Monday, Feb. 3 at Noon: Virtual Info Session for "Tolkien & Lewis in Oxford" Study Abroad 2025
Use this link to join the WebEx event.

On Monday, February 3, you can join a virtual information session about a new offering for UMBC Study Abroad in Summer 2025, "Tolkien & Lewis in Oxford," taught by Professor Deborah Rudacille. The course will take place in Oxford, England from July 10-25, 2025. The final deadline for applications is February 15, 2025. All are invited to learn more about the course and how to apply! 

You can find more information about this opportunity here in the official program brochure or view the flyer linked below.

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Course Description
ENGL347 (GEP AH): In this course we will explore the intellectual and experiential roots of the biophilia and technophobia in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings and Lewis’ Space Trilogy. Reading these texts from an ecocritical perspective, discover how these works anticipate contemporary debate about the costs and benefits of technology.

Program Highlights
  • Guided tours of Oxford and Birmingham, birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
  • Visit Sarehole Mill, Tolkien’s childhood village and inspiration for The Shire, and The Kilns, Lewis’ home outside Oxford
  • Tickets to Oxford’s Science Museum, Botanical Garden, Museum of Natural History, Pitt Rivers Museum, and Bodleian Library
  • Live and study in University of Oxford residence halls and classrooms

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The Faculty Development Center and DoIT Instructional Technology and New Media were excited to have a visit from Dr. José Antonio Bowen at UMBC to facilitate two workshops, AI Literacy & Prompt Engineering and AI Assignments and Assessments, based on his book Teaching with AI, co-authored with C. Edward Watson, JHU Press, 2024.

If you were unable to attend, we invite you to read about Dr. Bowen and view the video recordings and slides from the workshops on the Faculty Development Center webpage. Dr. Bowen is a dynamic and in-demand speaker, and we have heard many comments from attendees about how inspired they were by the resources shared and the energy in the room. Hosted on Panopto, the videos are captioned and will adjust according to your device and bandwidth.

Please note that a UMBC login is required for access to these materials. You must be logged into myUMBC for authentication, and not just your UMBC email.

We hope that these resources are useful to you as we navigate new possibilities and challenges for teaching and learning in the era of AI!

Best,
FDC and ITNM Staff

Photo provided by José Antonio Bowen.
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CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Present your Undergraduate Research at the 14th Annual UMBC Pi Sigma Alpha Research Conference! 

Apply here!

Dear Political Science Students,

We are set to hold our 14th undergraduate research conference for political science students on Wednesday, April 9nd, 2025 from 11am to 1pm! All students who have written a strong research-oriented paper for any political science course or independent study are welcome to apply. Please note that it is not necessary for a student to be a member of Pi Sigma Alpha in order to participate. 

Conference presenters ususually present research that they have completed as a poster that they display on an easel to their visitors. Posters are made in Microsoft's Powerpoint. Normally, visitors study the poster for a few minutes and then interact with you about your work. It's a wonderful opportunity for you to disseminate your research and discuss your ideas to a larger audience. In addition, students often use this conference to prepare for their presentations at URCAD (Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day), which will take place one week later on April 16th. (Note that the due date to submit a proposal to URCAD is February 14th.)

Attached are a few photos from previous conferences to give you an idea of what the conference would look like. In the pictures, you can see an example of a poster; also look at URCAD's website to see additional examples and general advice (click on poster presentations).  

The UMBC Omicron Eta Pi Sigma Alpha group has received funding from the national organization of Pi Sigma Alpha to cover the costs associated with your participation in the conference, including the printing and mounting of your poster on a posterboard and lunch the day of the conference. Once we know who is participating, we will distribute information about how to make a poster in Powerpoint and, if there is enough interest, we will also hold a workshop on Monday, March 17th during the free hour. 

Please consider participating if you have a strong paper from a class or other research experience that you would like to present! It's a wonderful experience for everyone - for presenters and visitors alike. Also, please feel free to reach out to Professor Forestiere forestie@umbc.edu or to Professor Anson at iganson@umbc.edu if you have any questions. 
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All are welcome!
Join Online Event

What are some of the best strategies and tips for writing a literature review? Whether you are just starting out with your research or have been involved in your project for a while, this workshop is for you. 

Note: This workshop is being offered in a hyflex modality, so feel free to join either in person in Library 259, or online via WebEx. 

***reposted from the AOK Library & Gallery***


See the attached flyer for more library workshops being offered this semester! 
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For the spring semester, three fellows will join us in the Dresher Center.

Lindsay DiCuirci, Associate Professor in English, will work on an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between spiritualism, print culture and attempts at radical social reform between 1840 and 1870. DiCuirci is interested in moments of cooperation between spiritualists and reformist groups, but as my use of “phantasms” conveys, the dream of harmonia was often disrupted by entrenched biases that even a movement committed to egalitarianism could not shed.

