Spring 2026 Social Sciences Forum

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 15:41:58 -0500

SSF lectures will be held at 4pm in the AOK Library Gallery.

Thursday, February 26, 2026

Psychology Distinguished Lecture
"Creating Inclusive Classrooms in Childhood: Theory, Research, and Applications"
Melanie Killen, Ph.D.
Distinguished University Professor, Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology
University of Maryland, College Park
Hosted by the Department of Psychology.

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Low Lecture
"Out of This Strife Will Come Freedom: Free People of Color and the Fight for Equal Rights in the Civil War Era"
Warren Milteer, Jr.
Associate Professor
U.S. History, Early America, Nineteenth-Century U.S.
The George Washington University
Hosted by the Department of History.

Wednesday, April 8, 2026
"The Technological Future: Shifting the focus from what we build to who we build it for"
Amber Spry, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Politics
Department of African and African American Studies
Brandeis University
Hosted by CS3 with support from the Division of Research & Creative Achievement.

Monday, April 20, 2026
Eckert Lecture on Health & Inequality (Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health

"Food Justice Undone: Lessons for Building a Better Movement"
Hanna Garth, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Princeton University
Hosted by the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health.

Thursday, May 7, 2026
Lipitz Lecture
"How People Make Nature Better: Measuring Progress Toward a World Where People and Nature Thrive Together using the Nature Relationship Index (NRI)"
Erle Ellis, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Geography & Environmental Systems, UMBC
Hosted by CS3 in conjunction with the CAHSS Dean's office.

CS3-sponsored events are open 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.