UMBC Language, Literacy & Culture doctoral student Kevin Wisniewski is publishing the lead chapter in the new anthology Kidding Around: The Child in Film and Media(Bloomsbury, January 2014). The chapter, “Betwixt and Between: Reading the Child in M. Night Shyamalan’s Films,” appears at the start of the first section of the book, “Rites of Passage and Impasse.”

Wisniewski will also present a paper at the upcoming conference of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association (SAMLA) & Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (SHARP), Nov. 8-10. Wisniewski will present his paper, “Improving the Art of Paper War: Francis Hopkinson and the Performance of the Press in the Early Republic,” alongside colleagues from Duke and the University of Wisconsin, Madison in the session “Making Meaning in American Print Culture.”

In an interview with George Mason University’s History News Network, professor Kate Brown shares her inspiration for her new book, Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities, and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters, which traces the parallel history of two cities in the Soviet Union and United States through the eyes and experiences of its plant workers and citizens.

To uphold secrecy during the nuclear arms race, both governments developed limited access “atomic cities,” and in exchange provided its citizens generous salaries, first-rate education and health care, and many other amenities of modern life. Brown calls these cities “Plutopias.” Unfortunately, as Brown describes, many workers and families found the hazards of working in and near nuclear production far outweighed any of the benefits.

“Trying to figure out how it was that so much radioactive waste was intentionally spilled with thousands of workers witnessing it, and no one in four decades blew a whistle about it—no one in the dictatorial USSR or democratic USA,” said Brown. “Why was that? I came to the idea that the answer existed in plutopia.”

Brown’s book was also referenced in a Dutch article on the history of the production of plutonium for nuclear weapons during the Cold War.

The following full-time positions have been posted within the past week to UMBCworks. Login to your account (via the link in the Jobs & Internships topic in myUMBC) and find details and application instructions as well as hundreds of other job postings!

Entry-Level Copywriter - Agora Incorporated - 9260803
Laboratory Research Technician - University of MD, Baltimore - 6260790
GA/R & D Chemist - Randstad North America - 9260809
Medical Scribe in ER Department - Scribes STAT - 9258445
Marketing and Communications Coordinator - Business Suites of Columbia - 9260758

Benefits Operations Administrator - Aon Hewitt - 9260740
Sales - Beverage Division - PepsiCo - 9260710
Research Assistant - Boox Allen Hamilton - 9260668
Software Developer - PCR Educator - 9260683

On-Campus Interviews offer students a chance to conveniently interview for professional positions on campus.  Employers travel to our campus for the specific purpose of interviewing preselected students for currently open positions.  This is a great opportunity to interview with employers specifically interested in UMBC students and offers the advantage of a smaller applicant pool.  Interviews take place during the fall and spring. The logistics (viewing positions, applying, signing up for interview time slots, etc.) are all handled via UMBCworks.

Don't miss out on employers coming to UMBC to recruit YOU this fall! The following is a list of employers coming to conduct on-campus interviews with application deadlines within the next month.

Dupont

Position:  Associate Investigator - Early Career R&D - 9260355
Resume Submission End:  September 27, 2013

T. Rowe Price
Position:  Investment Fellowship - 9260121
Resume Submission End:  September 27, 2013

SB & Company, LLC
Position:  Audit Staff - 9260581
Resume Submission End:  September 30, 2013

GE
Position:  Information Technology Leadership Program - 9259928
Resume Submission End:  October 3, 2013
Position:  GE Aviation Summer 2014 Engineering Co-Op - 9259930
Resume Submission End:  October 2, 2013

Lockheed Martin
Position:  Engineering Career Opportunities (CS/CE) - 9260278
Resume Submission End:  October 3, 2013

DRC
Position:  IT Consultant - 9260559
Position:  Engineer - 9260565
Position:  Developer - 9260561
Resume Submission End:  October 10, 2013

Deloitte
Position: Federal Security & Privacy Consultant - 9259839
Resume Submission End:  October 14, 2013

A full list of On-Campus Interviews scheduled is available on our website calendar and on UMBCworks, please check regularly for any updates or changes that may occur.