With Unique Mind-Body Fitness Biotypes | Psychology| Sarah Conklin

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 1:00-2:00 | Poster 56


Elise Nikitina, Ipsa Sindhwani | Evaluating Simultaneous and Sequential Bilingualism Teaching Procedures in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder | Psychology| Mirela Cengher

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 5


Esther Lim Park | The Importance of Korean Amiercan Adolescents' Ethnic Identity Exploratioin | Charissa Cheah

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 53


Maahee Patel | Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Acute Stress On Neural Mechanisms of Emotional Reactivity In Schizophrenia | Psychology| Raimi Quiton

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 12


Richie Raymond, Soleyana Denu | The New Jersey Domestic Violence Housing First Evaluation | Psychology| Nkiru Nnawulezi

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 19


Vanessa Salazar | Examining Negative Semantic Memory and its Relation to Depression and Rumination | Psychology| Lira Yoon

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 25


Ayesha Shehzad | Longitudinal Bidirectional Association Between Muslim American Youth’s Online Critical Consciousness And Mental Health | Psychology| Charissa Cheah

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 26


Emma Snyder, Demme Higdon, Charlotte Lane | Girls Are Mathematicians, Too: Are There Gender Differences In How Parents Socialize Math Learning in the US and Kosovo | Psychology| Susan Sonnenschein

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 34


Michael Sung | Exploring Differences By Acculturation-Nativity Status in CAD Risk Factors: LDL, HsCRP, And Lifestyle Behaviors | Psychology| 

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 32


Tasneem Khambaty, Tristan Templeton | Black College Students And the Effectiveness of Therapy | Psychology| Janelle Billingsley

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 37


Keerti Venkat | Hidden Costs of Critical Action on Depressive Symptoms in Asian American Adolescents Facing Racial Discrimination | Psychology| Charissa Cheah

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 2:30-3:30 | Poster 44


Liz Weir | Cultural Pluralism in Practice: A Mixed-method Study on Reducing Asian American Students' COVID-19-related Stress | Psychology| Charissa Cheah

Poster Presentation | UC Ballroom | 11:00-12:00 | Poster 43

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Dr. Steven Dashiell, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies, was one of twelve awardees of an American Council of Learned Societies HBCU grant this year.  The monies provided will allow him to start the work for his first book, which will be about discourses surrounding African American men, the value of leisure, and how these third-spaces facilitate a male connection often overlooked as just “playing basketball.”

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URCAD is April 16, 2025


Art Exhibit: All day
Location: Fine Arts Building, First Floor Hallway,
HUMANIZE: STUDENT-LED GALLERY EXHIBITION EXPLORING THE THEME OF IDENTITY

Thalia Añora – Visual Arts & INDS
Mentor: Prof. Corrie Parks


Interactive Video Game: 10a.m.-3p.m.

Location: UC Ballroom

KING SCRIBBLE

Evan McRae (INDS), Steven Nguyen, Ginger Sealy, Brian Lawser, Justin Gaylord, Jay Cina, Anthony Bonilla Duron, and Rowan Barr
Mentor: Marc Olano


Oral Presentation: 1:40p.m.

Location: UC 310

Goals And Motivations of Baltimore Early Intervention Providers

Ada Glaser- INDS

Mentors: Jayshree Jani and and Dr. Mata-McMahon


Oral Presentation: 2:20 p.m. 

Location: UC 310

Cultural Dimensions Represented in Panama

Joy Ware- INDS
Mentor: Sidas Saulynas

Poster Presentation
Location: UC Ballroom
Exploring Linker Functionalization in Zirconium-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks for Curcumin Encapsulation and Release

Aeon Kaplowitz- INDS

Mentors: Lisa Kelly


Poster Presentation

Location: UC Ballroom

Comparing Caregiver Strain in Children With Anxiety or ADHD Using An Internalizing/Externalizing Framework 

Hira Khan- INDS
Mentor: Marco Grados

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iHARP Talk Tuesday
April 8, 2025 | 4-5pm  | Webex
Dr. Eric Stokan, Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3), an associate professor of political science, and an affiliate faculty in the School of Public Policy at UMBC.

Transdisciplinary Collaborations to Address Our “Wicked Problems"

This talk centers on building successful collaborations and partnerships to address the “wicked problems” we face within and across our communities.  From developing strategic plans aimed at mitigating flooding to building alternative energy infrastructure, overcoming our disciplinary boundaries and leveraging knowledge across our colleges, institutions, and communities is an important pathway to addressing the most pressing challenges we face today.

The Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3), Dr. Eric Stokan, will describe and highlight the results of partnerships between CS3 and COEIT and iHarp, the Metropolitan Governance and Management Transitions (MGMT) lab at IU Bloomington, and others. The talk will reflect on the results and outcomes of these collaborations.

The second part of the talk will highlight opportunities for increased engagement with social scientists and humanists and supports to make this happen. Drawing on social science and public management theory, this talk will make the case that finding these points of collaboration are increasingly important and necessary for the challenges ahead..

Dr. Eric Stokan is the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3), an associate professor of political science, and an affiliate faculty in the School of Public Policy at UMBC.  He also serves as a faculty affiliate to the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne State University and is co-director and faculty affiliate to the Metropolitan Government and Management Lab (MGMT) at the Paul H. O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington.  Dr. Stokan’s research explores how governments balance economic growth goals with community development activities and environmental protections equitably. Further, he studies the impact of local government policy decisions on economic and social equity outcomes.

