News and Updates about UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Robert Deluty, associate dean of the Graduate School, has published two poems—”Rejoinder” and “Higher Education”—in the “Poetry of the Academy” section of the Spring 2013 issue of The Faculty Voice.
You May Now Kiss the Brides Even as other battles loom, the LGBT community stops to celebrate marriage equality at Pride 2013 On a warm spring evening, Carrie Hiers and Tonya Cook sit on overstuffed couches in their cozy Northeast Baltimore living room and plan their wedding. There will a rainbow balloon arch, bubbles, and a giant spread of rainbow cupcakes. Technically, it’ll be the second wedding for Hiers and Cook but their first legal one. And they won’t be alone. On Sunday, June 16, they will join couples from all over the state and beyond—some coming from as far… Continue Reading Dr. Kate Drabinski, Gender and Women’s Studies, headlines Baltimore City Paper Queer Issue
Friday, June 21 at 8:00 p.m., Between You and Me, an exhibition by Coordinator/Producer of the New Media Studio, Christine Ferrera ’10 M.F.A., Imaging and Digital Arts, opens at the Gibbs Street Gallery in Rockville, Maryland. According to Rockville’s VisArts website, Between You and Me is a collection of performance pieces “that circuitously contemplate art, humor and feminism. Each piece uses personal monologue as a vehicle to explore longing, insecurity, narcissism and enlightenment. By counter-posing live and recorded performance, satire and sincerity, the artist either transcends her angst or winds up in a self-reflexive tangle.” The works include Starbux Diary; Awkward Pauzez… Continue Reading Solo Exhibition by Christine Ferrera, New Media Studio, Opens At Gibbs Street Gallery (6/21)
“Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown and Howard County Executive Ken Ulman shook up Maryland’s 2014 gubernatorial race by announcing they will run as a ticket for the Democratic nomination in 2014. Politically and electorally, it’s a shrewd and gutsy move,” writes UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller in today’s Baltimore Sun. Schaller notes, “Picking running mates before the primary remains unconventional,” with most gubernatorial and presidential candidates assuming they should make solo nomination bids and pick running mates only after receiving the nomination. Brown and Ulman, however, are positioning themselves as a complementary ticket, highlighting Brown’s service in the state… Continue Reading Thomas Schaller, Political Science, in the Baltimore Sun
A new guest column by UMBC political science professor Thomas F. Schaller on Sabato’s Crystal Ball ask the highly provocative question, “How Should We Vote?” Schaller writes: Given pervasive gerrymandering and a shrinking number of competitive districts, any serious reform of congressional elections might also entail changes to our voting rules — that is, how votes are cast by voters and aggregated to determine winners… So what sort of voting rule reforms might significantly alter the composition of Congress, encourage greater voter participation and create a more responsive national legislature? Changing voting rules can change voter behavior in two important… Continue Reading Thomas Schaller, Political Science, on Sabato’s Crystal Ball
The sudden appearance of three referenda in Maryland’s last election made some in Annapolis predict that they would be a regular feature in future elections, used as a tool by Maryland’s GOP to contest policy passed by the Democratic majority in the Maryland General Assembly. However, political scientists now suggest that the number of signatures required to get a referendum on the ballot is still a high threshold to meet, even with the help of the Internet in gathering signatures. Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of public policy at UMBC, told AP that this year’s failed efforts to contest… Continue Reading Donald Norris, Public Policy, in AP Story on CBS Baltimore
A Humanities Forum panel discussion recorded at UMBC during the Spring semester was featured on the “Marc Steiner Show” on Tuesday, June 5. The topic was “Race and the Civil Rights Movement in Music and Media,” and the discussion featured Derek Musgrove, assistant professor of history; Michelle Scott, associate professor of history; Marc Steiner, host of the “Marc Steiner Show” and Daphne Harrison, emerita professor in Africana Studies and founder of the Dresher Center for the Humanities. The discussion was moderated by Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American Studies. The full discussion can be heard here. For more information about… Continue Reading Humanities Forum Panel Discussion Featured on “Marc Steiner Show”
Jason Loviglio, Director of the Media and Communication Studies Program, is co-editor with Michele Hilmes of the new book “Radio’s New Wave: Global Sound in the Digital Era” (Routledge, 2013). The book website notes, “Radio’s New Wave explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age. Extending and updating the focus of their widely acclaimed 2001 book The Radio Reader, Hilmes and Loviglio gather together innovative work by both established and rising scholars to explore the ways that radio has transformed in the digital environment. Contributors explore what sound looks like on screens, how digital listening… Continue Reading Dr. Jason Loviglio, MCS, Publishes Book
An article co-authored by Christopher Rakes, assistant professor of education, has been selected as an honorable mention for the Journal of School Psychology ‘s (JSP) 2012 Article of the Year. The article was entitled “A Longitudinal Study of School Connectedness and Academic Outcomes across Sixth Grade,” and co-authored by Kate Niehaus, assistant professor of Educational Psychology and Research at the University of South Carolina, and Kathleen Rudasill, Associate Professor of Educational Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The study examines the extent to which school connectedness (i.e., students’ perceptions of school support and the number of adults with whom they… Continue Reading Article by Christopher Rakes, Education, Receives Award
Donald F. Norris, professor and chair of public policy at UMBC, offered insight for today’s front-page Baltimore Sun story, “Democrats watch for Gansler’s next move,” on the state attorney general’s possible plans to run for governor. Gansler is planning to wait until the fall to announce any campaign, but Norris questions that strategy. By delaying an announcement, says Norris, “he gives a three-month advantage to Brown-Ulman. They’ll be able to out-fundraise him and go around the state as the only announced candidates.” Norris appeared in three other news stories yesterday about the 2014 gubernatorial election. In another Baltimore Sun article… Continue Reading Donald F. Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun, Washington Examiner and on WBAL
Jason Loviglio, director of media and communication studies, is the co-editor with Michele Hilmes of the recently-released book “Radio’s New Wave: Global Sound in the Digital Era” (Routledge, 2013). “Radio’s New Wave” features essays from 12 top scholars from three continents. It explores the evolution of audio media and sound scholarship in the digital age, exploring the ways that radio has transformed in the digital environment. Contributors explore what sound looks like on screens, how digital listening moves us, new forms of sonic expression, radio’s convergence with mobile media, and the creative activities of old and new audiences. “Radio’s New… Continue Reading Jason Loviglio, Media and Communication Studies, Co-edits New Book
Maryland – and Baltimore in particular – remains a place with a troubled relationship to the Civil War, Kate Drabinski, lecturer in Gender and Women’s Studies, points out in a recent piece for the “Indypendent Reader.” “Maryland never seceded from the Union, but its citizens leaned strongly toward the Confederacy,” she writes. “All the contradictions of this past that is still very much present are engraved in the infrastructure of the place, from street and park names to its more obvious public memorials and monuments that remind us of this war.” Drabinski focuses her piece on Baltimore’s monuments to the… Continue Reading Kate Drabinski, Gender and Women’s Studies, in the Indypendent Reader
