Amy Bhatt, Gender, Women's, and Sexuality Studies, sheds light on what can be done to close the gender pay gap in the U.S.2019’s Best & Worst States for Women’s Equality (WalletHub)
Jason Chang '19, Geography and Environmental Systems, is beginning his first year of teaching and will teach second grade at a charter school in Woodlawn. ‘The first day is about promise’: Maryland students return to school excited for new challenges (The Baltimore Sun)
Erle Ellis, Geography and Environmental Systems, and Lucas Stephens, former postdoctoral fellow and current senior research analyst at the Environmental Law & Policy Center, share results of a survey of over 200 archaeologists from around the world about how early humans began to have an impact on the earth. Humans Dominated Earth Earlier Than Previously Thought (The New York Times)
Jeff Halverson, geography and environmental systems, looks back at the devastating storm that rocked Nelson County 50 years ago. Why the disaster of the century hit Nelson County (WVTF)
President Freeman Hrabowski and Joshua Michael '10, Political Science, Assistant Director of UMBC's Sherman STEM Teacher Scholars Program, explain UMBC's partnerships with city schools to boost math skills. What’s going on with Maryland’s math PARCC scores? (Baltimore Sun)
Kimberly Moffitt, American studies, discusses how adults can help engage children in discussions about race, identity, and cultural competency. It Takes A Village — And A Diversity Course — To Drive Out Hate In Anne Arundel County (WAMU)
Kindel Nash, education, discusses how including families in the process of learning to read can increase children's reading skills. Noted are education doctoral students Joshua Michael and Kris'tina Ackerman for their contributions to the research for this article.
Parents can help kids catch up in reading with a 10-minute daily routine (The Conversation) (My Plainview)
Donald Norris, Public Policy, and Laura Mateczun, Ph.D '20, Public Policy, discuss their cybersecurity research, and what local governments can do to prioritize cybersecurity and protect their data. UMBC: prioritizing cybersecurity critical for local governments (The Baltimore Sun)
Baltimore County executive John “Johnny O.” Olszewski, Ph.D. ’17, public policy, is making changes in Baltimore County government. A change agent in a place where change comes slowly (Maryland Matters)
Tiffany Robinson ’97, Political Science, was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan as Maryland’s new Secretary of Labor.
Sean Woolums ’20, financial economics, is entering his second year as a member of the Maryland Youth Advisory Council, which provides perspective to lawmakers. Three area teens appointed to Youth Advisory Council (TheBayNet.com)
Briana Yancy ' 19, Geography and Environmental Systems, is a new member of the Chesapeake Conservation Corps. She will spend the year working at the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to improve the environment and local communities. A new class of Conservation Corps members welcomed at Camp Letts (The Baltimore Sun)
Noorzehra Zaidi, HIstory, recently published a piece in the Conversation about the Shiite holiday Ashura.
Please find the schedule for the Fall 2019 joint seminar of the Department of Economics, the School of Public Policy and the Center for Social Science Scholarship. The full list of talks can be found below. All seminars will take place in Public Policy 367.
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Taxes and the Fed: Theory and Evidence from Equities
Anthony Diercks, The Federal Reserve Board
Wednesday, September 18, 2019. 2:00 pm
Trade, Jobs, and Worker Welfare
Eunhee Lee, University of Maryland, College Park
Tuesday, October 1, 2019. 2:00 pm
Impacts of Prenatal Care on Early Childhood Health and Health Care Utilization
Lyudmyla Ardan (Sonchak), Susquehanna University
Monday, October 14, 2019. 1:00 pm
Counterfactual Dissimilarity: Can Changes in Demographics and Income Explain Increased Racial Integration in U.S. Cities?
Paul Carrillo, George Washington University
Tuesday, October 29, 2019. 2:00 pm
O Youth and Beauty: Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development
Daniel Hammermesh, University of Texas, Austin
Monday, November 4, 2019. 1:00 pm
Student and School Concentrated Poverty: What are the Long-Term Consequences for Academic and Career Outcomes?