Meredith Oyen, Associate Professor in History, is studying the history of U.S. and China diplomatic relations. The current relationship is presently very tense due to changing leadership in both nations, alongside the pandemic, a trade war, and the perennial issue of Taiwan. Her book project offers a new narrative that highlights person-to-person contact as much as high level diplomacy, centering primary sources to give insight into both countries’ perspectives.

Kristin Kelly, a Ph.D. candidate in Language, Literacy, and Culture, is conducting a research project that aims to understand how Black women educators and Black girls collaborate, drawing on their spirituality and imagination to inform the ways they understand and navigate oppressive and harmful systems. Kelly also aims to uncover how Black women mentors help Black girls reimagine education and their futures, especially in classrooms that often do not represent their experiences but center on Eurocentric ways of teaching and exhibit gender inequality.

Please join us in congratulating these fellows!
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The NEH Division of Education supports professional development programs for K-12 educators, higher education faculty, and humanities professionals to study a variety of humanities topics. Programs are offered in residential, virtual, and combined formats. Participant stipends are based upon program format and duration.

Applications are due on March 5 at 11:59pm ET
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Their project examines how the impact of COVID-19 on adults with disabilities, including prevalence, healthcare access and use, and employment. 

Learn more about the project here.

The School of Public Policy at UMBC, in collaboration with the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, the University of Baltimore, and Westat, has been awarded a five year cooperative agreement from the Social Security Administration through its Retirement and Disability Research Consortium (RDRC) program. Our RDRC – Promoting Equity in Retirement, Disability and Health, is one of six RDRCs funded nationally and will support research, evaluation, and data development; and training and education on retirement and disability policy.


]]> The latest issue of the Retirement and Disability Research Center Newsletter highlights new projects funded by the Social Security Administration, including one led by Public Policy faculty Dr.... https://rdrc.umbc.edu/resources/ Newsletter https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/attachments/87941047d1826430e34caf0d07caa75c/69ec3db5/news/000/146/775/27a1c492f05b5819675a981bb2d2ebc5/RDRC-NewsletterJanuary-2025- v2.pdf?1738011268 https://beta.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/146775/guest@my.umbc.edu/ee115d59b8eadddc8e5c55af9777df6e/api/pixel School of Public Policy https://beta.my.umbc.edu/groups/publicpolicy https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/xsmall.png?1611346431 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/original.png?1611346431 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/xxlarge.png?1611346431 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/xlarge.png?1611346431 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/large.png?1611346431 https://assets3-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/medium.png?1611346431 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/small.png?1611346431 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/xsmall.png?1611346431 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/611/f2d10f708b2d69b2bfda21f03462d80b/xxsmall.png?1611346431 School of Public Policy https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/xxlarge.jpg?1738011313 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/xlarge.jpg?1738011313 https://assets2-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/large.jpg?1738011313 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/medium.jpg?1738011313 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/small.jpg?1738011313 https://assets4-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/xsmall.jpg?1738011313 https://assets1-beta.my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/146/775/d2b69f19ae65a993ff25320786a2ccc5/xxsmall.jpg?1738011313 0 0 true Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:58:27 -0500 Mon, 27 Jan 2025 16:04:21 -0500 Faculty Writing Group sign up by January 30th!
The writing group is an opportunity for faculty to be grouped with a few people from across disciplines at UMBC to network and hold ourselves accountable to writing during the academic year. Groups will work together to identify a time to meet and set their own expectations.

The recommendation is to meet 1-2 hours per week, or every other week depending on the group's interest. Most groups do a check in and talk about their projects/week for about 15 minutes then spend the bulk of the time writing independently, then about 5 minutes to report out at the end.

If you would like to be matched, please complete this form by January 30th 

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Apply now on Handshake! 
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The Caroline Iannone Travel Abroad Fellowship provides around $1200 to go towards a MEMS student's research abroad. 
This year is the third year we are offering this award. 
Past winners include Amina Thiam (History) and Leonardo Swafford (English), and both went on to do amazing work from the research they did. 

This year's deadline is February 1. Access the application on Scholarship Retriever: https://umbc.academicworks.com/opportunities/6486.

Supplementary questions applicants will need to answer are:
  1. Where do you plan to travel and what archive(s) will you visit? Have you made sure the archives will be open during your stay? Have you gotten any approvals you might need from the archives to visit?
  2. What are the goals of your research? How do you imagine using your findings?
  3. This scholarship covers $1200 in travel expenses. What is your plan for obtaining the rest of the money needed for this trip?
Questions about applying? Write to mems@umbc.edu. 


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