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Kimberly Moffitt (Ph.D. in communication/media studies from Howard University) joined the UMBC community as an assistant professor of American Studies. Before assuming the role of dean for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, she was professor and director of the Language, Literacy and Culture doctoral program and affiliate professor of Africana Studies.

A media critic whose research focuses on mediated representations of marginalized groups as well as the politicized nature of Black hair and the body, Dr. Moffitt has published several articles and book chapters, as well as five co-edited volumes, including Michelle Obama and the FLOTUS Effect: Platform, Presence, and Agency (Lexington Books, 2019), Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal (Syracuse University Press, 2019), Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair and Body Politics in Africana Communities (Hampton Press, 2010), The Obama Effect: Multidisciplinary Renderings of the 2008 Campaign (SUNY Press, 2010) and The 1980s: A Transitional Decade? (Lexington Books, 2011). Her latest work explores the black body in Disney programming and the impact of colorism on Black teens.

Dr. Moffitt often writes op-ed articles for the Baltimore Sun and is a frequent guest on local public radio, television, and Internet broadcasting programs. She is a member of the public service sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the secretary of the board of the National Association for Media Literacy Education (NAMLE), and the founding parent and former board member of Baltimore Collegiate School for Boys Charter School, a 4th-8th college preparatory school.

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Dr. Chard joined the UMBC faculty as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (SAPH) in 2002, transitioning to the tenure track in 2005. In 2024, she joined the Dean’s office as associate dean. Previously, Dr. Chard served as professor and department chair in SAPH for four years as well as associate chair for seven years. She also has served as undergraduate program director of Anthropology and holds an affiliate faculty appointment in the Doctoral Program in Gerontology.

A medical anthropologist, Dr. Chard’s research focuses on chronic illness care as a social process, utilizing an interdisciplinary approach that integrates anthropology and gerontology. Her recent publications, which emphasize self-care in the context of diabetes, have significantly contributed to critical discussions on health equity among older adults. Dr. Chard has secured over $3 million in federally funded grant awards and was honored as a distinguished fellow of the Gerontological Society of America in 2022.

Dr. Chard’s teaching portfolio includes undergraduate courses in anthropological theory, medical anthropology, globalization, urban anthropology, and introductory cultural anthropology. These courses represent core and elective offerings for majors, as well as GEP and WI opportunities for UMBC undergraduates more broadly.  At the graduate level, Dr. Chard provides a course in qualitative research methods, which serves students in Sociology, Gerontology, LLC, Public Policy, GES, and IS.

Dr. Chard earned her BA in Anthropology from Bryn Mawr College and her MA and PhD in Medical Anthropology from Case Western Reserve University.

Dr. Preminda Jacob joined the Department of Visual Arts in 1995 and the Dean’s Office in 2019. Her areas of teaching and research focus on modern and contemporary art history and theory, the visual culture of Indian films, and public art and urbanism. Her work documents and theorizes ephemeral art forms that animate the everyday, public spaces of post-colonial cities in South Asia. Dr. Jacob has published numerous articles, book chapters, and a book,Celluloid Deities: The Visual Culture of Cinema and Politics in South India (Lexington Books, Rowman and Littlefield, 2009 and Orient Blackswan, India 2010) www.celluloiddeities.com. She received a J. Paul Getty Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Art and the Humanities and a Rockefeller Humanities Fellowship to support her research for this book.

Dr. Jacob’s service to the university includes a three-year term as Chair of the Department of Visual Arts. Dr. Jacob earned her BA from Stella Maris College, Chennai, India, her MA in Art Criticism from Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara, India, and her MA in Art History from Binghamton University, and her Ph.D. in Art History from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Alan Yeakley was hired externally in 2016 to become Chair of the Department of Geography &Environmental Systems and then in 2023 he joined the Dean’s Office. Prior to coming to UMBC, Dr. Yeakley was co-founder of the Department of Environmental Science and Management at Portland State University. His research centers on watershed ecology and hydrology, as well as in urban ecosystem science and in environmental sustainability. At UMBC, he has taught courses in Physical Geography, Urban Ecosystems, and Watershed Biogeochemistry.

Dr. Yeakley has published numerous journal articles and book chapters, as well as a book entitled Wild Salmonids in the Urbanizing Pacific Northwest. His appointments have included an NSF postdoctoral fellowship with the University of Georgia, and a gubernatorial appointment to serve on the Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team for the State of Oregon. He is responsible for more than $4 million in external awards and serves on the editorial boards of two international journals in environmental science and management.

Dr. Yeakley earned his BS in Mathematics from the Texas A&M-Commerce, and his MS and Ph.D., both in Environmental Science, from the University of Texas at Dallas and from University of Virginia, respectively.

Eva Dominguez, the Assistant Dean of Finance, joined the Dean’s Office in 1999. She brings extensive administrative experience in college administration, as well as a diverse background in both the private and public sectors. She received her first degree in archeology and classics but now spends her time as a CPA.

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