Amy Bhatt, Gender and Women’s Studies, Publishes New Book

Dec 7, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Amy Bhatt, assistant professor of gender and women’s studies, is the co-author of Roots and Reflections: South Asians Map the Pacific Northwest, which will be released by the University of Washington Press early next year. The book examines the experiences of early South Asians who settled on the Pacific coast in the early 1890s through the 1990s. Though the east coast of the U.S. has some of the largest South Asian populations in the country today, these early settlers shed light on the development of South Asian communities across the U.S. and are an important location in understanding contemporary immigration… Continue Reading Amy Bhatt, Gender and Women’s Studies, Publishes New Book

Robert Provine, Psychology, in the News

Dec 6, 2012 / 2 minutes of reading

Research by Robert Provine, professor of psychology, has recently been cited in a variety of news outlets. On December 1, the Wall Street Journal published a story on “The Unsolved Mystery of Why You Just Yawned” in which they delve into research performed for Provine’s latest book, Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping and Beyond. “So what is known about yawning? Dr. Provine—who is a champion of what he calls ‘sidewalk neuroscience,’ experiments anybody can do at home without special equipment—has spent years teasing out the details of yawning, as recounted in his recent book ‘Curious Behavior: Yawning, Laughing, Hiccupping and… Continue Reading Robert Provine, Psychology, in the News

Roy T. Meyers, Political Science, in the Gazette

Dec 5, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Political science professor Roy T. Meyers was quoted in a Gazette article about Governor Martin O’ Malley’s third attempt to pass an offshore wind farm funding bill. Gov. O’Malley has encouraged President Obama to look at his proposal as a model for how Maryland produces clean energy, and Meyers believes that this proposal fits well with Obama’s focus on alternative energy sources in his second term. According to Meyers, “Success this time around with the bill would put O’Malley squarely in the center of the Democratic Party’s potential 2016 candidates.” Meyers goes on to say that failure to pass the… Continue Reading Roy T. Meyers, Political Science, in the Gazette

Robert Rubinstein, Sociology/Anthropology, in the Baltimore Sun

Dec 5, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

In a new Baltimore Sun article on managing grief during the holidays, Professor Robert Rubinstein, sociology and anthropology, offers advice for mourning families on how to make it through the season. “It’s a very difficult time,” he recognizes, before continuing, “That’s not to say people can’t have great holidays.” Rubinstein’s research focuses on older adults’ experiences of loss and grief. He offers his impression that, “People do tend to take care of each other,” around the holidays, as they share memories of deceased loved ones, such as favorite traditions or recipes. Rubinstein notes that often younger generations worry more about the… Continue Reading Robert Rubinstein, Sociology/Anthropology, in the Baltimore Sun

Kate Brown, History, in Aeon

Dec 4, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The online journal Aeon has published an excerpt from associate professor of history Kate Brown’s forthcoming book Plutopia, which is due out in 2013. “For the past seven years, I have spent a great deal of time in the radiated traces of the world’s first plutonium plants — the Hanford factory in eastern Washington State and the Mayak plant in the southern Russian Urals. As countries from the Middle East to the Baltics gear up for a new generation of nuclear power reactors, it is worth taking another look at how scientists laid claim to the ‘truth’ to dismiss the… Continue Reading Kate Brown, History, in Aeon

Caringi Nominated For Soccer News Net College Boot Award

Dec 3, 2012 / 2 minutes of reading

UMBC junior forward Pete Caringi III is among a group of thirty-four of the nation’s top men’s college soccer players who have been named finalists for the 2012 Soccer News Net College Boot award, recognizing the men’s college player of the year. The editors of each of the sites in the Soccer News Net network nominated up to five local players for the award, each of which will be eligible for the regional player of the year award. The nominations included athletes playing at colleges within each site’s coverage area, as well as athletes from the area playing collegiately elsewhere… Continue Reading Caringi Nominated For Soccer News Net College Boot Award

Dr. Rebecca Boehling, Dresher Center for the Humanities, in Spiegel

Nov 30, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Rebecca Boehling, professor of history and director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, appeared in the international publication “Spiegel,” in a feature article about the International Tracing Service. Boehling was named as the new Director of the ITS in May 2012 and will begin her service on January 1, 2013. The article, which can be found here, tells the story of Nazi Germany survivors who desire to be reunited with their families. ITS reunites 30 to 50 families per year and is the world’s largest archive of Holocaust documents.

Angel Chinn, Dance ’08, Catches The Attention of The Gazette

Nov 30, 2012 / 2 minutes of reading

Angel Chinn, Dance ’08, was featured in The Gazette this month when the newly formed dance company, NonaLee Dance Theatre, was slated to perform an adventurous, site-specific program at Joe’s Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier. In the article, Angel Chinn speaks about her switch from competitive running and studying education, to pursuing a degree in dance at UMBC with an honesty and openness that is mirrored in her performance which featured movements about life questions, faith and hope. The NonaLee Dance Theatre, created and directed by Angel Chinn was developed in 2011, with the intention of striving to give dancers with… Continue Reading Angel Chinn, Dance ’08, Catches The Attention of The Gazette

Christopher Corbett, English, in Style

Nov 30, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

“I remember Hampden before it was hip,” writes Christopher Corbett, professor and acting chair of English, in his latest column in Baltimore Style magazine. Forbes and the New York Times have both recently written about the Baltimore neighborhood. “I’m too old for skinny jeans. And I don’t look good in a pork pie hat,” he writes. “But I like hipsters. I like them so much that I hope some of them will buy rowhouses and fix them up and pay taxes and have a litter of little hipsters and send those little hipsters to public school and raise the test… Continue Reading Christopher Corbett, English, in Style

Kevin Kallaugher, Artist-in-Residence, Interviewed in Asia Society Blog

Nov 29, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

An interview featuring UMBC Artist-in-Residence, Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, was released yesterday by Asia Society. In the interview Kal speaks about a range of topics, including his recent return to working with the Baltimore Sun, and shares his thoughts on the creation of politically charged, satirical work. A cartoonist for 35 years, he closes the interview expressing his opinion on the fate of traditional mediums in the decline of print cartoons, and the possibilities for cartooning in a “promising new era of visual satire.” KAL will share personal stories and discuss his practice through teaching and live sketching in an event in… Continue Reading Kevin Kallaugher, Artist-in-Residence, Interviewed in Asia Society Blog

Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

Nov 29, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The latest Baltimore Sun column by Thomas Schaller, professor of political science, explores critiques of U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice’s potential nomination for secretary of state given her role in providing inaccurate information to the American public following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Schaller writes that although he questions the motives of those critiquing the nomination, they “are asking important questions about what the State Department and the White House did before, during and especially after the attacks,” such as, “Why weren’t requests by U.S. officials in Benghazi for upgraded security in advance of the anniversary of… Continue Reading Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun

Bess Keller, Public Policy, Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun

Nov 28, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

“As the growing season winds down, one Baltimore City school garden has harvested next to nothing. A project intended to enliven lessons or inspire healthier eating came down to four neglected beds yielding two cinder-block-sized zucchini.” This is the start of a commentary written by UMBC graduate student Bess Keller, public policy, in the Baltimore Sun, about an unsuccessful school-community collaboration and why she believes it failed to reach its potential. Keller suggests that the problem was one of misplaced incentives. She writes, “Recognition accrues to organizations and the people in them for getting money, starting a project, building something,… Continue Reading Bess Keller, Public Policy, Op-Ed in the Baltimore Sun