This week, we’re featuring Maurice Berger’s Race Stories article, “Photos That Challenge Stereotypes About African-American Youths.” This article looks at photographs from “Picturing Children,”...
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We are hosting a virtual information session about the Public Policy graduate programs Thursday, July 16. Please join us! July 16, 2020 4pm EST via Webex video conference The info...
We’re continuing our reflection on Black history and Maurice Berger’s Race Stories this week by revisiting “Pictures of Men, Friends or Lovers.” This article looks at historian Trent Kelly’s...
The Library of Congress’s Coolidge Auditorium, one of the nation’s leading performing arts venues, is typically busy year-round, bustling with performers playing to capacity audiences. Now, with...
The trailer for "Strings Attached", a documentary following the Dover Quartet, has just released! Parts of the documentary were filmed at UMBC when Shriver Hall Concert Series brought them to our...
Research Writing Bootcamp Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays July 20-31 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. On WebEx The Dresher Center for the Humanities, in collaboration with the Center for Social Science...
Camille Blackford, “A Proposal for an Ethnography on the Happiness of UMBC Students During the Coronavirus Pandemic” Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health (Anthropology program) Mentor: ...
The English Honors Program is delighted to announce that Tristan Heibel has received an Undergraduate Research Award to fund his Honors project, directed by Dr. Gail Orgelfinger, Senior Lecturer...
The following students have received Social Science Undergraduate Research Awards for 2020-2021: Camille Blackford (ANTH) “A Proposal for an Ethnography on the Happiness of UMBC Students During...
We will begin our retrospect of Maurice Berger’s Race Stories and reflection on black history and our current political and social climate by featuring, “Capturing the Struggle for Racial...