We are pleased to announce that Dr. Aubrey Jackson Soller will be joining the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) as our next Associate Director. Dr. Jackson Soller is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health. She also holds an affiliate appointment in the Department of Gender, Women’s, + Sexualities Studies.  Recently named a 2025-2026 CAHSS Research Fellow, Dr. Jackson Soller brings a wealth of social science knowledge and administrative experience to the role.  

Together with our director, she will help coordinate the Social Sciences Forum, faculty working groups, and initiatives for undergraduate research, among other programs.  CS3 is thrilled that Dr. Jackson Soller will begin in this position this summer.   

This discussion will take place on Monday, April 7, 2025 · 12 - 1 PM in the Library and Gallery, Albin O. Kuhn : 259. You can RSVP here.

Join the conversation! Participate in a book discussion of Wandering Stars, a novel by best-selling author Tommy Orange. A follow-up to his acclaimed debut, Wandering Stars traces the legacies of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School through three generations of a family. 

This book discussion will take place on Monday, April 7th from 12-1pm in Library 259 with Conor Donnan, a faculty member in the American Studies Department, facilitating the book discussion. Share your thoughts and insights with fellow readers in a casual, friendly setting! 

A limited number of free copies of the book are being provided by the Dresher Center for the Humanities. Please contact Courtney Hobson at chobson1@umbc.edu to request a copy. 

This event is co-sponsored by the Dresher Center for the Humanities and the Albin O. Kuhn Library and Gallery.

Join artist Tomashi Jackson and policy analyst/economic advocate Nia Evans for the next in a series of public conversations about support for the visual arts and humanities on April 8th at 5:30 pm. Spaces are limited and registration is required.

Organized by the Center for Art, Design, and Visual Culture at UMBC (CADVC), this conversation focuses on structures of cultural support. Live guests will include Ryan Patterson, Nick Hartigan, and Denise Griffin Johnson, with remote moderation from Tomashi Jackson and Nia Evans. The panel discussion is a part of Tomashi Jackson and Nia Evans's “Pedagogy Study Hall,” a research project featuring an intermedia series of public discussions about investment and disinvestment in the arts and humanities. For more information about this program, visit https://cadvc.umbc.edu/april-roundtables-for-pedagogy-study-hall/

To register for this program, visit https://shorturl.at/4uRFY

You will be contacted at the email you provide with information about the location of the program.

For more information about the residency program, visit https://cadvc.umbc.edu/programs-2/.

All events at CADVC are free and open to the public for full participation by all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected category under applicable federal law, state law, and the University’s nondiscrimination policy. CADVC is committed to making all our exhibitions and programs, both online and in-person, accessible. If you need any specific accommodations for this event, or if you have any questions or concerns, please contact CADVC at cadvc@umbc.edu or 410-455-3188.

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Images: (from the top) Header: “Conflux: Variation” video still, 2025, Shannon Collis & Liz Donadio, courtesy of the artists. (A barren landscape with dark piles of rocks and soil under a blue sky with scattered clouds.) Top: Tomashi Jackson visits CADVC for a public program in Spring 2024, with an image of Nia Evans projected on a screen in the background. Photo: Tedd Henn