Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun and Gazette

Mar 15, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

It’s been a busy week in the media for Donald Norris, UMBC public policy chair and director of the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. Norris offered expert comments for four articles on public policy in Maryland, focusing on current debates in the state legislature. In “Some State Agencies Want More of Your Money,” Norris explains that proposed state fee increases face an uphill battle as “[p]aying anything for government goods and services has become conflated with taxes.” Norris argues that alternative doomsday budget plans based on severe cuts are unlikely to pass in another Sun article, later suggesting… Continue Reading Donald Norris, Public Policy, in the Baltimore Sun and Gazette

KAL, UMBC Artist-in-Residence, on Kojo Nnamdi Show

Mar 14, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher, editorial cartoonist for The Economist and UMBC artist-in-residence, was featured on WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi Show last week (interview begins 19 minutes in). KAL discussed his coverage of the 2012 presidential election, the power of caricature and global importance of freedom of expression, and his own career trajectory as a cartoonist. At UMBC KAL advises student bloggers in their coverage of current events and politics on USDemocrazy.

Bob Provine, Psychology, on NPR’s On Point

Mar 9, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

On March 9, NPR’s On Point delved into the science of laughter. Robert Provine, professor of psychology, was on hand to discuss the topic. “Laughter is so powerful that Plato and Aristotle spent a lot of time thinking and writing about laughter because they feared its power,” he said. Audio of the segment is available here.

Susan McCully, Theatre, Interviewed on WYPR

Mar 9, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Susan McCully, senior lecturer in the Department of Theatre and artistic director of the Grrl Parts theatre festival, was interviewed by Tom Hall on WYPR’s Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast. The interview, which aired on Tuesday, March 6, focused on the Grrl Parts performances at UMBC March 7 through 11 and at CENTERSTAGE in downtown Baltimore on March 17. An audio file of the interview is available on WYPR’s website here.

Maurice Berger, CADVC, Invited to Participate in the Whitney Biennial

Mar 9, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Maurice Berger, research professor at the Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture, will have a short film, Threshold, featured in the Whitney Biennial in New York. The film was commissioned as part of an artwork entitled BLEED by Alicia Hall Moran and Jason Moran that will transform the entire fourth floor of the Whitney into a performance/video exhibition space. Threshold focuses on the crossing of thresholds—walking through doors, entering trains, cars, and buses, moving across stages, approaching podiums, and even the imagined passage from Earth to heaven—that have defined the voice, place, and aspirations of a people during the… Continue Reading Maurice Berger, CADVC, Invited to Participate in the Whitney Biennial

Meghan Alokonis ’12 on Patch.com

Mar 8, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Meghan Alokonis ’12, dance, was interning under Waugh Chapel Elementary School’s physical education teacher, Karen Webster, when she decided to share a secret: her background was in dance, not traditional physical education. Instead of being disappointed, Webster saw an opportunity. Webster and Alokonis worked to integrate dance into physical education classes. Students in all grades got lessons from Alokonis in hip-hop, jazz, tap and ballet, and she worked with Webster and other teachers to tie in lessons on music, history, geometry and even weather. Then on Feb. 15, six girls danced with Alokonis and the UMBC dance team during halftime of a basketball… Continue Reading Meghan Alokonis ’12 on Patch.com

Constantine Vaporis, History and Asian Studies, to Lead Workshop

Mar 7, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

On Saturday, March 24, Constantine Vaporis, professor of history and director of the Asian Studies program, will lead a workshop for the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia (NCTA) at the University of Pittsburgh, a NCTA National Coordinating Site. The workshop will be entitled “Japan and its World: Late Edo Period and Today.” The workshop will focus on the changes occurring in the late Edo period (mid-19th Century) especially the “opening” of Japan, and how this information relates to understanding Japan’s role in the world today. Vaporis’ presentation will deal with four distinct topics: Challenges from Within Danger from Without… Continue Reading Constantine Vaporis, History and Asian Studies, to Lead Workshop

Rebecca Boehling, History, Gives Lectures

Mar 6, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Rebecca Boehling, professor of history and director of the Dresher Center for the Humanities, delivered the 8th Annual Richard Yashek Lecture at Albright College in Reading, PA on Thursday, March 1st. More information about the talk can be found here. She and co-author Uta Larkey also spoke about their book, Life and Loss in the Shadow of the Holocaust, at the Myerberg Senior Center in Pikesville, Maryland on March 4.

Dan Ritschel, History, and Student to Present at Conference

Mar 6, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

On Friday, March 9, Dan Ritschel, associate professor of history, and one of his Ph.D. students in the history public policy track, Rod McCaslin, will be on a panel together at the Huntington Library in California. The panel is part of the annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies. McCaslin will read a paper based on his dissertation research: “The Mysterious Traveler: Finding Edmund Spencer and his influence on Victorian policy-making.” Ritschel will give a paper entitled “The Missing Link: Proto-Keynesian Ideas within the Labour Party in the 1920s.” More information about the conference can be found here.

Anne Rubin, History, Elected President of the Society of Civil War Historians

Mar 6, 2012 / 2 minutes of reading

Anne Rubin, associate professor of history, has been elected president of the Society of Civil War Historians for 2012-2014. The Society of Civil War Historians is committed to promoting both scholarship and fellowship among historians, graduate students and professionals who interpret history in museums, national parks, archives and other public facilities.The SCWH seeks to promote the study of the Civil War era and to bring greater coherence to the field by encouraging the integration of social, military, political, and other forms of history. The Society publishes a quarterly newsletter, sponsors a biennial conference in even-numbered years (the 2012 conference is in… Continue Reading Anne Rubin, History, Elected President of the Society of Civil War Historians

Alan Kreizenbeck, Theater, to Participate in Freeman Summer Institute on Japan

Mar 5, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

Alan Kreizenbeck, chair of theater, has been selected by the Japan Studies Association to be a participant in the 2012 Freeman Summer Institute on Japan. The Institute will operate at Hawaii Tokai International College in Honolulu from Sunday, May 20 thru Friday, June 8, 2012. The workshop aims to provide knowledge about Japan that faculty can use for curriculum development at their home institution. Kreizenbeck will be developing a course that focuses on various forms of Japanese theatre such as Noh, Kabuki, Kyogen and Bunraku. Most expenses are covered by the Freeman Institute, and additional fees are covered by the Dean of… Continue Reading Alan Kreizenbeck, Theater, to Participate in Freeman Summer Institute on Japan

Donald Norris, Public Policy, in AP Article

Mar 2, 2012 / 1 minute of reading

AP’s latest coverage of Maryland’s same-sex marriage bill focuses on both Gov. O’Malley’s message in signing the legislation and the referendum effort now underway to repeal it. Donald Norris, professor and chair of public policy at UMBC, suggests that liberal voters who come out to support Obama’s re-election could offset those who turn out in support of the referendum. He further argues that a weak GOP presidential candidate could fail to inspire conservative voters to show up at the polls, decreasing votes for the referendum. Read the full article via USA Today, The Washington Post, NPR or ABC News.

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