Black and young in Baltimore: a roundtable discussion featuring Dr. Kimberly Moffitt For young people of color, growing up in Baltimore is often anything but Rockwellian. Most of the community lives below the poverty line and there’s a widespread distrust of law enforcement. Consequently, for many of those young people, the recent death of Freddie Gray was a tipping point. On Monday, the frustration of a community boiled over into rioting and looting.

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I used to express our delight when we were introduced to the smiling, inviting faces and serious social change projects of 62... https://www.facebook.com/UMBC.AMST/photos/a.323872291008232.80511.233357663393029/892051960856926/?type=1&theater https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/51291/guest@my.umbc.edu/7932a2a9d327b070e846029b05e954e7/api/pixel American Studies Department https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/amst https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/original.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xlarge.png?1700059172 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As part of the larger Mill Stories project, which seeks to document the sociocultural impacts of industrial decline and help amplify the voices of those affected by it in the Baltimore region, the documentary film, Mill Stories: Remembering Sparrows Point Steel Mill has been selected to screen at three upcoming film festivals:



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Ideally I am looking for juniors, 3.7 GPA and above, who may have an international focus and who are intellectually curious.

The Student  U.S. Fulbright Program for English Teaching Assistant awards is particularly interested in American Studies majors who are capable of acting as U.S. cultural ambassadors, explaining the US to people who may have very limited direct exposure to Americans. For these positions, teaching or tutoring experience is preferred, but not required.

Thanks in advance for your help. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Best wishes,
Brian

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Brian V. Souders, Ph. D.
Associate Director
Fulbright Program Advisor
NAFSA Region VIII Chair

International Education Services
University of Maryland Baltimore County
222 Administration Building
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250 USA
Tel: +1.410.455.2624
E-mail: souders@umbc.edu
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]]> Teaching for EcoJustice is a unique resource for exploring the social roots of environmental problems in humanities-based educational settings and a curriculum guidebook for putting EcoJustice... http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138832923/ https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/50775/guest@my.umbc.edu/090061e5b0d8ce0d1366421c88b6cdab/api/pixel American Studies Department https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/amst https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/original.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/large.png?1700059172 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/medium.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/small.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxsmall.png?1700059172 American Studies Department https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/xxlarge.jpg?1427551274 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/xlarge.jpg?1427551274 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/large.jpg?1427551274 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/medium.jpg?1427551274 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/small.jpg?1427551274 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/xsmall.jpg?1427551274 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/775/4ad8308cb615f87e71c43a44ce2e9483/xxsmall.jpg?1427551274 0 0 false Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:02:26 -0400 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 10:02:37 -0400 Doctors King (AMST) & Shewbridge (MCS) receive a major grant from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation! Baltimore Stories: Emerging Media Across the Curriculum – A team led by Nicole King, Associate Professor, American Studies, and Bill Shewbridge, Professor of the Practice, Media and Communication Studies, will help students develop interview and production skills with creative storytelling through a unique collaboration between UMBC and a Baltimore-based nonprofit, the Center for Emerging Media (CEM). The interdisciplinary courses will guide students in place-based cultural and historical examinations of Baltimore’s residents and neighborhoods to explore the productive linkages and gaps between different disciplines. Involvement in the courses will give students experience in applied learning and civic engagement, while developing professional portfolios for work. ]]> Baltimore Stories: Emerging Media Across the Curriculum – A team led by Nicole King, Associate Professor, American Studies, and Bill Shewbridge, Professor of the Practice, Media and Communication... http://alumni.umbc.edu/controls/email_marketing/admin/email_marketing_email_viewer.aspx?sid=1325&gid=6&eiid=1540&seiid=1978&usearchive=1&puid=bbd20349-f27c-4f99-abaf-2b8106992413 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/50640/guest@my.umbc.edu/90c407019a727fd81d99e4e037b0dee5/api/pixel American Studies Department https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/amst https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/original.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/large.png?1700059172 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/medium.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/small.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxsmall.png?1700059172 American Studies Department 0 0 false Fri, 20 Mar 2015 14:13:33 -0400 Ethnomusicologist Clifford Murphy on the music of Lead Belly Lead Belly’s music defied racial categorization Last month, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a carefully curated collection of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s recordings that is – like the singer himself – breathtaking in its muscular artistry. Marketed by the Smithsonian Channel as “one of the most influential musicians you’ve never known,” Lead Belly’s legacy can be heard in the grooves of Led Zeppelin III, seen in Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance, or echoed in cavernous ballparks, where Ram Jam’s “Black Betty” plays as a relief pitcher warms up. But beyond his influence on (mainly white) musical artists, the collection is significant because it shows how Lead Belly defied the racial categories of blues and country (as black music and white music, respectively) – stereotypes established by the burgeoning record industry of the Jim Crow era that persist today.

]]> Last month, Smithsonian Folkways released Lead Belly: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection, a carefully curated collection of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter’s recordings that is – like the singer... https://theconversation.com/lead-bellys-music-defied-racial-categorization-38462 https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/50452/guest@my.umbc.edu/a1d0baf7cd5ca64f5eed168dfe922537/api/pixel American Studies Department https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/amst https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/original.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/large.png?1700059172 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/medium.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/small.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxsmall.png?1700059172 American Studies Department https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/xxlarge.jpg?1426177402 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/xlarge.jpg?1426177402 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/large.jpg?1426177402 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/medium.jpg?1426177402 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/small.jpg?1426177402 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/xsmall.jpg?1426177402 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/thumbnails/news/000/050/452/c0e08ab2ac018375e2a48f8f6c26bea2/xxsmall.jpg?1426177402 0 0 false Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:23:35 -0400 Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:23:55 -0400 Dr. Kimberly Moffitt's op-ed in the Baltimore Sun "Black children are not the enemy" Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill was said to have been introduced to rectify an oversight that should have been addressed years ago, preventing city school police from carrying their weapons on school property, even though other jurisdictions allow it. Some described it as a non-issue, but for parents such as myself who send their children into these buildings every day and have come to understand that the police relations within the city are not those of yesteryear's "Officer Friendly," this is a major concern. ]]> Legislation that would have enabled Baltimore City's schools' police force to carry handguns while patrolling or working inside of our school buildings has been tabled — a wise decision. This bill... http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bs-ed-school-police-20150310-story.html https://my3.my.umbc.edu/api/v0/pixel/news/50374/guest@my.umbc.edu/097fc88a8d6e0cdf13f1a8b56fde30a4/api/pixel American Studies Department https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/amst https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets4-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/original.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xlarge.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/large.png?1700059172 https://assets3-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/medium.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/small.png?1700059172 https://assets1-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xsmall.png?1700059172 https://assets2-my.umbc.edu/system/shared/avatars/groups/000/000/571/f1a862c4a5a31b363f857fee1e038fea/xxsmall.png?1700059172 American Studies Department 0 0 false Tue, 10 Mar 2015 19:11:23 -0400