Graduate Research Assistantships in Participatory Action Research Project: Work with K-12 Teachers in Baltimore, Maryland.

The Teachers’ Democracy Project (TDP) is a grant-funded research project situated within the Language, Literacy and Culture (LLC) doctoral program at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).

TDP will offer research assistantships to up to two graduate students accepted in the LLC Doctoral Program for the Fall of 2015 (application deadline: December 1, 2014). Please indicate in your admissions cover letter that you are also interested in this research assistant position, which will be decided in a separate process from the admissions process.

Research assistants earn a research stipend for 20 hours of work a week, and receive tuition credits for up to 10 credits per semester.  They also receive health benefits, a travel stipend for conferences, and have the opportunity to work on collaborative publications along with the co-researchers in the project.  

The work of a TDP research assistant involves working with the program PI and director on program management, assisting with all aspects of the research project, and direct work with teachers in classrooms.  We are particularly interested in graduate students who have a background in K-12 public education and/or in media production in educational settings.

Please continue reading about this opportunity in the LLC Website (see link below)

At the Ravens game on the afternoon of September 28, Ana Maria Schwartz Caballero of the Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication department, was honored in a pre-game ceremony during which she received the NFL's 2014 Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award. Schwartz Caballero received the honor for her work with the Latino community, which includes serving as chair of Mayor Rawlings-Blake’s Hispanic Commission, member of the Legislative Task Force on the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills, president of UMBC’s Latino/Hispanic Faculty Association, faculty advisor for UMBC’s Hispanic/Latino Student Union, advocate with CASA de Maryland, and much more.
“I share this award with the members of our Latino community who work so hard to better their lives and who make our state a better place to live; and with my students, whose drive and persistence are my inspiration,” the professor shared. Schwartz Caballero has chosen UMBC’s Esperanza Scholarship Fund to receive the $2,000 grant that came with the award.

Spring 2015 advising and registration will be occurring soon! Before you can register, you must be electronically cleared by an advisor and receive any advance permissions for particular classes, especially INDS classes.

Contact your INDS advisor to arrange an appointment. Many advisors in INDS are not meeting with students until AFTER the Spring 2015 schedule goes live on Monday, October 27. Unsure who your advisor is? Email Ms. Sauter - csauter@umbc.edu.

You have a pre-determined time to register based on the number of credits you have earned; it does not include the credits you are taking this semester: Spring 2015 Registration Appointments

The Winter class schedule is online. Any student can register for winter session without advising clearance starting Monday, October 27. However, you are strongly encouraged to check with your advisor about winter course ideas, especially if you want to take them at another school. The maximum number of credits you can take in Winter is 4.5 credits (1 academic course and a physical education course).

Your To-Do List:

- Make an appointment with your INDS advisor.
- Check to see when you can register online. Spring 2015 Registration Appointments
- Review the winter and spring schedules and prepare your list of course preferences with back-up options.  Winter and Spring schedules: http://my.umbc.edu/go/schedule
- Check your degree audit online. When making your course list, consider your general graduation requirements and things you want to take for your major.  

NOTE:
If you have a second major, scholar program, or following a pre-health guideline, make arrangements to see an advisor from that department. Pre-Health Students, see this link: http://www.umbc.edu/advising/docs/AdvisingSummaryforPreProfessionalStudents.pdf

An internationally recognized scholar of South Asian international relations (India-Pakistan and South Asia-US), Hagerty came to UMBC from the University of Sydney in 2001. Since then he has published two books, five articles, and 13 book chapters. He founded the journal Asian Security in 2003 and has served as its managing editor or co-editor ever since. He teaches courses in international relations and has won the Political Science Teacher of the Year award three times. He has served as chair of the political science department, currently chairs one of the working groups for the university’s strategic planning, and now directs our new, fast-growing global studies program—among a long list of service to UMBC. In November 2013, Hagerty wrote an op-ed published in Inside Higher Edin which he introduced UMBC’s global studies program and argued that a liberal arts education is essential in developing a “global competence” among students.

During his year as the Lipitz Professor, Dr. Hagerty will work on a book project entitled “Fear, Ambition, and the Sturdy Child of Terror: South Asia’s Triangular Nuclear Dilemma.”

Robert Deluty, associate dean of the Graduate School, has published a new volume of poetry, “Human Recordings.” In his review, Ronald Pies writes: “The title of Robert Deluty’s wonderful new collection was inspired by the late rock band musician, Layne Staley, who struggled with depression and drug addiction throughout his adult life. But, like Staley’s music, Deluty’s moving poems are highly-condensed recordings of ‘being human,’ in all its tragic and comic tonalities. From the ‘taxidermist’s son/ wooing the depressed daughter/ of the mortician’ to the ‘Arby’s manager/ fuming that his sons opened/ a vegan bistro,’ Deluty regales us with the sweet, sad music of life, in tonalities that Layne Staley would have appreciated. This is a collection to be savored.”

“Human Recordings,” as well as all of Deluty’s other books, may be purchased at the UMBC Bookstore.

Public Policy Professor and Chair Donald Norris spoke to The Baltimore Sun and WJZ 13 about risk-taking in the gubernatorial campaign and Ben Carson’s possible bid for the presidency.

In a Baltimore Sun article about how both nominees for governor have avoided risky campaign strategies, Norris commented on Republican nominee Larry Hogan’s vague campaign promises. “As soon as he gives specifics, that opens him to attack from his opponent,” Norris said.

Norris also spoke to WJZ 13 about former Johns Hopkins head of neurosurgery Ben Carson’s possible bid for the presidency, mentioning that Carson might be too far to the right to become the Republican nominee. Norris called Carson “a tremendous human being” but did not have high hopes for his presidential bid, saying, “He’ll be a very, very long shot. Even experienced politicians making the kind of comments he makes will be out of the race very, very quickly.”

Click here to read “As presumed gubernatorial front-runner, Brown takes few risks on the campaign trail” in The Baltimore Sun and here  to watch “Ben Carson Considering A Run For 2016 Presidential Election” on WJZ 13.

Statement of Purpose

The purpose of the Second Generation Scholarship Award is to provide support to outstanding UMBC undergraduates who have demonstrated a commitment to the advancement of minorities. The amount of the scholarship varies from year to year.

For the 2014-2015 academic year, two $1,000 scholarship will be given. The recipients will be notified in early November and the awards will be formally presented at the W.E.B. Dubois Lecture on November 12, 2014. Attendance at the lecture is mandatory. 

Criteria

The student selected to receive this award should:

• Be a full-time, undergraduate, degree-seeking student in good standing at UMBC.
• Have a minimum 2.75 GPA.
• Submit two letters of recommendation, one of which should be from a UMBC faculty from whom the applicant has taken a course.
• Have completed or enrolled in an Africana Studies Course.
• Submit a transcript (unofficial transcripts are accepted).
• Demonstrate a commitment to the advancement of minorities that is reflected by a pattern of service to the community, extracurricular activities, or other community involvement.

* Please note that your application will be given to the scholarship selection committee just as you have submitted it.  It will not be edited and spelling errors will not be corrected.*