News

Christy Chapin Analyzes 20th Century Health Care Evolution

New Book "Ensuring America's Health"

Christy Chapin, an assistant professor of history, recently joined the Harvard University podcast This Week in Health Law for a discussion about the history of health care in the United States....

Posted: November 2, 2015, 12:18 PM

Dr. Craig Saper's article featured on Coldfront Magazine

LLC Highlights

Dr. Saper's article "A Story of Intermedia Performance, Publishing, and Pop Appeal" appeared recently published on Coldfront Magazine. This is the introduction to the article: In the 1960s, the...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 5:48 PM

Announcing the Final Examination of Andrew DeVos (Cohort 12)

The public is welcome to observe

Date and Location: November 11, 2015 11:00 am - LLC Conference Room (422 Sherman Hall A) A History of Interracial Sexuality in US Film, 1956-2001 Since 1903, the movie industry has produced...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 5:34 PM

Class Schedule Spring '16

Registration for Spring starts on Monday, 11/02

The LLC has just released the schedule of classes for this coming Spring (see attachment on the LLC Group's site). Keep in mind that these are the classes offered by our department's faculty...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 5:21 PM

START Internship Opportunity

Hello Everyone, This internship just came across my desk via Global Studies. It's a little late, but you still have time. The research center START, which is based in College Park, is offering...

Posted: October 30, 2015, 10:57 AM

New book from Dr. Leslie Morgan, Dept.Sociology&Anthropology

Aging, Society and the Life Course

Aging, Society and the Life Course is a textbook in its 5th edition, co-authored by Leslie Morgan (UMBC) and Suzanne Kunkel (Miami University).  The book covers the sociological approach to the...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 2:53 PM

New book from Dr. Marina Adler, Dept. Sociology&Anthropology

Father involvement in early years

Marina A. Adler and Karl Lenz (ed) 2016 Father involvement in the early years: An international comparison of policy and practice. About the book: Fatherhood is in transition and being...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 12:31 PM

UMBC HAPP students attend Fall Symposium at JHSPH

Two students secure internships from networking!

Nine UMBC HAPP Public Health Track students attended the 2015 Fall Symposium at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (JHSPH) on October 13, 2015. Hosted by the Wendy Klag Center for...

Posted: October 29, 2015, 10:18 AM

Volunteer for Scott Goldman

Hello Poli Students, Another volunteer opportunity for you. UMBC political science major Marc Szczepaniak is managing Scott Goldman's campaign  in the  Democratic primary for Baltimore City...

Posted: October 28, 2015, 9:09 AM