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Week 5: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

"Holding a Mirror to Race"

This week, we’re revisiting Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Holding a Mirror to Race,” which looks at Derek Burrows, Greg French, and Gregory Fried’s interactive website called “Mirror of...

Posted: July 20, 2020, 10:17 AM

Prof. Emeritus Salkever's new Policy Brief

New index for tracking economic well-being

Professor Emeritus David Salkever has written a new policy brief tracking trends in household economic well-being and its disparities among Black, Hispanic, and White Americans.  The brief...

Posted: July 17, 2020, 5:09 PM

Promote Integrity through Best Practices in Online Learning

Workshop on July 29, 2020

                                Got You, Not Gotcha:               Promoting Integrity through Best Practices                                   in Online Learning                    ...

Posted: July 16, 2020, 12:33 PM

Lisa Cella Receives Grant for The Low Flutes Project

Lisa Cella has been awarded a grant from New Music USA to fund The Low Flutes Project, a series of commissioned works for alto and bass flute. Cella describes her project below: I am drawn not...

Posted: July 15, 2020, 10:19 AM

Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Testing

during Remote Instruction

How can we encourage students to maintain academic integrity when taking an online test during remote instruction? The Faculty Development Center's Promoting Academic Integrity in Online Testing...

Posted: July 13, 2020, 1:35 PM

Checkout Professor Adelman on WYPR!

Professor Adelman was on WYPR (88.1 FM) talking about her online project Coronavirus Lost and Found: A Pandemic Archive.  She also wrote about this project recently in The Conversation. ...

Posted: July 13, 2020, 11:29 AM

Week 4: Reflecting on Maurice Berger's Race Stories

Today we’re revisiting Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “The Faces of Bigotry: When the Hoods Come Off.” This article features photos of white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, VA and...

Posted: July 13, 2020, 10:33 AM

UMBC Review accepting submissions!

Submissions for Vol. 22 (2121) are open now through September 14, 2020. For best consideration, submit by the early-bird deadline, August 10, 2020. Have you completed research that you want to...

Posted: July 10, 2020, 1:13 PM

YOUR INPUT NEEDED on FDC programming

Are we meeting your needs during COVID-19?

Dear Colleagues (please share widely), The Faculty Development Center's (FDC) purpose is to support faculty in all aspects of their teaching role at the University. In addition to our...

Posted: July 10, 2020, 11:21 AM