Applications are due February 15th for the 2021 Center for Social Science Scholarship Summer Fellowships!

Download the application here.

The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research by tenure-track or tenured faculty in the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, resulting in a submittable product by December 2021.

Applications are welcome from any tenured or tenure-track faculty pursuing social science research in any CAHSS department. Fellows will receive a $6,000 award during the summer of 2021. Up to three fellowships will be awarded.

By December 2021, each Fellow agrees to complete a submittable product, which can include an external grant or fellowship proposal, journal article, policy paper, book manuscript, or book chapter; upon completion, Fellows shall provide a copy of this submitted product to the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Fellows who are preparing an external proposal are expected to work with MIPAR for pre- and post-award assistance.

Interested faculty should complete and submit an application consisting of this downloadable 2-page cover sheet and proposal that adheres to the specified guidelines. The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 15, 2021.

Applications will be reviewed and ranked by members of the Center for Social Science Scholarship Advisory Board, according to the following criteria:

• Quality of proposed research project;
• Significance of the project in its field;
• Publishing/funding potential of the work;
• Qualification of the faculty member to carry out the work, including the requisite expertise in the topic area and prior research productivity;
• Likelihood that the proposed work can be successfully completed with fellowship support and that it will result in a submittable product within the specified time period;
• Approval and recommendation of faculty member’s department chair.

For more information, interested faculty may contact Christine Mallinson, Director, Center for Social Science Scholarship.

Funds for this fellowship are provided by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), and the UMBC Vice President for Research.

Announcing the new summer 2021

NSF Methods CAMP

(Cultural Anthropology Methods Program):

Advanced Research Training for Ph.D. Students

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Program Curriculum & Application

The Language Engagement Project and The Language Center are pleased to launch the Language and Social Justice Initiative 2021-2022 webinar series.  

You are cordially invited to the initiative kickoff and the first webinar on "Multidisciplinary Approaches to Examining the Relationship between Language and Issues of Social Justice". Speakers will discuss research, scholarship and teaching practices on language and social justice in Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, and Anthropology.  

Register for this event: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMkdu6orD0pE9E9w-sf4wUuBgb1ZsPOvX8Y

Please see the flyer for details.

Social Science Faculty: please consider joining in these important conversations about research at UMBC.

Please join Karl Steiner, UMBC's Vice President for Research, for a virtual lunch series to discuss UMBC’s Research and Creative Achievements (RCA).  All questions and RCA topics are welcome, but we anticipate that some of the dialog will address individual challenges faced in conducting RCA activities during the pandemic. 

All members of our UMBC community are invited to join in on these recurring virtual lunches that are scheduled from 12:00 to 1:00 pm on alternating Fridays via this Webex link on February 5 & 19; March 5 & 19; April 2, 16 & 30; and May 14. 

There are no RSVPs required; just drop in and join us – starting this Friday, February 5 at noon.  Follow the OVPR myUMBC group for information on upcoming events and opportunities.  

The webinar will open with a short talk by Editorial Board member, Dr. Ryuko Kubota, University of British Columbia, Canada, about the contributions of the journal to the broad field of critical applied linguistics. 

Dr. Kubota is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at University of British Columbia, where she teaches applied linguistics and teacher education. Her research draws on critical approaches to language education, focusing on race, gender, culture, and language ideologies. She is the Media Review Editor and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Critical Inquiry in Language Studies. She has also served as the President (2012-2014) and the Executive Officer for Special Programs (2014-present) of the International Society for Language Studies (ISLS). 

Following the talk, the Co-Editors will discuss the aims and scope of the journal as well as tips and suggestions for authors.  

Considering the international scope of the journal, we welcome participants from all contexts and global locations (some time zones for the webinar are listed below).  

February 18, 2021 (Thursday): 4:30 pm PST; 7:30 pm EST; *8:30 am HKT; *11:30 am AEDT (*denotes Friday Feb 19) 

Zoom Link:  https://eduhk.zoom.us/j/95613950895?pwd=VHpIcWhGUlE0clhNUTMwSGk2aGNZUT09

Meeting ID: 956 1395 0895

Passcode: 386033