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$1,000 Scholarship Opportunity for INDS Majors

Bolton Family Scholarship now accepting applications!

The Bolton Family Scholarship was established in 2018 to honor Elinora Bolton, who at age 52, and after raising a family of 10, earned a BA as a member of UMBC’s first graduating class. Four...

Posted: September 30, 2022, 8:50 AM

$1,000 Scholarship Opportunity for INDS Majors

Zainab Damji Scholarship is now accepting applications!

The Zainab Damji Scholarship is a scholarship for an undergraduate student of INDS who has advanced beyond freshman year, has above a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, wishes to pursue a career in some form of...

Posted: September 30, 2022, 8:48 AM

Dr. Steven Dashiell featured on NPR's Code Switch

Steven Dashiell (LLC '20) was featured on the NPR show Code Switch on Wednesday, September 28th.  Code Switch is a show and podcast that looks at issues of race, ethnicity, and culture in a...

Posted: September 29, 2022, 9:49 AM

CFP for 28th International Conference of the International

Association for Intercultural Communication Studies

The 28th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies themed "Synergies in Intercultural Communication: Languages, Professions and Heritages"...

Posted: September 27, 2022, 10:22 AM

Repost: Dr. Christine Mallinson appointed Special Assistant

for Research & Creative Achievement

Language, Literacy & Culture Professor Christine Mallinson has just been appointed Special Assistant for Research & Creative Achievement and APLU-CoR Fellow in the Office for Research...

Posted: September 13, 2022, 3:41 PM

Breaking the M.O.L.D. initiative launches with in-depth disc

The "Breaking the M.O.L.D" initiative breaks the mold!

“Breaking the M.O.L.D.,” the new initiative supported by a $3M grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, jump started its programming with its opening event August 15-16 at the University of...

Posted: September 8, 2022, 10:20 AM

Shenita Denson successfully defends her dissertation!

On August 16, 2022 Shenita Denson of LLC Cohort 22 successfully defended her dissertation and earned the title of Doctor of Philosophy. Her degree will be conferred this fall. Shenita's...

Posted: August 17, 2022, 5:52 PM

Best of the Journals in Rhetoric and Composition

Shenita Denson's article selected

Shenita Denson (LLC Cohort 22)'s peer-reviewed article, "It Doesn't Have to Protest: A review of Black or Right: Anti/Racist Campus Rhetorics," published in Writers: Craft & Context has been...

Posted: August 9, 2022, 9:59 AM

Our Face Tells -- Zareen Taj's new short documentary

premieres on August 15th from 1 to 2:30 pm

Zareen Taj (LLC Cohort 22) and her collaborator, Jay Simpson, have produced a short documentary about the plight of Hazara women after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last summer in their own...

Posted: August 2, 2022, 3:03 PM

Dr. Romy Huebler takes new position at Towson University

as Director of Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility

Congratulations to Romy Huebler, LLC PhD 2015, on her appointment as Director of Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility at Towson University beginning in August. Since 2018, as assistant...

Posted: July 25, 2022, 12:07 PM