“My mentors often reminded me…to seek out opportunities to use the skills I learned in class to create positive change in the community around me, even as a student,” Mysore shares. Continue Reading Ganesh Mysore combines social science and engineering degrees with commitment to civic engagement
“This election…has been much more about people than it has been about policy,” says political scientist Laura Hussey about the 2016 presidential campaign. Continue Reading As Md. primary nears, UMBC faculty provide expert analysis of 2016 election
Seven faculty across colleges have been awarded Strategic Awards for Research Transitions funding to compete for external support and to pursue new areas of inquiry. Continue Reading START funding enables UMBC faculty to advance their research in new directions
“Tom understands the critical role of universities as assets to the State,” says Pres. Hrabowski. Sadowski will join the USM team on May 2, 2016. Continue Reading University System of Maryland names UMBC alumnus J. Thomas Sadowski vice chancellor for economic development
With Maryland’s primary just two months away, UMBC faculty are being turned to as experts and analysts for elections across the state. Continue Reading Public policy and political science faculty provide analysis on U.S. Senate race and Baltimore mayoral election
In a new article in The Conversation, Political Science Professor Roy Meyers writes that President Obama’s final budget proposal highlights the growing divide between political parties and shines a light on recent efforts at budget reform. Continue Reading Political scientist Roy Meyers analyzes the negotiations over President Obama’s final budget
Following the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, there has been widespread speculation over the next steps to fill the vacant seat. William Blake, an assistant professor of political science, argues in a new Baltimore Sun op-ed that President Obama should nominate former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Continue Reading UMBC Supreme Court scholar argues former justice has best chance of winning confirmation
What will it take to move the dial on the representation of diverse faculty at U.S. colleges and universities? Marketplace, a leading radio program on business and the economy, tackles this question in two new stories highlighting UMBC’s work to train, recruit, hire and retain diverse faculty. Continue Reading Marketplace radio series highlights UMBC faculty diversity initiatives
With the Iowa Caucuses just days away, UMBC faculty have been in the news weighing in on the current state of the presidential race. Kimberly Moffitt, an associate professor of American studies, was a guest on the Baltimore Sun podcast “Roughly Speaking with Dan Rodricks” to discuss the recent Republican presidential debate on Fox Business Network. During the segment, Moffitt shared her thoughts on the interactions between candidates and economic and foreign policy issues in the race, among other topics of discussion. Political Science Professor and Chair Thomas Schaller wrote an opinion piece for The Hill that focused on the rise of Sen.… Continue Reading UMBC faculty provide 2016 election analysis in local and national media outlets
Tyson King-Meadows, chair of Africana studies and associate professor of political science, has been appointed associate dean of UMBC’s College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS), beginning in summer 2016. King-Meadows joined UMBC in 2003 and has held numerous leadership positions across campus. He’s an affiliate faculty member of the School of Public Policy and the Maryland Institute for Policy Analysis and Research. Most recently, he served on the Strategic Planning Steering Committee and the Collective Impact in Research, Scholarship & Creative Achievement Strategy Group. Prof. King-Meadows co-chairs the Executive Committee for the Recruitment, Retention and Advancement of Underrepresented Minority Faculty… Continue Reading Tyson King-Meadows appointed associate dean of College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
Following John Boehner’s retirement announcement on September 25, Thomas Schaller, professor and chair of political science, wrote that the House Speaker’s time in office will be more defined by the political environment he inherited than some of the decisions he made while in office. Schaller’s column, “House of Shards,” was published in The American Prospect soon after Boehner’s announcement. “To appreciate Boehner’s fraught tenure, it’s important to recall the years preceding Boehner’s 2011 ascension,” Schaller wrote, before describing the Wall Street bailout vote in 2008 and the rise of the Tea Party movement in 2010. “So it was that in January 2011… Continue Reading Thomas Schaller reflects on John Boehner’s tenure as House speaker
William Blake, a new assistant professor in the political science department, was quoted in a recent New York Times article about a study he conducted with two colleagues that investigated why the Supreme Court grants a smaller percentage of cases during the first conference of its term compared to others throughout the year. The research points to new law clerks as the reason because they receive limited training and are reluctant to provide recommendations due to reputation concerns. For the study, Blake and his colleagues analyzed clerks’ pool memos from 1987 to 1994 that were released as part of Justice Harry A. Blackmun’s… Continue Reading William Blake, Political Science, Explains the Supreme Court Long Conference in The New York Times
