News – College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences

Advancing Social Science Research: A Workshop Series on AI, LLMs, and Computational Methods

Mark your calendar now for future dates

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) is pleased to present this workshop series on generative AI, LLMs, and computational social science methods. This series will begin with the basics...

Posted: August 28, 2025, 8:52 AM

UMBC Faculty Featured in Baltimore Business Journal!

John Schumacher shares insights on AI in the classroom

UMBC Faculty Contribute to Perspectives on AI in Education SAPH’s John Schumacher was recently featured in the Baltimore Business Journal in a story on artificial intelligence in the classroom....

Posted: August 27, 2025, 2:16 PM

Prof. Chul Hyun Park publishes manuscript on cybersecurity preparedness

Published in Technology in Society

Public Policy Professor Chul Hyun Park and his co-authors have published a new manuscript in the Technology in Society, one of the leading journals in society-technology research. Read the...

Posted: August 27, 2025, 10:58 AM

New Course Available

Students, there is a new course that may be of interest to you available this fall. Please check it out! POLS 309.01 – Politics and Cinema in the Middle East Instructor: Dr. Busra Nur Ozguler...

Posted: August 26, 2025, 1:24 PM

7th Annual Hill-Robinson-McNair Lecture

September 18 @4pm, UC Ballroom

Roots and Resilience Across Boarders: Resisting Legal Death in and Across the U.S. and Mexico Dr. Yolanda Valencia, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems,...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 3:21 PM

Graduate Research Assistant Opportunity

LLM Training Modules (R Programming)

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support the development of training modules that integrate Large Language Models...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 2:54 PM

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FREE: 10-Week Online Global Virtual Exchange Program

Connect across cultures and explore youth well-being

Hello undergraduate majors and minors in sociology, anthropology, and public health! NOTE: If you already participated in one of the previous 4 week programs, you ARE eligible to join this (new,...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 2:53 PM

Join the UMBC Camerata Chamber Choir!

Are you interested in singing with a dynamic group of individuals in pursuit of musical excellence and unique experiences? Then come and audition for the UMBC Camerata Chamber Choir! Auditions...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 12:17 PM

Dr. Eric Stokan awarded Elkins Professorship

Congratulations!

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) is proud to share that Dr. Eric Stokan, Director of CS3 and Associate Professor of Political Science, has been awarded the prestigious Elkins...

Posted: August 21, 2025, 4:17 PM

Dept. of Education Research Seminar Series

Kicks off @noon on Sept 3rd w/ Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon

September 3 | 12-1pm | University Center, 310 UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar Series “Spirituality: How we define it, defines us” Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Professor, UMBC Dept. of...

Posted: August 21, 2025, 4:11 PM