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2025 RDRC Dissertation and Thesis Grant Applications Open

Deadline January 14, 2025

***reposted from the School of Public Policy*** The School of Public Policy, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, in collaboration with the Heller School of Social Policy and Management at...

January 9, 2025 · 3:22 PM

From Texas to Maryland and Back Again

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot It’s 2021, senior year of high...

January 4, 2025 · 12:40 PM

What Does it Mean to Be “Just A Girl”?

Because femininity is a concept, it can be constantly reshaped, redefined, and distorted based on the beliefs of the society it exists within, and social media works to heighten and mirror that....

December 21, 2024 · 5:17 PM

Am I an Activist?

What comes to mind when I think of an activist are images of figures like MLK Jr., Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and others who became symbols of resistance, fighting for civil rights, freedom, equality, or...

December 20, 2024 · 4:30 PM

Call for Applications: CS3 Associate Director

Due February 14, 2025

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) seeks an Associate Director to work closely with the Director and the Center team to shape and implement CS3 events, programs, and budget. The...

December 18, 2024 · 2:16 PM

2025 CS3 Summer Fellowships

Applications due February 15, 2025

Applications are now being accepted for the 2025 Center for Social Science Scholarship Summer Fellowships! Apply here. Applications are now being accepted for the Center for Social Science...

December 18, 2024 · 2:14 PM

Sex Will Be Good Again

The week the pandemic shut down all the schools, I went to the gynecologist. Over the past six months, I had been plagued by non-stop yeast infections, and I had tried every home remedy under the...

December 18, 2024 · 12:17 PM

RTSS Episode 63: How Storytelling Informs the Social Science

with Professor Michael Wilson of Loughborough University

On today's episode, Dr. Anson speaks with Prof. Michael Wilson, Professor of Drama and Director of the Storytelling Academy at Loughborough University in Leicestershire, UK. Dr. Wilson shares...

December 16, 2024 · 3:39 PM

Due Friday: Apply for Alternative Spring Break (ASB) 2025

Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a five-day immersive learning experience in which UMBC undergraduate and graduate students explore the systemic and human dimensions of complex social issues in...

December 16, 2024 · 2:47 PM

DST 2025 Belém, Brazil – Call for Proposals Now Open

In its first time in Latin America, the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference will take place in Belém, Brazil, November 6 to 8, 2025. Hosted by the Museu da Pessoa, for more...

December 16, 2024 · 11:56 AM

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