Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments!
John Borrero, Psychology, will be represented #UMBC for an invited address at the Heartland Association for Behavior Analysis on Friday March 22 (2019). @HEARTLANDABANE@UMBCGradSchool@UMBC@UMBCSocSci@UMBC_CAHSS
Matt Fagan and Maggie Buck Holland, Geography and Environmental Systems, recently argued we should be thinking differently about forest restoration policies. Restoring tropical forests isn’t meaningful if those forests only stand for 10 or 20 years (Sunbury News)
Scott Farrow, Economics, and his collaborator won a 2018 Best Paper award from the Journal of Cost-Benefit Analysis for their article “Welfare Analysis: Bridging the Partial and General Equilibrium Divide for Policy Analysis.”
Carolyn Forestiere, Political Science, who received the Presidential Teaching Faculty Award! #UMBCSocScipic.twitter.com/zsUUzMRlgm
Maheen Haq ‘20, Global Studies and Economics, has been named a Newman Civic Fellow.
Tyson King-Meadows, Political Science, will join a cohort of thirty-nine ACE fellows from institutions across the United States in the distinguished education leadership program.
Elliot Lasson, Psychology, discusses generational differences in the workplace. Your Money and Business (mpt)
Robert Provine, Psychology, is quoted in a blog about how crying can build emotional bonds between people. Why it’s ok to cry in public (Psych Central blog)
Ian Ralby '02, Modern Languages and Linguistics, and M.A '02, Intercultural Communication, who works for the United Nations, was on NPR's Planet Money podcast. #899: Mexico Fights The Fuel Pirates (NPR)
John Rennie Short, Public Policy, discusses how New York City is working to address traffic congestion.New York gets serious about traffic with the first citywide US congestion pricing plan (The Conversation)
Stacy L. Rodgers ‘83, Psychology, is the first African American and second woman to be appointed administrative officer for Baltimore County. First black woman CAO of Baltimore County (Afro) ]]>Congratulations to Susan Sterett for her recent award from the National Science Foundation. Professor Sterett intends to use the award to hold a workshop to be held at the beginning of the 2019 WPSA conference. A key component will be a session on managing conflict and improving our lives in the academy, facilitated by a professional from a university office on diversity and inclusion. The workshop will close with brainstorming some of the challenges people find in the profession, including managing rejection, and brainstorming what gatekeepers can do.
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Due to illness, Dr. Hirokazu Yoshikawa is unfortunately unable to give the March 26th Social Sciences Forum lecture as scheduled. We regret any inconvenience this cancellation may cause for those of you who had been planning to attend, and we hope to bring Dr. Yoshikawa back to UMBC in the near future.
In the meantime, please be sure to attend our three remaining Social Sciences Forum lectures:
March 28, Dr. Joo Hyung Han, 50+ Korean, “The Future of Aging in South Korea”
April 3, Dr. Jamie Thomas, Swarthmore College, “Zombies Speak Swahili”
April 10, Dr. Martha Jones, Johns Hopkins University, “Birthright Citizens”
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Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. The Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Maryland Institute for Policy, Analysis, and Research (MIPAR) assist faculty members and departments in finding funding opportunities and in providing researchers with pre-award and post-grant management assistance. To set up an appointment, email socialscience@umbc.edu.
Program: Postdoc
Agency: FDA
Next Deadline: March 31st, 2019
An opportunity is available at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Office of Public Health Strategy and Analysis (OPHSA) in Silver Spring, Maryland.
FDA is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through regulation of a wide range of products including medical products, food and tobacco. OPHSA is located in the Office of Policy, Planning, Legislation, and Analysis, in the Office of the Commissioner. OPHSA serves as a resource to the Agency for quantitative and qualitative research and analysis on emerging issues and for advancing work on priority public health initiatives. OPHSA does this through its work on initiatives such as opioids, drug pricing, and transparency, as well as by developing and executing research to link agency activities and outputs to public health outcomes.
https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-us-scholar-program
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NIH
Next Deadline: April 26th, 2019
The Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH) announces the availability of administrative supplements to support interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research focused on the effect of sex/gender influences at the intersection of several social determinants, including but not limited to: race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, education, health literacy and other social determinants in human health and illness. This research includes preclinical, clinical, behavioral and translational studies with the specific purpose to provide Administrative Supplements to active NIH parent grants for one year to address health disparities among women of populations in the US who are understudied, underrepresented and underreported in biomedical research. The proposed research must address an area specified within Goal 1 and 2 of the new Trans-NIH Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research "Advancing Science for the Health of Women". These goals focus on advancing rigorous research that is relevant to the health of women (Goal 1) and developing methods and leveraging data sources to consider sex and gender influences that enhance research for the health of women (Goal 2). Projects must include a focus on one or more NIH-designated health disparities populations, which include Blacks/African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, American Indians/Alaska Natives, Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders, socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, underserved rural populations, and sexual and gender minorities (SGM). Combinations of one or more populations is also encouraged, e.g. socioeconomically disadvantaged sexual and gender minorities.
