Public Affairs (PUB) 300: Global Community Engagement & Social Change in South Africa

July 27 - August 13, 2023

3 credits

Apply by 2/28/23 

Course description: 

PUB 300 will engage students in academic, experiential and intercultural learning in and about South Africa. Students will focus on contemporary social challenges and the strategies that government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and citizen activists are using
to address them.

Course activities include:
- Service-learning with local NGOs
- Meetings with activists, NGO leaders and government officials
- Visits to sites of historical and cultural significance, including Parliament, the District 6 Museum, Table Mountain, and the surrounding Western Cape region
- Experiential learning activities including language, culture and cooking workshops

- A safari and overnight stay at the Aquila Game Reserve

Attend in person info session Feb 10th @ 12pm in PUP room 119

Apply Here 

This Engineering and Computing Week is extra special as COEIT is celebrating their 30th Anniversary!

Come checkout the events that are lined up this year!

Monday (2/20)

• Enacting equity and justice at UMBC
• Mental health as a component of well-being at UMBC
• Creating community at UMBC so people can be real, open, and authentic
• Enhancing weekend/social life at UMBC
• Inclusion at UMBC, with respect to religion, belief, and spirituality

Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Center for Social Science Scholarship
Summer Fellowships!

Download the application here.

Applications are now being accepted for the Center for Social Science Scholarship Summer Fellowship.  The purpose of this fellowship is to support significant social science research by tenure-track or tenured faculty in the UMBC College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, resulting in a submittable product by December 2023.  Up to three fellows will receive a $6,000 award during the summer of 2023. 

By December 2023, each Fellow agrees to complete a submittable product, which can include an external grant or fellowship proposal, journal article, policy paper, book manuscript, or book chapter; upon completion, Fellows shall provide a copy of this submitted product to the Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship. Fellows who are preparing an external proposal are expected to work with CS3's research administration staff for pre- and post-award assistance.

Interested faculty should complete and submit an application consisting of this downloadable 2-page cover sheet and proposal that adheres to the specified guidelines. The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 15, 2023.

Applications will be reviewed and ranked by members of the Center for Social Science Scholarship Advisory Board, according to the following criteria:

• Quality of proposed research project;
• Significance of the project in its field;
• Publishing/funding potential of the work;
• Qualification of the faculty member to carry out the work, including the requisite expertise in the topic area and prior research productivity;
• Likelihood that the proposed work can be successfully completed with fellowship support and that it will result in a submittable product within the specified time period;
• Approval and recommendation of faculty member's department chair.

For more information, interested faculty may contact Christine Mallinson, Director, or Felipe Filomeno, Associate Director.  

Funds for this fellowship are provided by the Center for Social Science Scholarship, the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), and the UMBC Vice President for Research.

On this episode we hear about the work of the Domestic Violence Action Research Collective (DVARC). I speak with Dr. Nkiru Nnawulezi, Assistant Professor in the UMBC Department of Psychology, and Liz Odongo, Director of Grants and Programs at the D.C. Coalition Against Domestic Violence.

On Campus Connections, we hear about a UMBC dissertation from the Department of Psychology, written by doctoral graduate John Persampiere.

Anger-Reactivity and Treatment Violence Among Court-Mandated Partner-Violent Men

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