UMBC CAHSS faculty react to recent events in Baltimore
In light of the recent events in Baltimore, many UMBC CAHSS faculty members have shared their perspectives and offered contextual understandings. The following is a list of articles to which UMBC CAHSS faculty have contributed -- please check back for additions as events continue to unfold.
- John Rennie Short (Public Policy), Kate Drabinski (Gender & Women's Studies), and Kimberly Moffitt (American Studies) all contributed to this article in The Conversation:
- Tom Schaller (Political Science):
- Column in the Baltimore Sun: Why Baltimore Burns for Freddie Gray
- And in the Washington Post: With Little Choice, O'Malley Defends Baltimore Tenure
- Again in the Baltimore Sun: Four Policy Changes That Could Improve Race Equality in America
- Chris Corbett's (English) column in Reuters:
- Kate Drabinski (Gender & Women's Studies) featured onBicycling.com:
- Baltimore Cyclist Catches Riots In Action
- Be sure to also click through to Kate's blog, What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today, to read about her experience
- Amy Bhatt (Gender & Women's Studies) piece published by Huffington Post:
- Kimberly Moffitt, American studies, on Southern California Public Radio
- Black and Young in Baltimore: a Roundtable Discussion
- Dr. Moffitt has also shared a written version of her remarks from the teach-in on May 1
- Rita Turner, American studies, in The Conversation
- Don Norris, School of Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun
- Derek Musgrove, History, in the Philadelphia Tribune
- Dawn Biehler, geography and environmental systems, in Science for the People
- John Rennie Short, Public Policy, in The Conversation
- Lia Purpura, English, featured in collections by Baltimore Sun andAmerican Short Fiction
- Baltimore Writers Reflect on Freddie Gray's Death
- Things American: Baltimore Authors Respond to the Death of Freddie Gray
- David Hoffman, Student Life, discusses teach-in on Zocalo Public Square
Posted: June 1, 2015, 12:56 PM