Angela K. Henneberger, University of Maryland, Baltimore
Wednesday, November 6, 2019. 2:00 pm
Site of Resistance or Apparatus of Acquiescence? Tactics at the Bakery
José Ciro Martínez, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, November 12, 2019. 2:00 pm
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Agency: American Sociological Association (ASA)
Next Deadline: August 31st, 2019
The American Sociological Association (ASA) encourages applications for the Community Action Research Initiative (CARI) grants. CARI grants are for projects that bring social science knowledge and methods to bear in addressing community-based problems. Applicants must be sociologists seeking to work with community organizations or community action initiatives.
Applications are encouraged from sociologists working in a variety of work settings including academic institutions, research institutes, private and non-profit organizations, and government agencies. Graduate students are eligible to apply, but CARI funds cannot be used to support dissertation research. While ASA membership is not a criterion for applying, it is required to receive a grant. All ASA members are obligated to follow the ASA Code of Ethics, and grantees must provide pertinent IRB approval if necessary. Grants are for up to $3,000 of direct costs.
https://www.asanet.org/careers/grants-and-fellowships/community-action-research-initiative-grant
Program: Grant
Agency: The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Next Deadline: October 1st, 2019
The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars is announcing the opening of its 2020-2021 Fellowship competition. The Center awards approximately 15 academic year residential fellowships to academics, journalists, former public officials, and independent experts from any country with outstanding project proposals on global issues. The Center welcomes policy-relevant proposals which complement the Center’s programming priorities. Within this framework, the Wilson Center supports projects that intersect with contemporary policy issues and provide the historical and/or cultural context for some of today’s significant public policy debates. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent professional experience. Fellows are provided stipends (which include round trip travel), private windowed offices, Library of Congress access, and part-time research assistants.
The Center encourages applicants to apply online. Additional information and the application are available at www.wilsoncenter.org/fellowships.
Program: Grant
Agency: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Next Deadline: October 30th, 2019
Program: Grant
Agency: Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Grant
Next Deadline: December 1st, 2019
Dawn Biehler, geography and environmental systems, writes an op-ed in response to President Trump's comments about rats in Baltimore. Trump not the first to demean black communities with rat rhetoric (Baltimore Sun)
Erle Ellis, geography and environmental systems, has criticized the process by which the Anthropocene Working Group has gone about determining the start of the Anthropocene. Humans versus Earth: The quest to define the Anthropocene (Nature)
Adrienne Jones '76, psychology, shares her path to becoming Maryland's first African-American and first woman Speaker of the House. 5 questions with Adrienne Jones (Baltimore Style)
Rima Kikani '11, English, and Baltimore County Executive John Olszewski, Ph.D. '17, public policy, are on The Daily Record 2019 VIP winners list. 2019 Winners (The Daily Record)
Jeevan Lohani, Public Policy, has been named an Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) 2019 Equity & Inclusion Fellowship Winner!
Stefanie Mavronis '12, political science and media and communication studies, was named Deputy Director of Communications for Brandon Scott. Scott names 6 staffers for City Council President's Office (WMAR)
Robert Provine, psychology, talks about how recorded laughter can make jokes seem funnier, including to people with autism, who can sometimes have difficulty with social cues. A Study Confirms That Laugh Tracks Make Jokes Seem Funnier (NPR)
Chris Swan, geography and environmental systems, talks about the benefits of re-wilding suburban lawns and vacant city lots. Back to the wild: How ‘ungardening’ took root in America (City Buzz, RTL Today, Listin Diario, Phys.org)
Mary Tabaa’s, Education, language education exchange was mentioned in a Canvas post.
Fernando Tormos-Aponte, public policy, comments on the ongoing protests in Puerto Rico.
Ahead of Rossello’s resignation, protesters in Puerto Rico still fighting for ‘sea of change’ (ABC News)
The Center for Social Science Scholarship hosts “Tea & Theory,” a monthly seminar-style workshop where we discuss social science theory. All faculty and advanced graduate students are welcome!
The purpose of the workshop is to promote intellectual exchange among the social science community at UMBC. This interdisciplinary workshop is designed to encourage reading across disciplines as well as provide an opportunity to practice debate & critique skills.
