Jon Inscoe, LLC Student Receives 2019 Crandall Fellowship Award
Jon Inscoe, LLC Cohort 19, was awarded the 2019 Jodi Crandall Fellowship for Research in Language, Literacy, and Culture at the LLC Spring Social earlier this month.

Jon will be collaborating with Jason Loviglio, Associate Professor and Chair of Media and Communication Studies on the research project, Sociolinguistics and Sound Studies -- An Examination of the NPR series, Vocal Impressions. 

Congratulations, Jon!

Kimberly Moffitt, current LLC director, with Jon Inscoe and Jodi Crandall, founding LLC director


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Going home over the summer? Working a low-paying or unpaid internship and worried how you’ll pay for groceries? Just interested in a free bag of nonperishable food?

Retriever Essentials has an abundance of food available, and we want you to come shopping in our pantry!

Stop by during exam week and hand pack your own bag for the summer. Come once, twice, or as many times as you need. We want to make sure you’re well taken care of during the break.

Are you going to be on campus during the summer for classes? Fear not! Our normal Food Zones will be open and stocked full of bags to be picked up at your convenience.

Email retrieveressentials@umbc.edu or call 410-455-2765 to set up your shopping appointment, 8:30am-5pm Monday-Friday from May 15 - May 24. 

To the UMBC community, please help us spread the word to others on our campus! Feel free to copy the above message and send it to anyone who may need assistance with food.
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May 24, 2019, 4:00-5:00 PM
Click to Register

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is hosting an interactive session highlighting opportunities specifically for early career and postdoctoral applicants. Program options and new international awards will be discussed.

The deadline to apply to the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is September 16th, 2019. Applicants must be U.S. citizens.

Arts and Humanities faculty who are planning to apply for a Fulbright grant should contact Rachel Brubaker, Assistant Director for Grants and Program Development, Dresher Center for the Humanities.

For more information on Fulbright U.S. Scholar opportunities, visit https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-us-scholar-program

All webinars are recorded and posted in the program's Webinar Archive.
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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: Research Grant

Agency: University of Maryland System

Next Deadline: May 30th, 2019

The USM Women’s Forum Faculty Research Award (FRA) provides a competitive funding opportunity for female and/or female-identified faculty who are pursuing research on women’s experiences: the social, scientific, economic, political, and health conditions that impact female and/or female identified persons.

https://umbc.app.box.com/s/ntdsd1fxtnqrws6ld6q4pk0npda7387u


Program: Research Grant

Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Next Deadline: May 30th, 2019

Supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the AERA-NSF Grants Program emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. Proposals are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

Contact the AERA Grants Program via email (grantsprogram@aera.net) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions.


Program: Research Grant

Agency: Latino Public Broadcasting

Next Deadline: June 3rd, 2019

The Latino Public Broadcasting Funding Cycle is now accepting applications for two funding initiatives, the Public Media Content Fund and the Current Issues Fund. This is an open invitation to independent producers to submit between $40,000 and $100,000, exploring a range of topics on any subject that relates to or is representative of Latino Americans. Click here for details.

http://lpbp.org/current-issues-fund-guidelines/


Program: Research Grant

Agency: Editing Press

Next Deadline: July 25th, 2019

The Laura Bassi Scholarship, which will award a total of $8,000 thrice per annum, was established by Editing Press in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed.

https://editing.press/bassi.php


Program: Summer Fellowship

Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Next Deadline: Rolling

The Programs to Increase Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research (PRIDE) is an all-expense-paid Summer Institute, research education and mentoring initiative sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). This Summer Institute initiative addresses the difficulties experienced by junior investigators and transitioning postdoctoral scientists in establishing independent academic research careers and negotiating through the academic ranks. The primary outcome of this program is to increase the number of scientists and research-oriented faculty who are from backgrounds currently under-represented in the biomedical sciences and those with disabilities, by preparing them to successfully compete for external funding for scientific research in heart, lung, blood, and sleep (HLBS) disorders.

https://pridecc.wustl.edu/about


Program: International Fellowship (Europe & Eurasia Area Studies)

Agency: Fulbright

Next Deadline: September 16th, 2019

The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is open and accepting applications for academic year 2020-2021!  Whether you plan to conduct independent research, teach students, or pursue a professional project, Fulbright makes a real and lasting impact. Fulbright Scholars return to their home institutions with enhanced career prospects, ideas for future collaborations, and a truly global perspective. Don’t miss out on this important opportunity to share knowledge and serve as a cultural ambassador through Fulbright.

https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-us-scholar-program


Program: Fellowship

Agency: Fulbright

Next Deadline: November 1st, 2019

The Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence (S-I-R) Program assists U.S. higher education institutions in expanding programs of academic exchange, by supporting non-U.S. scholars through grants for teaching at institutions that might not have a strong international component and/or serve minority audiences. Both the U.S. institution and the scholar grantee benefit from this experience.

https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-scholar-residence-program
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Currently, the default name which is read at the Commencement is the student's legal name. For some students, it may be the name they are no longer identified with. More information is available here. 

The information including the Registrar's Office hours and their contact is available in the document attached below.

If you were unable to attend the Lavender Celebration hosted by the Mosaic Center, but would like a Lavender cord, please click here. The deadline has been extended to Wednesday, May 22, 2019, by 4pm.

