News

American Journal of Education (AJE) seeks

Student Board Member applications

The American Journal of Education (AJE) is seeking doctoral and master's student applicants for the AJE Student Board. AJE is a core journal in the field of education that covers a broad spectrum...

Posted: August 19, 2019, 10:04 AM

Gladiators in Suits

Kimberly Moffitt's new co-edited book!

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, LLC's Director and Associate Professor, has a new co-edited volume, Gladiators in Suits: Race, Gender, and the Politics of Representation in Scandal, published by Syracuse...

Posted: August 16, 2019, 2:40 PM

Dawn Shafer Successfully Presents

her Dissertation Proposal

The Language, Literacy & Culture Program is pleased to announce that Dawn Shafer, of LLC Cohort 19, successfully and skillfully presented her dissertation research proposal to her full...

Posted: August 16, 2019, 12:59 PM

Funding Opportunities

for Social Science Faculty & Graduate Students

Please see below for a curated list of upcoming funding opportunities. The Center for Social Science Scholarship and the Maryland Institute for Policy, Analysis, and Research (MIPAR) assist...

Posted: August 13, 2019, 11:42 AM

Of Note: Social Science Faculty, Students, and Alumns

Congratulations to the following faculty, students, and alumni for their recent accomplishments! Dawn Biehler, geography and environmental systems, writes an op-ed in response to President...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 2:23 PM

Tea & Theory Seminars

The Center for Social Science Scholarship hosts “Tea & Theory,” a monthly seminar-style workshop where we discuss social science theory. All faculty and advanced graduate students are welcome!...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 2:06 PM

Dr. Margie Burns Co-edits Collection The Female Precariat

Dr. Margie Burns, English department part-time faculty, published a co-edited collection earlier this year with Universitas Press titled The Female Precariat: Gender and Contingency in the...

Posted: August 12, 2019, 1:15 PM

Gail Orgelfinger's Book Reviewed in Philadelphia Inquirer

The Philadelphia Inquirer recently published a wonderful review of Joan of Arc in the English Imagination, 1429-1829 by Gail Orgelfinger, English senior lecturer emerita. The book was published...

Posted: August 5, 2019, 11:26 AM

Looking for UL elective credits? Learn while you serve!

Register now for SOCY 396

SOCY 396:  Reflections on Service-Learning and Community Engagement:  A Sociological Perspective.   See flyer for details!  Contact Michele Wolff:  wolff@umbc.edu for more information.  

Posted: August 5, 2019, 10:17 AM

Watch/Listen now - Prof. La Noue featured at book event

Discusses new book on academic freedom and policy debate

On July 30, the Bipartisan Policy Center in DC hosted Professor Emeritus George R. La Noue for a discussion of his new book Silenced Stages: The Loss of Academic Freedom and Campus Policy Debates....

Posted: August 2, 2019, 3:40 PM