UMBC Faculty Comment on Upcoming Elections for AP and National Journal

Apr 2, 2012 / 2 minutes of reading

As election season moves into high gear, UMBC faculty are providing media with insight into both local and national political developments. Laura Hussey, assistant professor of political science, commented for AP on Maryland state Sen. Anthony Muse’s campaign to oust U.S. Sen. Benjamin Cardin. Muse has promoted himself as a better advocate on issues such as consumer protection, but Hussey notes that Cardin maintains an incumbent’s advantage, benefiting from name recognition, prominent endorsements and strong financial support. Hussey argues that if the seat were open, rather than occupied by an incumbent, demographic and geographic differences between Muse and Cardin would… Continue Reading UMBC Faculty Comment on Upcoming Elections for AP and National Journal

Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Washington Post

Apr 2, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The Washington Post this weekend featured a reflection on the turbulent development of Nationals Park, home to the Washington Nationals. The article concluded with a comment by UMBC economics professor Dennis Coates, who wrote a report opposing the stadium deal in 2004. Coates argued that sports facilities redistribute (rather than increase) leisure spending and asked: “Does it make sense to spend all those tax dollars on a stadium that will just attract the entertainment dollar from Georgetown or Adams Morgan to the ballpark area?” However, he also suggested the investment might pay off if the District’s goal was to attract… Continue Reading Dennis Coates, Economics, in the Washington Post

Bill Shewbridge, New Media Studio, in Urbanite

Apr 2, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Bill Shewbridge, director of UMBC’s New Media Studio, spoke to Urbanite about the role technology plays on campus and in the lives of students. “There is a tendency to think that students are digital natives,” says Bill Shewbridge, the director of the new media studio at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). “But uploading a picture to Facebook doesn’t make you a producer, much less an informed consumer.” A television producer-turned-professor, Shewbridge discovered this after embarking on UMBC’s digital storytelling project eight years ago. To tell digital stories—short videos, usually for a particular class, that combine scriptwriting, interviewing, and… Continue Reading Bill Shewbridge, New Media Studio, in Urbanite

UMBC Students Burroughs and Murray in Washington Post and on Channel 9 News

Mar 30, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

UMBC sophomores Edward Burroughs III and David H. Murray are making waves in their run for seats on the 8-member Prince George’s County Board of Education. Burroughs is currently serving his first term on the county board and is also a former student representative for the group. Murray, a Sondheim Scholar, previously served as a student representative on Maryland’s State Board of Education. To learn more about their campaigns, see this week’s TV news segment from WUSA9 and Washington Post story on the Maryland Schools Insider blog.

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in Patch

Mar 30, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Patch reports that nearly 60,000 people turned out for early voting in Maryland, March 24-29, but that accounts for just 1.88% of eligible voters statewide. UMBC public policy professor and chair Donald Norris, quoted in the story, suggests these early votes will have little impact on the overall election turnout. “Virtually nothing improves voting turnout except when people are really, really excited about what’s going on in a campaign,” Norris said. The GOP presidential primary candidates are now trying to energize Republican voters across the state through local speaking appearances.

Tyson King-Meadows named APSA Congressional Fellow

Mar 29, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The American Political Science Association has selected Tyson King-Meadows, associate professor of political science, for the 2012-2013 class of Congressional Fellows.The APSA Congressional Fellowship Program is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious congressional fellowship. Fellows gain “hands on” experience with the U.S. legislative process by serving as a legislative assistant to a U.S. Representative or a U.S. Senator, or as a staffer on a congressional committee.King-Meadows will use the yearlong experience on Capitol Hill to augment his teaching and research on the U.S. Congress. He will also lay the groundwork for his new book project examining post-Reconstruction Era efforts by… Continue Reading Tyson King-Meadows named APSA Congressional Fellow

UMBC Shriver Center on WYPR

Mar 29, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

UMBC’s Shriver Center has partnered with College Gardens for 15 years to offer children in Southwest Baltimore tutoring, mentorship and supervised activities after school. This week, WYPR highlighted the hard work of UMBC student volunteers in a news feature on the program, which parents say “provides a safe, academic haven for their children.”Service-learning intern Brittany Rush ’12, GES, has worked with College Gardens for two years. She tells WYPR’s Gwendolyn Glenn that she came into the program aware of negative stereotypes of Baltimore city youth, but she quickly found that “these kids all do care about their futures and the… Continue Reading UMBC Shriver Center on WYPR

Kate Brown, History, on Lecture Tour

Mar 28, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Kate Brown, associate professor of history, is giving a series of talks that are taking her across the country. Brown studies and teaches Russian and Eastern European history, and is an expert on the history of nuclear disasters. Stops along her tour include: On February 9, she spoke on “The Plutonium Curtain: Plutonium’s role in making model cities and the nuclear security state during the Soviet-American Cold War” at New York University. On April 18, she will give the Sweet Professorship Lecture “Touched: Plutonium’s role in the making of nuclear families and lethal landscapes in the US and USSR” at… Continue Reading Kate Brown, History, on Lecture Tour

Meredith Oyen, History, to Talk at Temple University

Mar 28, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Meredith Oyen, assistant professor of history, will give a talk at the Center for Force and Diplomacy at Temple University on Thursday, March 29. Oyen’s talk is entitled “Crossing Borders in Sino-American Relations.” Using the stories of Chinese and other migrants and refugees caught in limbo by Cold War politics, she will discuss the role that transnational migration and migrants themselves play in 1950s relations between the People’s Republic of China, Republic of China (on Taiwan), Hong Kong, and the United States Prior to joining UMBC’s faculty, Oyen was a visiting professor of American Studies at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing… Continue Reading Meredith Oyen, History, to Talk at Temple University

Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, and Michelle Scott, History, on the “Marc Steiner Show”

Mar 27, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Kimberly Moffitt, assistant professor of American Studies, and Michelle Scott, associate professor of history, were guests on the “Marc Steiner Show” on Monday to discuss the case of Trayvon Martin, a young African American man who was killed by a neighborhood watchman in February. The conversation turned to the role and perception of black men in society, and Moffitt related the incident to her worries for her own son. “There has been a study done that shows that, really interestingly, for young, African-descended boys in this country, around the age of 8 or 9 there’s a shift that happens where… Continue Reading Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, and Michelle Scott, History, on the “Marc Steiner Show”

Christopher Corbett, English, to Be Featured on CityLit Project Panel (4/14)

Mar 26, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The English Department’s Christopher Corbett will be featured Saturday, April 14 at the CityLit Project at Baltimore’s Enoch Pratt Free Library in a panel discussion on the art of writing biography. Corbett is the author of Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express (Random House/Broadway Books) and The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West (Atlantic Monthly). http://www.citylitproject.org/index.cfm?page=news&newsid=113

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in AP Story

Mar 26, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

The GOP presidential primary is drawing more attention in Maryland than usual, AP reports, given the protracted fight for the nomination among the top candidates. Anticipating a low primary election turn-out among Maryland Republicans, which already comprise a relatively small group, former Gov. Ehrlich suggests the results are “difficult to predict.” Don Norris, UMBC professor and chair of public policy, disagrees. “I think it’s going to go for Romney,” he says, “because even the base in Maryland is not as conservative of a base as…some other states.”

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