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Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie (5/5)

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Interdisciplinary Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: “Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie” Tuesday, May 5 | 4:00 p.m. 104 ITE Building In celebration of his ten years as artist-in-residence at the Imaging Research Center, the celebrated political cartoonist Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher presents a lecture, “Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie.” A reception will follow at 5:00 p.m. in the Imaging Research Center, 108 ITE Building. The recent brutal massacre in Paris sparked by the publication of controversial cartoons in the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo shocked the world. It also launched an emotional debate over the… Continue Reading Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher: Where to Draw the Line: Cartooning in the Shadow of Charlie (5/5)

Constantine Vaporis, History, To Serve as Smithsonian Journeys Expert in Japan

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In April 2014, Asian Studies Program Director Constantine Vaporis was selected as a Smithsonian expert for tours of Japan. Vaporis is leaving next week to deliver five formal lectures and will also be providing the informal educational component for the tour, Eternal Japan: From Tokyo to Kyoto. The formal lectures are as follows: From Edo to Tokyo The Countryside and Agriculture in Japan: Past and Present Sake: From Rice to Ritual Samurai and the Castle Towns of Tokugawa Japan Buddhism & Japan’s Ancient Capitals To read a profile of Vaporis on the Smithsonian Journeys website, click here.

Richard Bissell, Emergency Health Services, Analyzes Nepal Earthquake Response in The Conversation

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In response to a devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal over the weekend, Richard Bissell wrote about the international relief effort in The Conversation. Bissell, a professor of emergency health services, along with his colleague Thomas Kirsch at Johns Hopkins Medicine, analyzed what can be done to improve and effectively maximize resources of international health-oriented disaster responses. “The most important aspect of this process is called the ‘needs assessment,’ which uses an initial damage assessment to predict what kinds of rescue, health, food and shelter needs exist at that time, as well as what will likely be needed going forward in… Continue Reading Richard Bissell, Emergency Health Services, Analyzes Nepal Earthquake Response in The Conversation

Kate Brown, History, Receives Book Review from Inside Higher Ed and Los Angeles Review of Books

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History Professor Kate Brown will soon publish a new book at the end of May on her experiences traveling and conducting research in the Chernobyl Zone of Alienation, the basement of a hotel in Seattle, Ukraine, Russia, and Illinois. The book, titled Dispatches from Dystopia (University of Chicago Press) examines the histories of places that have been silenced, contaminated, or broken and the lives of people who remain in those places. The work recently received a positive review from Inside Higher Ed columnist Scott McLemee. “So for the first several pages of Dispatches From Dystopia I braced myself, only to find that Brown is the… Continue Reading Kate Brown, History, Receives Book Review from Inside Higher Ed and Los Angeles Review of Books

Christopher Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, Discusses Maryland Green Prisons Initiative in the Baltimore Sun

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Christopher Swan, an associate professor of geography and environmental systems, is leading the Maryland Green Prisons Initiative, which was launched in partnership with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Baltimore Office of Sustainability and other local collaborators. As part of the program, Swan works with inmates at the Metropolitan Transition Center in Baltimore to spruce up and test wildflowers and grasses in vacant West Baltimore lots. Swan was recently interviewed in the Baltimore Sun about the initiative. “One of the goals of the project is to bring nature into the prison,” he said. “Cities all over the place are having a… Continue Reading Christopher Swan, Geography and Environmental Systems, Discusses Maryland Green Prisons Initiative in the Baltimore Sun

UMBC Faculty Provide Perspective and Reflect on Recent Events in Baltimore

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In response to recent events that have transpired in Baltimore over the last several days, several UMBC faculty have engaged in thoughtful reflection and dialogue in the news around the complex challenges facing the Baltimore community. The substantive commentaries come from different viewpoints and add various perspectives to the ongoing conversation of the past week’s events. In The Conversation, School of Public Policy Professor John Rennie Short wrote about three background factors that should be considered when asking why the violence and riots took place in response to the death of one young man: the momentum of the police brutality… Continue Reading UMBC Faculty Provide Perspective and Reflect on Recent Events in Baltimore

