Researcher of the Week: Talmo Pereira Undergraduate researchers explore their interests! How did you find your mentor for year research project?
I looked at the faculty research profiles on the Department of Biological Sciences website and found my mentor's research description appealing, so I contacted him.

How did you know this was the project you wanted to do?
I took an interest in genomics and I felt that exploring scientific questions via computational methods would be a good fit for me as my schedule required more flexible lab hours and I had a strong background in computer programming.

Is this your first independent research project?
No, I had done research in the past at several other institutions.

How much time do you put into it? Do you get course credit for this work?
I put in from eight to 30 hours a week depending on the phase of the project. I receive credit through BIOL499.

How did you hear about the Undergraduate Research Award (URA) program?
I first heard about URAs at URCAD upon seeing so many of my peers that had been recipients and then sought out Ms. McGlynn to find out more about it.

What academic background did you have before you applied for the URA?
I had taken strong classes in biology, chemistry and computer science, as well as presented prior work from this lab at URCAD.

Was the application difficult to do? How much did your mentor help you with the application?
The application was quite straightforward and a good exercise in project planning. My mentor helped me develop a long-term plan and reviewed the language of the application.

What has been the hardest part about your research?
Learning about computational methods of hypothesis testing in contrast to the traditional methods employed in wet labs. I found it particularly challenging to understand the significance of a result in the context of the assumptions made in the theoretical framework of the computational models.

What was the most unexpected thing?
How easy it was to get started! Admittedly, it is a lot of work to learn the foundations, but with relative ease, one can begin answering biologically relevant questions with a minimal amount of effort and computational power.

How does your research relate to your work in other classes?
Certainly my genetics class more than anything else has been incredibly useful in understanding the background for my project, but in particular the mathematics and computer science courses have been invaluable in the implementation of the computational models.

What else are you involved in on campus?
I am a TA for the introductory biology course (BIOL141). I also write a science column for the Retriever Weekly and participate in the Undergraduate Admissions Ambassadors program. 

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
Meet with a lot of people! Ask your peers already involved with research, meet with your academic advisor, and then with the faculty in your department.

What are your career goals?
I hope to pursue a PhD in the area of neuroscience and/or genomics.


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By: Kevin Gosztola – Thursday August 22, 2013 9:45 pm

"The soldier who was sentenced to thirty-five years in prison for releasing United States government information that was published by WikiLeaks, Bradley Manning, came out as a woman this morning when [her] defense attorney announced that Manning was a [woman] and wanted to be called Chelsea Manning...
 
...Since Manning came out publicly and made the request, one would expect the United States press would universally be moving to covering any future news stories on Manning with the appropriate and requested pronouns. However, “NBC’s Today, USA TODAY, The Boston Globe, Politico, CNN, Fox, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, the Daily Beast, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times” are going to keep using the masculine pronoun. The Washington Post is also going to stick with the masculine pronoun as well."

 
Read the full story at http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/08/22/there-should-be-nothing-for-media-to-debate-she-should-now-be-used-to-refer-to-manning/.

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For questions or support and resources for LGBTQ-identifying, questioning, and allied students, faculty, and staff, contact Zach Kosinski, Graduate Coordinator for LGBTQ Programs at (410) 455-3463 or lgbtq@umbc.edu.

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Please convey your nominations to your department or program Library liaison, or directly to Joyce Tenney at tenney@umbc.edu.

Please include the title of subscription or database, significance of this title to department or program or campus, other rationales or considerations, and rank order titles if more than one is submitted.  The Deans will make the final selections from among the nominations in October.

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Professor Fan Yang was my professor for MCS222: Intro to Media & Comm. Studies. During the class, she described her personal research involving Apple products in the Chinese youth community. Eventually, after I narrowed down what I wanted to research, I knew that Professor Yang was the perfect candidate to be my faculty advisor.

How did you know this was the project you wanted to do?
It took months and semesters to really refine the topic I wanted to research. A culmination of academic studies, personal motivation and faculty guidance helped me to realize my project proposal.

Is this your first independent research project?
Yes.

Do you get course credit for this work?
No.

How much time do you put into it?
So far, for my preliminary studies, I cannot come up with a concrete number as to how much time I have put into it. I am always thinking about it, when I am researching other topics for classes, when I am planning my travel activities, and especially when I am brainstorming ideas for my next proposal. (Fulbright)

How did you hear about the URA program?
I heard about it first from Professor Preminda Jacob. She has served on the URA committee and she recommended that I try for one. She is one of the art history professors who I am very close to and talk to about my future academic and professional goals.

What academic background did you have before you applied for the URA?
As far as research background, I have taken a handful of art history courses that require us to write independently researched papers. In the fall of 2012, Professor Smalls' Non-Western Art seminar has further guided my research topic towards Contemporary Chinese Art. Most recently I've had the opportunity to shape the research for my Art History Capstone Thesis paper as mostly a preliminary study of the global perspective on Contemporary Chinese Art.

Was the application difficult to do?
Yes, the process was time-consuming and tedious, but a worthwhile process to go through, especially in the arts field where proposals are crucial.

How much did your mentor help you with the application?
My mentor was really helpful by being there to bounce ideas back and forth. She really helped me articulate my ideas sophisticatedly and intellectually, especially when she took the time to proofread my drafts.

What has been the hardest part about your research?
The hardest part about my research has been working around the limitations of sources that are based in a western perspective. It has been hard deciphering what is true to the group of people I am studying because the topic is novel and has not been written about academically to a large extent.

What was the most unexpected thing?
The most unexpected thing is how much my topic ideas changed throughout the application drafting process. As I learned different things in my preliminary study, it change. As I articulated statements differently, it changed. As I discussed with my faculty advisor(s), it changed.

