In light of the recent events in Baltimore, many UMBC CAHSS faculty members have shared their perspectives and offered contextual understandings. The following is a list of articles to which UMBC CAHSS faculty have contributed -- please check back for additions as events continue to unfold.
- John Rennie Short (Public Policy), Kate Drabinski (Gender & Women's Studies), and Kimberly Moffitt (American Studies) all contributed to this article in The Conversation:
- Tom Schaller (Political Science):
- Column in the Baltimore Sun: Why Baltimore Burns for Freddie Gray
- And in the Washington Post: With Little Choice, O'Malley Defends Baltimore Tenure
- Again in the Baltimore Sun: Four Policy Changes That Could Improve Race Equality in America
- Chris Corbett's (English) column in Reuters:
- Kate Drabinski (Gender & Women's Studies) featured onBicycling.com:
- Baltimore Cyclist Catches Riots In Action
- Be sure to also click through to Kate's blog, What I Saw Riding My Bike Around Today, to read about her experience
- Amy Bhatt (Gender & Women's Studies) piece published by Huffington Post:
- Kimberly Moffitt, American studies, on Southern California Public Radio
- Black and Young in Baltimore: a Roundtable Discussion
- Dr. Moffitt has also shared a written version of her remarks from the teach-in on May 1
- Rita Turner, American studies, in The Conversation
- Don Norris, School of Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun
- Derek Musgrove, History, in the Philadelphia Tribune
- Dawn Biehler, geography and environmental systems, in Science for the People
- John Rennie Short, Public Policy, in The Conversation
- Lia Purpura, English, featured in collections by Baltimore Sun andAmerican Short Fiction
- Baltimore Writers Reflect on Freddie Gray's Death
- Things American: Baltimore Authors Respond to the Death of Freddie Gray
- David Hoffman, Student Life, discusses teach-in on Zocalo Public Square