Fall workshops are dedicated to reading and discussing the “Classics” of social science theory, while Spring workshops focus on “New Takes on Classics” (works generally published in the last 5 years).
Workshops will be held on the first Wednesday of the month in PUP 451 from 2-3:30pm, unless otherwise noted. No need to sign up, just show up! Tea will be provided but please BYOM (Bring Your Own Mug).
Fall 2019
*Participants are responsible for acquiring their own copies of the readings. Please read the following works by the time we meet:
September 11th: Durkheim, Suicide: A Study in Sociology
October 2nd: Weber, Economy & Society
November 6th: Foucault, Discipline & Punish
December 4th: Becker, The Economic Approach to Human Behavior
To submit a reading suggestion or any other question/concern, please email welborn@umbc.edu.
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Program: Penn Kemble Forum Fellowship
Agency: National Endowment for Democracy
Next Deadline: July 19th, 2019
The Penn Kemble Forum on Democracy promotes bipartisan conversation among young foreign policy leaders in Washington, DC. The Forum is an opportunity for them to share ideas across sectors and explore the role of democracy and human rights within the context of a broad range of policy questions.
The Forum convenes monthly for off-the-record dinner conversations led by foreign policy experts, government officials (past and present), and democracy practitioners. Penn Kemble Fellows have met with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Dr. Francis Fukuyama, Azar Nafisi (Reading Lolita in Tehran), and many others.
Program: Abe Fellowship
Agency: Social Science Research Council
Next Deadline: September 1st, 2019
The Abe Fellowship is designed to encourage international multidisciplinary research on topics of pressing global concern. The program seeks to foster the development of a new generation of researchers who are interested in policy-relevant topics of long-range importance and who are willing to become key members of a bilateral and global research network built around such topics. It strives especially to promote a new level of intellectual cooperation between the Japanese and American academic and professional communities committed to and trained for advancing global understanding and problem solving.
https://www.ssrc.org/fellowships/view/abe-fellowship/
Program: Radcliffe Fellows
Agency: Harvard University
Next Deadline: September 12th, 2019
The Radcliffe Fellowship Program awards 50 fellowships each academic year. Applicants may apply as individuals or in a group of two to three people working on the same project. We seek diversity along many dimensions, including discipline, career stage, race and ethnicity, country of origin, gender and sexual orientation, and ideological perspective. Although our fellows come from many different backgrounds, they are united by their demonstrated excellence, collegiality, and creativity.
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/fellowship-program/become-fellow
Program: Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship
Agency: Fulbright
Next Deadline: September 16th, 2019
The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship provides opportunities for U.S. early and mid-career professionals and practitioners to serve in professional placements in a foreign government ministry or institution in partner governments around the world. Fulbright Public Policy Fellows build mutual understanding and contribute to strengthening the public sector while cultivating public policy experience in their desired area of expertise. The Fulbright Public Policy Fellowship also includes an independent research component that focuses on an issue that is beneficial for the host ministry and the Fellow.
https://awards.cies.org/content/fulbright-public-policy-fellowship-0
Program: Getty Scholar Grants
Agency: Getty Foundation
Next Deadline: October 1st, 2019
Getty Scholar Grants are for established scholars, or writers who have attained distinction in their fields. Recipients are in residence at the Getty Research Institute or Getty Villa, where they pursue their own projects free from academic obligations, make use of Getty collections, join their colleagues in a weekly meeting devoted to an annual research theme, and participate in the intellectual life of the Getty.
https://www.getty.edu/foundation/initiatives/residential/getty_scholars.html
Shawn Bediako, psychology, comments on community tradition of reserving parade spaces with lawn chairs Catonsville's Fourth of July parade 'lawn chair tradition' continues — only earlier and earlier (Baltimore Sun)
David Di Maria, associate vice provost for International Education Services, comments on a memo discouraging universities from sending a form required for international students straight to recruiters. ICE memo clarifies operations for recruiters (The Pie News)
Erle Ellis (Geography & Environmental Systems) recently published a perspective piece in @sciencemagazine. twitter.com/sciencemagazin.
