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.

Dr. Elliot D. Lasson (Adjunct II, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Shady Grove) has been awarded support to present at the 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).

Dr. Dabrina Taylor (Adjunct, American Studies) has been awarded support to present her research at the 2016 National Popular Culture & American Culture Association Conference (Seattle, March 22-25, 2016). Ms. Taylor will present a paper, “The Little Black Dress: Negotiating Sexual Exchange, Embodied Femininities, and Modernity,” in the Conference area on Fashion, Style, Appearance, Consumption and Design.