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In this episode we hear from UMBC's Dr. Marjoleine Kars, Dr. Vincent Brown of Harvard University, & Dr. Sharika Crawford of the US Naval Academy as they discuss slave rebellions in the Caribbean.  The episode features a rebroadcast of the 2021 Low Lecture.  Click here for the full recording of that lecture.  

In the Campus Connections segment we learn about the recent work of Dr. Camee Maddox-Wingfield of the UMBC's Department of Sociology, Anthropology, & Public Health.

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Faculty and advanced graduate students are invited to join us for a CAHSS workshop on how ORCID can help your scholarship. The workshop will be held on Webex on Friday, February 11, from 1-2pm.

Click here to join!

ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier) is an international nonprofit providing unique, persistent identifiers that researchers can use to distinguish themselves and their research output. Participating researchers retain control over what information they include in their profile, who can see the data they’ve included, and how it is used with options available for sharing across systems to save time on funding, publishing, and research reporting workflows.

Through a partnership between the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery, the Division of Information Technology, and the Office of the Vice President for Research, UMBC joined a community of over 1,000 other research organizations, publishers and funding agencies around the world by becoming an institutional member of the ORCID consortium in March 2021.

This session will cover an overview of ORCID, benefits available to individual scholars, and how UMBC is leveraging its institutional benefits. We’ll also present how ORCID fits into the overall digital scholarship ecosystem at UMBC including Digital Measures, ScholarWorks@UMBC, and the Faculty Expert Database. The session will conclude with a demo of setting up a profile and tips for getting the most out of your ORCID account.

Speaker Bio

Carolyn Sheffield is the Associate Director for Library Technology & Digital Strategies at the Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery where she oversees information technology services, website management, and digital scholarship services. Prior to joining UMBC in March 2019, Carolyn worked at the Smithsonian for nine years managing projects and programs for improving access to biodiversity literature, archives, and data. She holds a Masters in Library Science from the University of Maryland, College Park and a Bachelors in Visual & Performing Arts from UMBC.

Sponsored by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts, and the Dresher Center for the Humanities.

MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL PAYEROLL BUREAU 

2022 FICA Tax Withholding (PPE 01/01/22)

Through a post-audit process, Central Payroll Bureau (CPB) learned that highly compensated employees’ January 7th paychecks had FICA tax withholding amounts that were less than they should have been.  CPB discovered that a glitch in its system prevented the full FICA tax amount from being withheld.  FICA taxes are calculated based on Social Security wage limits.  For tax year 2021, the limit was $142,800.  For tax year 2022, the limit is $147,000.  Our system captured 2021’s YTD Social Security wage balance and only calculated Social Security taxes on $4,200 which is the difference between the 2 years. 

 Please note that this issue has been fixed.  In PPE 01/15/22 (pay date 01/21/22), impacted employees will see an increase in their FICA taxes to collect all FICA tax shortfalls that were missed in the previous pay.  In PPE 01/29/22 (pay date 02/04/22), impacted employees will see their correct FICA tax withholdings.  Employees and agencies do not need to do anything to correct PPE 01/01/22 because FICA taxes will self-adjust through their paychecks dated 01/21/22. 

 If you have any questions, please contact our CPB Accounting Team via email CPBACCTG@marylandtaxes.gov or phone (410) 260-7964.

New episode live Monday, January 24

Featuring Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, Associate Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology, School of Biology & Ecology, Climate Change Institute, University of Maine, and host of Warm Regards, a podcast about life on a warming planet.

Dr. Gill was a guest lecturer for GES's seminar series last spring. 
Listen to her full talk from March 31, 2021 here.   

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About The Series

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production assistant is Jefferson Rivas. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.