Contact Information: FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV
Program: Research Grant
Agency: DOD
Next Deadline: July 12, 2019
ARI is the Army’s lead agency for the conduct of research, development, and analyses for the improvement of Army readiness and performance via research advances and applications of the behavioral and social sciences that address personnel, organization, and Soldier and leader development issues. ARI’s mission is to drive scientific innovation to enable the Army to acquire, develop, employ, and retain professional Soldiers and enhance personnel readiness. The mission of the Basic Research Program is to develop fundamental theories and investigate new domain areas in behavioral and social sciences with high potential impact on Army issues related to personnel readiness.
In addition to looking for proposals that provide for programmatic efforts to develop and evaluate psychological and behavioral theory, we strongly encourage Applicants to propose novel, state-of-the-art, and multidisciplinary approaches that address difficult problems. A key consideration in the decision to support a research proposal is that its findings are likely to stimulate new, basic behavioral research which, in turn, will lead to improved performance of Army personnel and their units. ARI will not support proposals through this BAA that are primarily applied research projects (e.g., human factors studies or training program evaluations) or purely focused on physiology, psychopathology, or behavioral health. Collaboration is encouraged among institutions of higher education (IHE’s), non-profit organizations and commercial organizations. Funding of basic research proposals within ARI areas of interest will be determined by funding constraints and priorities set during each budget cycle.
Contact Information: Ms. Maria D. Nelson, maria.d.nelson.civ@mail.mil
Program: Research Grant
Agency: NIH
Next Deadline: January 7th, 2020
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages innovative, targeted basic behavioral and social science and intervention development research to reduce incident HIV infections and improve the health of those living with HIV. This FOA encourages research designed to (a) conduct basic behavioral and social science research that is needed to advance the development of HIV prevention and care interventions, (b) translate and operationalize the findings from these basic studies to develop interventions and assess their acceptability and feasibility and (c) conduct tests of the efficacy of HIV prevention and care interventions. PA-17-106 uses the R01 grant mechanism while this FOA uses the R21 mechanism. High risk/high payoff projects that lack preliminary data or utilize existing data may be most appropriate for the R21 mechanism, while applicants with preliminary data and/or include longitudinal analysis may wish to apply using the R01 mechanism. Contact Information: FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV Program: Research Grant Agency: NSF Next Deadline: January 29th, 2020 The Law & Social Sciences Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules.The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological. Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between human behavior and law, legal institutions, or legal processes.Social scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, made in multiple arenas, and with the participation of multiple actors. Contact Information: grantsgovsupport@nsf.gov |
Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Olusayo Adeleye, UMBC Economics students, co-create 1st U.S. conference for Black women economists.
ChrisCurran, public policy, published new research that suggests the term "zero tolerance" is often misunderstood. Just what are 'zero tolerance' policies - and are they still common in America's schools? (My San Antonio)
Taylor Darden, doctoral student, community psychology, discusses the social determinants of high rates of pregnancy-related deaths for Black women.
The Public Health Crisis of the Maternal Mortality Rate (Psychology Today)
Tim Gindling (Economics) received praise for his work with the Baltimore City Public Schools counting students in poverty in the school district.
Ruken Isik, doctoral student, language, literacy, and culture, explains the issues raised when the United Kingdom stripped ISIS wives of citizenship.
Ex-wives ISIS: Caliphate is over, take us back home! (Rudaw)
Bryan Kelly '92, economics, was named chair of the board of University of Maryland Upper Chesapeake Health. Bryan E. Kelly, James Harkins, Franklin Hajek and Richard Streett Jr. | UM UCH (The Daily Record)
Derek Musgrove, history, comments on the changing reasons why black people have been moving to Prince George’s county from DC over the last 50-plus years.
Prince George’s place in the black migration (The Washington Informer)
Joe Sherburne ’18, financial economics, was named the Academic All-American of the Year, in addition to America East honors. UMBC men's basketball captain Joe Sherburne named Academic All-American of the Year (Baltimore Sun)
John Rennie Short, public policy, writes about how an increase in foot and bike traffic in cities, while a good idea in the long run, is causing problems in the short and medium term.