Felipe Filomeno, political science, and Tania Lizarazo, MLLI, talk about the partnership between UMBC and the Latino Racial Justice Circle, which is funded with a grant from Maryland Humanities. Faith Community Dialogues on Immigration and Race (with Felipe Filomeno) (Maryland Humanities Podcast)
Jo Gadsby, UMBC librarian, recently published an article
Adam Glazer '94, political science, has been named Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SEC announces Adam Glazer as Senior Advisor to the Director of the Division of Investment Management (Yahoo Finance)
Tania Lizarazo, modernlanguages, linguistics, and intercultural communication, appeared on the Imagine Otherwise podcast to discuss digital storytelling.Imagine Otherwise: Tania Lizarazo on listening and learning in public (Ideas on Fire)
Jairus Lyles ’18, sociology, and star of men's basketball historic NCAA run in 2018, is a player to watch on the Utah Jazz’s summer league team. Players to watch at SLC Summer League (UtahJazz.com)
Robert Provine, psychology, discusses the science behind why people laugh. What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh (Scientific American)
Nicholas Miller, political science professor emeritus, explains the alignment of the Electoral College in the 2008 presidential election. The Electoral College May Not Actually Help Smaller States (Bloomberg)
Don Norris, public policy emeritus, points out that Governor Hogan has a mixed history when it comes to bipartisan efforts. Maryland Democrats deride Gov. Hogan’s pledge of bipartisanship as he withholds money intended for Baltimore (Baltimore Sun)
Stian Rice, Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education (CUERE), explains how states are increasingly leasing prisoners to private corporations to harvest food. Convicts are returning to farming – anti-immigrant policies are the reason (The Conversation)
John Rennie Short, public policy, writes about the recent Supreme Court decision on gerrymandering. (additional coverage) Viewpoints: A fix to gerrymandering is up to the voters (HeraldNet)
Alicia Wilson '04, political science, has been named vice president of economic development at Johns Hopkins. Alicia Wilson departs Port Covington team for Johns Hopkins (BBJ) She bridged neighborhoods and Sagamore for Port Covington deal. Can she do the same for Hopkins? (Baltimore Sun)Mickayla Bacorn, “Comparing English as a Second Language (ESL) Education and the Importance of Location in the United States and Colombia”
Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication
Mentor: Dr. Tania Lizarazo
Rebecca Ferguson, “Homemaking in Baltimore: Centering the Experiences of Black Women and Mapping Community Assets”
Geography and Environmental Systems
Mentors: Dr. Dillon Mahmoudi and Dr. Dawn Biehler
Genevieve Madden, “Mixed Methods Analysis of Frame Propagation in Current Feminist Social Movements”
Political Science
Mentor: Dr. Ian Anson
Inaya Wahid, Ghina Ammar, Ayla Novruz, and Kayla Hinderlie, “Trait Anger as a Moderator in the Relationship between Discrimination and Heart Rate Variability in Emerging Adults”
Psychology
Mentor: Dr. Danielle Beatty Moody
The Council on Black Health (CBH) seeks to have a significant impact on health in Black communities through collaboration, discovery, and innovation. Formerly known as the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN), the CBH builds on AACORN’s 15-year legacy of developing and distributing information about ways to improve the health status of Black Americans.
The Inaugural Council on Black Health National Workshop will focus on building the collective capacity of Black scholars, institutions and change agents to plan and promote a high impact action agenda devoted to changing the course of Black health for the better and for the long term. The 2020 priorities for closing research-to-action translation gaps will point the way to positive impacts on Black health risks and outcomes.
Plan to attend this workshop and lend your energy, experience, expertise and perspectives to the dialogue.
Why You Should Attend
By attending this workshop you will have the opportunity to provide input on CBH research action priorities for 2020; contribute to a vision for realizing healthy Black communities; and engage in dialogue with other researchers, organizations, and change agents who are committed to this vision.
Hotel Accommodations
We have secured a room block at The Study at University City for hotel accommodations. The rate is $183.00 per night.
Financial Assistance
There are some financial assistance packages available to support workshop attendance.
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