An internationally recognized scholar of South Asian international relations (India-Pakistan and South Asia-US), Hagerty came to UMBC from the University of Sydney in 2001. Since then he has published two books, five articles, and 13 book chapters. He founded the journal Asian Security in 2003 and has served as its managing editor or co-editor ever since. He teaches courses in international relations and has won the Political Science Teacher of the Year award three times. He has served as chair of the political science department, currently chairs one of the working groups for the university’s strategic planning, and now directs our new, fast-growing global studies program—among a long list of service to UMBC. In November 2013, Hagerty wrote an op-ed published in Inside Higher Edin which he introduced UMBC’s global studies program and argued that a liberal arts education is essential in developing a “global competence” among students.

During his year as the Lipitz Professor, Dr. Hagerty will work on a book project entitled “Fear, Ambition, and the Sturdy Child of Terror: South Asia’s Triangular Nuclear Dilemma.”

UMBC Bookstore Homecoming Sale 

20% off UMBC apparel and logo merchandise. Monday, October 6 – Saturday, October 11, 2014

HUGE One Day Only Apple Sales Event!

October 9th All current MacBook Airs, MacBook Pro Macs, and iPad Airs will be on sale! Everyone that makes a purchase will be entered to win one of three Apple swag bags stuffed with cool Apple gear!

Yum Shoppe Halloween Costume Contest:

Stop by the Yum Shoppe on October 31st to have your picture taken and entered into the Costume Contest! All pictures will be posted onto our Facebook and Twitter accounts. The picture with the most “likes’ wins! Winner will receive $10 Bookstore Bob Bucks and Best Costume bragging rights. 

 By: Dr. Susan Han, Counseling Center

Did you know that the Counseling Center offers a wealth of mental health resources online?  Parents can access information through the Counseling Center’s website (www.umbc.edu/counseling) and the mental health app Just In Case (counseling.umbc.edu/justincase).  In addition, the Counseling Center offers free, anonymous and confidential mental health screenings through ULifeline (www.ulifeline.org/umbc).  ULifeline is an online resource center for information on mental health and suicide prevention, in addition to tips on many aspects of wellness, such as sleep, exercise, nutrition, stress management and healthy relationships.

Just as you encourage your children to get physicals to monitor their health, encourage them to take mental health screenings to monitor their psychological wellness.  Online screenings are a proactive method of identifying signs of stress or mental illness, and early detection is key to prevention of later problems.  In addition, the process of taking an online screening can help students become educated about various mental health conditions.  To access the online screenings on depression, anxiety, social anxiety, eating problems, alcohol and drug use, or thoughts of self-harm, click this link: www.ulifeline.org/umbc/self_evaluator.

ULifeline is a program of the Jed Foundation, the nation’s leading organization working to prevent suicide and improve the mental health of college students, and is overseen by an expert board of mental health professionals.

Embodied Interaction: Systems, Experiments, Models

Rob St. Amant
North Carolina State University

1:00pm Friday, 10 October 2015, ITE 325b

Over the past several years, engineering models for human-computer interaction — models that predict and explain performance in quantitative terms–have received increasing attention. In this talk, I’ll give an overview of experimentation and modeling work in my lab, in the areas of mobile interaction, augmented reality, and accessibility. Our research attempts to provide insight into emerging areas of HCI, where interaction goes beyond conventional desktop user interfaces to encompass the influences of physical body movement and cognitive strategies on performance.

Robert St. Amant is an associate professor in the Computer Science Department at North Carolina State University; his degrees are from Johns Hopkins and the University of Massachusetts. He is on the editorial board of the Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures, and he is a former member of the steering committee for the ACM Intelligent User Interfaces conference. His current research is on human-computer interaction and cognitive modeling; past topics have included intelligent user interfaces, exploratory data analysis, and animal tool use. In 2012 his popular science book, Computing for Ordinary Mortals, was published by Oxford University Press.

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