Craig Saper, LLC, Co-Edits New Publication on Critical Studies in the Humanities

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Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) Professor and Director Craig Saper, with contributions to the manuscript preparation and index from LLC doctoral students Felix Burgos and Kevin Wisniewski, has co-edited and introduced a new book Electracy: Gregory L. Ulmer’s Textshop Experiments (2015). According to a description on the book’s website, “‘Textshop’ in the title refers to a pedagogy for teaching rhetorical invention, with application to any form of production of texts or works in Arts and Letters fields, or for teaching creative thinking in general. More specifically this book provides background and context for the published work of Ulmer, filling in gaps… Continue Reading Craig Saper, LLC, Co-Edits New Publication on Critical Studies in the Humanities

Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, Reacts to the Freddie Gray Story on The Marc Steiner Show

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On April 23, WEAA’s The Marc Steiner Show hosted a panel discussion on reaction to the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old man who died of a spinal injury a week after being chased and tackled by police officers in Baltimore. The story has drawn national attention and has sparked widespread discussion and debate. Kimberly Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, participated in the discussion along with several longtime community organizers and activists, including Rev. Dr. Heber Brown, Pastor of Pleasant Hope Baptist Church and Executive Director of Orita’s Cross Freedom School; Tawanda Jones, sister of Tyrone West, a man who died while… Continue Reading Kimberly Moffitt, American Studies, Reacts to the Freddie Gray Story on The Marc Steiner Show

UMBC Students Share Stories: Navigating College with Mental Health Challenges (5/6)

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On Wednesday, May 6,  the Children’s Mental Health Matters! Campaign, Taking Flight, UMBC YouthFIRST team, UMBC Counseling Center, the Department of Psychology, NAMI at UMBC, Maryland Early Intervention Program, and Active Minds are hosting a panel discussion titled, “Students Share Stories: Navigating College with Mental Health Challenges.” The panel takes place at 4 p.m. in the Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery. Doors to the event open at 3:40 and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. During the event, the student panelists will share their personal journeys through illness and recovery and discuss issues of stigma and mental health advocacy. A community discussion with Q&A… Continue Reading UMBC Students Share Stories: Navigating College with Mental Health Challenges (5/6)

Lipitz Lecture: India, Pakistan, and Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence Stability in South Asia (5/7)

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Humanities/Social Sciences Forum Thursday, May 7 | 4:00 p.m. Lipitz Lecture Devin Hagerty, Professor of Political Science and Director, Global Studies, UMBC  Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery  Recent events and scholarly analysis suggest that South Asia may be trending toward yet another nuclear-tinged Indo-Pakistani crisis. Meaningful dialogue between Pakistan and India has stalled, the disputed territory of Kashmir has seen regular exchanges of fire across the Line of Control (LOC), and Indian strategic elites worry about the possibility of another Mumbai-style terrorist attack. This talk assesses the robustness of Indo-Pakistani deterrence stability. More specifically, it analyzes the likelihood that another mass-casualty… Continue Reading Lipitz Lecture: India, Pakistan, and Nuclear Weapons: Deterrence Stability in South Asia (5/7)

Joseph Tatarewicz, History, in the Christian Science Monitor

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In light of the 25th anniversary of the launch of the Hubble telescope, Joseph Tatarewicz, an associate professor of history, was quoted extensively in a Christian Science Monitor article and reflected on the hype and drama surrounding the telescope. In the article, Tatarewicz called it a ” “Perils of Pauline” saga with emotional highs and lows, such as the botched-mirror episode. From its very beginning, each time Hubble hit a low, it rebounded, Tatarewicz said, “but before it rebounded, to one degree or another, the future of the agency and spaceflight hung on it. It’s just a good story.” With the telescope’s… Continue Reading Joseph Tatarewicz, History, in the Christian Science Monitor

Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Participates in Community Development Program 2015 in Appalachia

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Honors College Professor Ellen Handler Spitz recently traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee to participate in the Program on Child, Family, and Community Development in Rural Appalachia. The program is co-sponsored by the University of the South, Scholastic Books, and the Yale Child Study Center. In addition to presenting a public lecture at the University of the South library on Appalachian-based children’s books, Spitz taught several classes jointly sponsored by the psychology and arts departments and read aloud to children at three elementary schools and two day care programs sponsored by the program and the university. The trip took place April 14-18,… Continue Reading Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College, Participates in Community Development Program 2015 in Appalachia

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