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LLC Warmly Welcomes Cedric Herring

Professor Herring joins LLC's faculty

The LLC is excited to welcome Dr. Cedric Herring as a new faculty member of the doctoral program. Prior to UMBC, Dr. Cedric Herring was Professor of Sociology and Public Policy in the Department...

Posted: August 20, 2014, 11:32 AM

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Faculty Diversity: 2015-2017

Deadline for applications: 14 November 2014

UMBC will appoint recent recipients of the Ph.D as Postdoctoral Fellows for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2015.  The fellow will receive a starting stipend of $40,000, health benefits,...

Posted: August 18, 2014, 4:58 PM

IMDA alum in One + Love

Jaimes Mayhew featured in an interview

Former Fulbright recipient Jaimes Mayhew discusses his wide ranging interdisciplinary works called the Autonomous Energy Research Lab, which consider electricity production and consumption, land...

Posted: August 16, 2014, 10:18 AM

IMDA alumna in Amsterdam Fringe Festival

Between You and Me is a solo show by Christine Ferrara

Between You and Me is a solo show in three parts by multidisciplinary artist Christine Ferrera. Counter-posing live and recorded performance, this piece contemplates art, humor and feminism. ...

Posted: August 5, 2014, 10:34 AM

Teaching Position - Fall 2014

CCBC Sociology Course

Interested in teaching a Community College of Baltimore County sociology course at Hereford High School? The class meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:20pm, from 8/26/2014-12/18/2014. While...

Posted: August 1, 2014, 10:01 AM

INDS student Kelsey Donnellan digs into her major!

Kelsey Donnellan - Education Intern

Kelsey Donnellan is an education intern working in the Youth Garden. As a rising senior at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County she is majoring in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus...

Posted: July 24, 2014, 1:07 PM

Maurice Berger on terrorizing force of images New York Times

A graphic photo stirs reflection, the Lens Blog

Maurice Berger is a Research Professor at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture at UMBC and a well-known cultural historian, curator and author who writes the Race stories series for the...

Posted: July 24, 2014, 11:32 AM

IMDA MFA alumna Nino Trentinella in Smith Journal, Australia

Castoffs bunkers from the 2008 war between Russia & Georgia

Some bunkers stand as makeshift cafes, bars and houses for workers along the windswept foothills of Georgia. Photographer and IMDA MFA program alumna Nino Trentinella returned home to capture the...

Posted: July 23, 2014, 1:41 PM

2014-15 Lipitz Professor Named

Devin Hagerty, Political Science, 2014-2015 Lipitz Professor

Devin Hagerty, professor of political science and founding director of the global studies program, has been named the Lipitz Professor of the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences for 2014-2015.

Posted: July 23, 2014, 11:53 AM