Why cities are becoming more dangerous for cyclists and pedestrians (The Conversation)
Jonathan Singer (Education) supports South Korean science teachers through Howard County partnership.
Chris Swan, geography and environmental systems, comments on how well native plants can thrive in urban environments.
The orchid whisperers: Rare blooms find an urban perch (Christian Science Monitor andEpeak News)
UMBC’s Grand Challenge Scholars Program is designed for students from all majors who are interested in solving important societal problems. The program fosters a vibrant interdisciplinary community to help tackle the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) Grand Challenges, and gives students experiences and skills to create solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of the 21st century.
The Grand Challenges are 14 broad problems in the areas of sustainability, health, security, and knowledge. Solutions to these issues require interdisciplinary teamwork and years of sustained effort. Read more at engineeringchallenges.org.
Each scholar will complete three one-credit seminars to help them create a personalized program to explore a selected Grand Challenge. This personalized program provides experiences in five program areas include research, interdisciplinarity, entrepreneurship, global dimensions, and service. Upon graduation, scholars will receive a formal designation for their accomplishments in the program.
]]>UMBC is one of six universities nationwide selected to host the “Engaging Scientists in the Science and Religion Dialogue” project, administered by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER). DoSER was established to facilitate communication between scientific and religious communities, understanding that these communities overlap. No matter your background, it can present specific challenges to communicate your work effectively to diverse groups of people. And yet, communicating the value of science to all is so important if we are to “advance science, engineering, and innovation throughout the world for the benefit of all people.”
Open house: Taking the pulse of the UMBC community
9:30 – 11 a.m., Lower Flat Tuesdays
Stop by Lower Flat Tuesdays to record or write a brief message about your thoughts on the relationship between science and faith. Staff from UMBC’s Mosaic Center will be available to help facilitate conversation.
Workshop for Scientists: Science communication and engagement with religious publics
Noon – 4 p.m., Library 7th Floor
This workshop is open to UMBC STEM researchers at the graduate student level and above. Lunch begins at noon, and the formal program will begin promptly at 1 p.m. Attendees are strongly encouraged to arrive early to enjoy lunch and begin dialogue with their colleagues. Registration and more details are available here.
Public Panel: Science engagement and dialogue with faith communities
5:30 – 7 p.m., University Center Ballroom
This panel discussion is open to the public and will be followed by a reception. Register here.
Panelists:
Rabbi Geoff Mitelman
Rabbi Mitelman founded Sinai and Synapses, an organization with expertise in constructive discourse on science and society topics with religious communities. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Religion and Jewish studies. Rabbi Mitelman led the congregation of Temple Beth El of Northern Westchester for seven years, and his writing on the intersection of religion and science has appeared widely.
Dr. Pamela Payne-Foster
Dr. Payne-Foster is a preventive medicine/public health physician who is an associate professor in the Department of Community and Rural Medicine and deputy director of the Institute for Rural Health Research at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa Regional Campus. She has expertise in community health partnerships with churches and other faith communities.
Dr. Altaf Saadi
Dr. Saadi is a neurologist and fellow at the National Clinical Scholars Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she focuses on promoting healthcare leadership in health policy, health services, and community-partnered research. Dr. Saadi is a scientist of faith, and she is active in social justice and science-informed advocacy in the public sphere.
Dr. Caitlin Shrein
Dr. Shrein is strategic communications editor at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and a science communicator specializing in anthropology and evolution. Her doctoral research examined the relationship between human evolution education and students’ interest in science and their decision-making about social issues with a scientific basis, such as climate change. She particularly focused on life sciences pedagogy that is sensitive to students’ culture, faith, and worldview.
STEM Living Learning Community facilitated discussion
5 – 6 p.m., Patapsco Hall classroom
Discussion led by Sarah Hansen, STEM communications manager, and Lucie Blauvelt, STEM LLC coordinator. Light snacks will be provided. All are welcome; you need not have attended the panel (although it’s encouraged) or be a member of the STEM LLC to join this conversation.
Meyerhoff Scholars, Meyerhoff Graduate Fellows, and McNair Scholars facilitated discussion
5 – 6 p.m., Meyerhoff Chemistry Building Room 120
Discussion led by Jason Ashe, Meyerhoff Graduate Fellow in psychology, and Michael Hunt, assistant director of the McNair Scholars Program. Both have expertise in the intersection of science and faith and are looking forward to conversing with you. This event is open to Meyerhoff- and McNair-affiliated community members.
Other groups committed to offering related sessions with details TBD include UMBC Hillel.
***More events organized by campus partners will be added as details are finalized.***
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