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Asian Studies Welcome Week Event - Join us for Lunch!

Wednesday, August 28, 2019 - Fine Arts Room 558 South @ noon

The Asian Studies Program invites students and faculty to join us for our Welcome Week event on Wednesday, August 28, 2019 from noon until 1:00 p.m. in our conference room, Fine Arts Room 558...

Posted: August 22, 2019, 4:08 PM

New Political Science Advising Coordinator

Fall 2019 Office Hours

Hi Poli-Sci Students, My name is Ryan Wilkens and I am the new Political Science Advising Coordinator. I just wanted to let you all know that I am here to help if you have any questions...

Posted: August 22, 2019, 1:32 PM

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