Please email Erin Waddles (waddles@umbc.edu) about any questions regarding cords.
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As the Lipitz Professor, Dr. Berman will work on her current book project, Media Relations: Modernism and Global Radio. In this project, she studies global radio environments and the power of media to create complex transnational and often interlinguistic relationships. A truly global undertaking, Media Relations will connect voices, languages, literatures, and music from India to the Caribbean and from Argentina and Peru to Francophone West Africa.

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Residential Faculty Research Fellows

Erin K. Hogan, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Fall 2019 Residential Faculty Research Fellow

Project: Patriarchy’s Remains: Gynocinema, Spanish Patriarchy, and Disadvantage in the Dark Comedy

G. Derek Musgrove, Associate Professor, History
Fall 2019 Residential Faculty Research Fellow

Project: "We must take to the streets again": Black Power Resurgence, 1982-97

Tania Lizarazo, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics, and Intercultural Communication
Spring 2020 Residential Faculty Research Fellow

Project: Postconflict Utopias: Performing Everyday Survival in Colombia

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Graduate Student Research Fellows

Corbin Jones, M.A. Candidate, Texts, Technologies, and Literatures Program Fall 2019 Graduate Student Research Fellow

Project: Narrating the 'Self' in ibn Battuta's Travels

Jonathan Inscoe, Ph.D. Candidate, Language, Literacy, and Culture Program Spring 2020 Graduate Student Research Fellow

Project: The Rest of the Story: Paul Harvey, American Evangelism, and Sonic Waves of Grain

 
Please join us in congratulating these fellows!
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Amy Bhatt, gender and women's studies, discusses her most recent book "High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration."  XQs XVII – A Conversation with Amy Bhatt (Chapati Mystery)

David Di Maria, associate vice provost of international education services, explains how UMBC has avoided a decline in international enrollment. University of Baltimore hit by trend of falling foreign enrollments (Baltimore Business Journal) (PDF attached)

Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, psychology, discusses increasing diversity in STEM, and UMBC's Meyerhoff Scholars Program.
Here’s how to increase diversity in STEM at the college level and beyond (The Conversation)
Here’s how to increase diversity in STEM at the college level and beyond (WTOP)  

Erle Ellis, geography and environmental systems, comments on the decision to have children or not in a world facing climate change.
For some millennials, climate change clock ticks louder than biological one (NBC News)

Emily Escobedo ‘17, psychology, says she chose UMBC over better-known swimming schools because of the powerful camaraderie and support within the swimming program.
33 Meters: Emily Escobedo’s unconventional path to the top (Swim Swam)

Felipe Filomeno, Political Science, published his article “Expanding Hearts and Minds? Evaluation of an #Ecumenical Educational Program on #Immigration”. doi.org/10.1177/193672…

William Honablew '95, political science, elected to a new post in Baltimore City government.
Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce Names William Honablew, Jr. as Executive Director (Yahoo News)

Julia Iannaccone, Psychology, recently published her ⁦@UMBC⁩ capstone in Behavior Analysis in Practice from ⁦@SpringerPsych⁩. Rules and a statement of reinforcer loss enhance the effectiveness of a reinforcement procedure. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

J. Lee Jenkins, Emergency Health Services, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, which helps serve disaster and EMS providers across the globe.

Adrienne Jones '76, psychology, becomes first African-American and first woman to be next Speaker of the Maryland House ‘Like everyone’s favorite aunt’: Meet Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones (Washington Post)

Jennifer Mendez ‘20, biology and psychology, writes about how the uncertainty around temporary protected status for Salvadorans is affecting her, and what her family and the United States overall stand to lose if some immigrants’ temporary protected status is retracted. Trump administration threatens to end temporary protected status for endangered immigrants (Baltimore Sun)

Don Noris, public policy, addresses Mayor Pugh's dilemma of book deal with the University of Maryland Medical System.
Baltimore mayor’s $500K book deal draws intense criticism (Associated Press) (KTSA.com) (The Inquirer) (ABC News) (The Grio) (The Public's Radio)
Baltimore Mayor’s $500K Book Deal Draws Criticism, Comptroller Calls for Audit (Atlanta Black Star

Constantine Vaporis, History, has been offering commentary on the abdication of Japan’s emperor https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1123213110196756488.


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is pleased to announce our
Summer 2019 Faculty Research Fellows

Bambi Chapin 
Associate Professor of Anthropology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy
 
Project Title: Change and Continuity in Sinhala Families in Central Sri Lanka 
 
Tania Lizarazo 
Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics & Intercultural Communication and Global Studies
 
Project Title: Postconflict Utopias: Performing Everyday Survival in Colombia 

Jiyoon Lee 
Assistant Professor, Education 

Project Title: Developing a Model To Understand Learners’ Assessment Literacy

Dena T. Smith 
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy
 
Project Title: Psychoanalytic Residue? Psychodynamic Principles in Psychiatric Treatment 

Please join us in congratulating these fellows!

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Congratulations to three of our students on their recent articles!

Charlotte Keniston (cohort 21)
The (Social) Mediated Myth of Childbirth

Sedrick Smith (cohort 18)
Purple Visions of Blackness: Prince's Expansion of the Depictions of Black Experiences Through his Music Videos

Tymofey Wowk (cohort 15)
Quality Control: The Value of Standards
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