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<Title>First AFAC Awards for UMBC Adjunct Faculty</Title>
<Tagline>AFAC announces first 2015-2016 awards for adjuncts</Tagline>
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    <p><span>The UMBC Adjunct
    Faculty Advisory Committee (AFAC) is pleased to announce its first awards in
    2015-2016 to adjunct faculty members. The awards are for research and
    professional development. <br></span></p>
    
    <p><span>Dr. Elliot D. Lasson
    (<span>Adjunct II, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Shady Grove)
    has been awarded support to present at the </span>2015 Fall Chesapeake Human
    Resources Conference (November 10, in Baltimore) and partial support for a trip
    to Israel to lecture at Ariel University and at Bar Ilan University (January
    2016). <br></span></p>
    
    <p><span>Dr. Dabrina
    Taylor (Adjunct, American Studies) has been awarded support to present her
    research at </span><span>the 2016 National Popular Culture &amp; American Cul</span><span>ture Association Conference (</span><span>Seattle, March 22-25,
    2016</span><span>). Ms. Taylor will
    present a paper, </span><span>“The Little Black Dress: Negotiating Sexual Exchange,
    Embodied Femininities, and Modernity,” in the Conference area on Fashion,
    Style, Appearance, Consumption and Design. <br></span></p>
    
    <span>The AFAC is proud to support UMBC adjunct faculty with
    these awards. <br><br><br>Margie Burns<br>Chair, Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee<br></span>
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