How does your research relate to your work in other classes?
The theories and concepts that apply in my art history and media and communication studies classes have helped me to approach my topic in structured frameworks. They have helped me to focus my topic and to find a starting point.

What else are you involved in on campus?
I am a member of the Women's Varsity Volleyball team and I also head coach the Men's Club Volleyball team. I am a research assistant to Professor Preminda Jacob (Art History) in her research of street murals in the city of Chennai, India, and Professor Jason Loviglio (MCS) in his research of postliberalism in NPR.

What is your advice to other students getting involved in research?
Be creative and stay open-minded and flexible when it comes to topics. But also, be specific, especially in the Humanities.

What are your career goals?
In the long run, I want to be involved in the arts world in an influential position. I aim to get into arts administration or arts education in order to help artists and creative minds make a difference in our culture.
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Rebuilding Manhood is an 11-week group for students who identify as men to explore manhood, masculinity, and other intersecting identities. 

  • Be a part of a student group seeking to create a new culture through discourse. 
  • Develop meaningful connections with campus leaders. 
  • Make a different at UMBC and in society at large. 

Applications are due Monday, September 9, 2013. 

(Applicants will be accepted on a rolling basis, so don't wait until 9/9 to turn in your application!)

Meetings will take place on Fridays at 2pm in the Women's Center beginning Friday, September 20th 

For more information, contact the Women's Center.
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The National Museum of American History’s Department of Education and Public Programs seeks three exemplary college students committed to making a positive impact on their communities to participate in the Freedom School fall internship program. Through this program, participants will:

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Please enjoy Dot's report below:

Come to the Library Rotunda this summer and see a collection of vintage cameras. Imagine a world without Instagram and instant photography! This camera collection demonstrates twentieth-century technical innovations that shifted photography from a professional, time consuming hobby to an amateur sport.

The twentieth century changed how and why we took photographs. Cameras had faster mechanical shutters, rangefinders, exposure meters, flash, and automatic technology. They became smaller, easier to use, and after the first CPU (central processing unit) in 1981—smarter! These cameras show us how we got from the first Kodak in 1888 to the iPhone.


Pictured above: Kodak Vest Pocket Model B c.1925-c.1934

Featured cameras include a Kodak Premoette c.1909-1912, an Ernemann Heag IV c.1925, an early Polaroid c. 1955, and pioneer 35 mm cameras such as the Argus A and the Kodak 35. Cameras donated to Special Collections by William B. Cavanaugh (June 2, 1924-January 19, 2013)

Remember: Special Collections is open by appointment during the summer semester!

Thank you, Dot!
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Since coming to UMBC, my primary interests have been in dramaturgy and political theatre. While I am a Theatre and English major, I feel as though my work between the two majors is ultimately geared towards a sociological understanding of the world around me so that I can interpret it on stage as honestly and effectively as possible. The courses that made my work on this play possible are Script Analysis and Modern Theatre 1: Social Protest. Script Analysis taught me the analytical strategies necessary in interpreting a script as a blueprint for theatrical performance and drawing organic conclusions about the play independent of impressions of past productions. Modern Theatre 1 taught me how to use my knowledge of Script Analysis to identify the dominant ideologies behind the playwright's rhetorical strategies so that I can either enhance or subvert them with my production choices.

Was this your first independent research project?
I had the opportunity to write and direct a play for my Humanities Scholars seminar, New Orleans Sounds… Creole last spring, which was produced through TheatreCOM. My research for that project centered upon interpreting New Orleans for the stage, which led me to interview director Emily Mann about New Orleans' influence on her work for the recent Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire.

How did you find the research opportunity?
I had read Oleanna for the first time in high school and immediately put it on my shortlist of shows to direct in the future. I'd fallen in love with the rhythms of the language and the balance of power between the two characters. Over winter break, I was developing directorial proposals for local companies when I realized that I could simply ask the Theatre Council of Majors if they could produce Oleanna that semester. I was very lucky that it worked out!

What was the hardest part about your research?
The hardest part was balancing our schedules. Due to school and rehearsal space conflicts, we only had time for four weeks of rehearsals (10 hours of official rehearsal time a week, on average). The average show, especially at the collegiate level, has a much longer rehearsal schedule, so we had to condense our work effectively.

How did you learn what you needed to know to be successful in this project?
As I was developing my proposal, I made sure to spend time studying scholarly discourse on the play so that I could see how audiences have responded to it in the past. After reading about critiques of perceived anti-feminism within the text, I made an effort to return to the feminist texts I had explored in Modern Theater 1 to help me to subvert such perceptions from within the script.

Who did you work with on this project?
My core production team comprised of my two actors, Jonathan Jacobs and Erin Patterson, and our Stage Managers, CiCi Grady and Grace Davenport. The fight choreography was developed by the Theatre Department's technical director, Cristian Bell, and our lighting consultant was Billy D'Eugenio. Publicity for the show was developed by Serafina Donahue and Mike Woodard.

What was the most unexpected thing?
There was a snow-less "snow-day" the day before our first performance- as we had been running behind schedule, it was an entirely unexpected and very welcome opportunity to make substantial progress on the show before opening.

What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?
For undergraduate theatre students, I recommend working on as many shows as possible; the more challenging, the better. Also, it helps to look into theatre workshops that build upon your knowledge of your areas of interest (puppetry, devising, Commedia, specific craft techniques). Plan your schedule so that there's no time when you aren't engaging your craft- don't be afraid to test your limits and don't be afraid to fail.

What are you doing next for research?
I'm currently serving as a dramaturg for the Theatre Department's production of The Two Gentlemen of Verona. I'm also gearing up to Study Abroad in Leicester England this fall, where I hope to develop a research project centering around new play development. I'm also looking for my next project to direct; hopefully I'll find a supportive venue soon!

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