GWST 378: Women, Gender, and Sceince

This course explores how the sciences have conceptualized and explained various forms of difference - what scientific knowledge says about sex, gender, race, sexuality, and other identity categories - as well as whether gender and race shape the “doing” of science-(how) does identity matter in scientific practice?  Through a series of writing and research projects, the course asks students to untangle the complex relationship between scientific knowledge and social inequality, and to consider role of scientific practice in social change.

Thursdays 4:30-7pm in person

Instructor Liz Barr

GEP: WI, SS

Voting will close on Tuesday, May 16 at 11:59 pm. The winners will be announced the following day on the Political Science Council of Majors myUMBC page. Vote here: https://forms.gle/YmdcXnHG3M8iM1xY8

The REAL date and time is TUESDAY, May 16th, from noon-1:00pm in the Honors Lounge (not Seminar Room). To RSVP, please see original event post--at least that is OK! 

Thank you :-)

Dear UMBC Community,

The federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 ends today, May 11, 2023. As a result of this decision by the Department of Health and Human Services, and continued low COVID-19 rates in Maryland, UMBC is also stepping down its COVID-19 emergency response and returning to its routine infectious disease prevention, response, and education protocols. The university continues to work closely with local and state health agencies and will be ready to implement any needed safety measures if the situation changes. In addition, we will make some changes to our existing policies. 

COVID-19 testing kits and KN95 masks will continue to be available on campus through the end of the semester, as supplies last. Retriever Integrated Health will continue to provide testing and healthcare for symptomatic community members as a part of a visit. You can learn more about services and fees on Retriever Integrated Health's website. 

We know that COVID-19 will remain a part of our community and urge you to continue to take steps to stay healthy and to support others as they do the same. Please stay home if you are sick. We understand that many in our community will continue to mask for a variety of reasons and we ask everyone to continue to respect their decisions.

Dear UMBC Community,

The federal Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 ends today, May 11, 2023. As a result of this decision by the Department of Health and Human Services, and continued low COVID-19 rates in Maryland, UMBC is also stepping down its COVID-19 emergency response and returning to its routine infectious disease prevention, response, and education protocols. The university continues to work closely with local and state health agencies and will be ready to implement any needed safety measures if the situation changes. In addition, we will make some changes to our existing policies. 

COVID-19 testing kits and KN95 masks will continue to be available on campus through the end of the semester, as supplies last. Retriever Integrated Health will continue to provide testing and healthcare for symptomatic community members as a part of a visit. You can learn more about services and fees on Retriever Integrated Health's website. 

We know that COVID-19 will remain a part of our community and urge you to continue to take steps to stay healthy and to support others as they do the same. Please stay home if you are sick. We understand that many in our community will continue to mask for a variety of reasons and we ask everyone to continue to respect their decisions.

Date: Thursday, May 11

Time: 4:00-6:00 PM

Location:  Public Policy Building (PUP) - Room 354

On a recent Friday, representatives of UMBC, the U.S. Geological Survey and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency gathered in UMBC’s Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery and pledged to work together to diversify and advance environmental science.

CBEE faculty, Dr. Claire Welty, Professor of  Department of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering and Director of Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education, Drs. Lee Blaney, Upal Ghosh, Chris Hennigan, Brian Reed, Claire Welty, are also affiliated with the Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) are beneficiaries of successful collaborations between the three organizations. 

Read more via from UMBC NEWS "Working to diversify and advance environmental science, UMBC, USGS and EPA sign new agreement" Catherine Meyers, Published: May 5, 2023.

Jackson Tucker of LLC Cohort 25 has been awarded the Language, Literacy & Culture Program's Publicly Engaged Research and Digital Storytelling Fellowship for a portion of his long-term public humanities project, "The Electric, Immortal Weirton Steel Corporation." Weirton Steel Corporation was founded in West Virginia in 1909 as a vertically integrated steel production facility, the bulk of which has been torn down; the remaining finishing plants are now owned by Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., the largest flat-rolled steel producer in North America.

For the scope of this award, Jackson will be collaborating with industrial museums. His overall research goal is to interrogate the ways in which power relations have changed over the last century as union power has diminished. His research will explore lives and personal histories through an economic lens to better understand U.S. working-class positionality within a broader global framework. The Rust Belt is emblematic of the volatility and environmental degradation of globalization, thus providing a model within which to explore these ideas.

The end result (which is beyond the scope of this initial award) will be a fully interactive, virtual reality museum exhibit that will provide an opportunity to present a social and cultural history that has been lost to many.

Congratulations, Jackson!