(rescheduled from February 11, 2025)
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Kudos to Dr. Linsday DiCuirci for two recent public presentations on her teaching and research activity. 

On March 29, DiCuirci participated in a roundtable at the College English Association (CEA) 2025 Conference in Philadelphia on the subject of “Students in the Archives.” She discussed "Building 'Digital Cruikshank'" and shared material related to the Cruikshank collaboration with Susan Graham in UMBC Special Collections (check out the archive here). 

Also in March, DiCuirci delivered a talk, "Hell and Gone," on hell belief and apocalyptic thinking in the U.S. for a "Profs & Prints” event in Washington, DC. 

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Hello undergraduate majors and minors in sociology, anthropology, and public health!

We apologize for the last minute notice, but our department was recently invited to join an ongoing pilot program that may be of interest to you, which kicks off this Thursday, April 10th. The program is entitled "Youth Well-Being" and is funded by the prestigious Stevens Initiative, which is an international collaboration funded by the US Department of State, the Bezos Family Foundation, and the governments of Morocco and the UAE. The effort is named after the U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens who "devoted his life to building connections through open and respectful dialogue and person-to-person diplomacy... He served the majority of his Foreign Service career in the Middle East and North Africa, a region he grew to love, and eventually served as U.S. Ambassador to Libya." In other words, the goal of the Stevens Initiative is to build friendship, learning, and exchange between countries.

The program we are invited to join is a 4 week "virtual exchange" program between the USA and the UAE focused on the topic of "youth well-being." It will explore "American and UAE lifestyles, the multidimensional components of well-being, and how institutions — such as the economy, families, and communities — affect the global challenge of improving well-being." It is led by Khalifa University in the UAE and two USA institutions are invited to participate--UMBC and Miami University of Ohio. The program starts this Thursday (April 10th) with a synchronous 8:30-10am session to match up with the time that Miami University is available. The other sessions are asynchronous with one additional final synchronous session to wrap up (May 1st, also 8:30-10am). The style will include lectures, discussion, and activities. It is completely FREE to participate. Students who complete the program will receive a certificate of completion and access the Stevens Initiative Alumni Network, which is a vibrant international community. In addition to the learning and networking opportunities, this program is well-known and highly respected, so it makes a great resume-builder to be able to list this in your experience!

Because this is late notice, it is okay if you can't make the opening session live at 8:30am this Thursday, but it would be ideal if you can join for that. 

Interested in this opportunity or have questions? Email Dr. Christine Mair ASAP at: christine_mair@umbc.edu


Program Details:
This 4-week mini program will focus on youth well-being, offering an engaging and interactive learning experience through three core modules. Participants will engage in 5 sessions across the four weeks, including 2 synchronous sessions (each lasting 1 hour and a half) and 3 asynchronous sessions (each lasting 2 hours). Each module includes virtual lectures and discussions, complemented by asynchronous activities such as video lectures and group work tasks which students can complete at their own pace within a week.
Schedule:
1st Session: April 10th, 8:30 am – 10:00 am (Synchronous meeting)
Module 1: April 11th - April 17th (Asynchronous module)
Module 2: April 18th - April 24th (Asynchronous module)
Module 3: April 25th - April 30th (Asynchronous module)
Final Session: May 1st, 8:30 am – 10:00 am (Synchronous meeting)
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Zaira Girala Munoz ('22) is a former English major who is now a PhD student in English at the Ohio State University.


I’ve always loved writing, but it was at UMBC that I found my passion for rhetoric while majoring in English on the communication and technology track. I transferred to UMBC from Howard Community College, and it immediately solidified my decision to major in English. My time at UMBC was marked by the onset of the COVID pandemic and the 2020 protests.  My support networks, including the McNair Scholars Program and professors I had in English, made me feel equipped intellectually to process and adapt to these pivotal moments, a skill that’s invaluable in the current moment. My time in the English Department also helped me find areas of research I am still passionate about today. My current research on disability rhetorics in graduate student narratives began as an essay I wrote in ENGL 671. I was able to take this class and begin a more intensive project as part of the accelerated BA/MA program in English, which also prepared me for the rigor of graduate seminars.

After graduating from UMBC, I started grad school (fully funded) at The Ohio State University. I am currently a third year MA/PhD student in English, in the Writing, Rhetoric and Literacy program. I’m also the president of GAMHAA, a grad student mental health organization on campus and Chief of Staff for The Graduate Student Council. Having earned my MA last spring, I am currently finishing coursework and starting to prep for candidacy exams. I’ve taught first-year composition at OSU for two semesters and I’m currently a graduate writing program assistant. I’ve really enjoyed getting to see the  administrative side of running a writing program and supporting instructors who are teaching the class for the first time.  My research areas are institutional rhetoric, rhetorics of health and medicine and disability studies. I would not have gotten here if it were not for the support of professors I had in the department at UMBC, and being a McNair scholar. I am especially grateful to Professors Brooks, McCarthy, Holladay, Patton (MCS), Mata-McMahon (Education), and Jones Lewis (Ancient Studies) for encouraging me to grow so much as a writer, researcher and thinker and for being some of the kindest people I’ve worked with.

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