Social Sciences Forum: We are Subjects of History: Indigenous Communities’ Fight for Autonomy and Human Rights in Chiapas and Beyond (9/24)

Sep 4, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

Social Sciences Forum Guadalupe Moshan Álvarez, principal attorney, Fray Bartolomé Human Rights Center, San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Bárbara Suárez Galeano, Interpreter, Autonomous University of Social Movements, Centro Autónomo de Albany Park, Chicago Thursday, September 24 | 4:30 p.m. Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery Mexico is at a critical moment: the forced disappearance of 43 Ayotzinapa rural teachers and college students set off a tidal wave of indignation and massive protests. In the context of a war on drugs that has left more than 25,000 disappeared, Guadalupe Moshan Álvarez will speak on the human rights situation in… Continue Reading Social Sciences Forum: We are Subjects of History: Indigenous Communities’ Fight for Autonomy and Human Rights in Chiapas and Beyond (9/24)

UMBC alumni share their experiences supporting Baltimore communities at the 2015 University Retreat.

How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities

Aug 25, 2015 / 4 minutes of reading

Joe Jones remembers the day vividly. After attending Freddie Gray’s funeral at New Shiloh Baptist Church on April 27, 2015, he walked to his office across the street at the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) and found his staff gathered around a television watching CNN footage of unrest just blocks away. As he shared that experience with a crowd of UMBC faculty, staff, and student leaders four months later, he emphasized that two words came to mind as CFUF planned how to move forward with community-building in Baltimore: respect and trust. Jones ‘06, social work, was one of six UMBC… Continue Reading How we rebuild: UMBC alumni on supporting Baltimore communities

Erickson School and Sociology and Anthropology Featured in the Baltimore Sun for Work with St. Agnes Hospital

Jul 10, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

The Erickson School and the Department of Sociology and Anthropology were featured in a recent Baltimore Sun article about the opening of senior emergency departments at St. Agnes and Holy Cross hospitals. Both hospitals turned to The Erickson School for assistance and consultation in developing the programs. Erickson School Dean Judah Ronch was quoted in the article and shared insight into the growing demand for senior emergency departments. He also discussed how the new facilities are calmer, safer, and targeted to geriatric conditions. “The pediatric emergency room was really the genesis for senior emergency rooms,” said Ronch. “The need was pretty evident, and places… Continue Reading Erickson School and Sociology and Anthropology Featured in the Baltimore Sun for Work with St. Agnes Hospital

Center for Aging Studies Research on Senior Housing Transitions Featured in Reuters

May 19, 2015 / 2 minutes of reading

An article published in The Gerontologist by the Center for Aging Studies on stigma and distress with multilevel senior housing residents was recently featured in Reuters. The article, published by Erin Roth, Center for Aging Studies senior research analyst, Kevin Eckert, professor and chair of sociology and anthropology, and Leslie Morgan, professor of sociology and co-director of the UMBC/UMB Ph.D. program in gerontology, found that “residents and places reflecting the highest levels of care are stigmatized in a context where people are monitored for health changes and required to relocate. Consequently, residents self-isolate, develop a diminished sense of self, and hide health and… Continue Reading Center for Aging Studies Research on Senior Housing Transitions Featured in Reuters

UMBC Faculty Provide Perspective and Reflect on Recent Events in Baltimore

Apr 29, 2015 / 5 minutes of reading

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

Ann Christine Frankowski, Center for Aging Studies, in the New York Times

Apr 15, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

An April 13 article in the New York Times took an in-depth look at the Henry Rayhons case which has drawn national attention in recent weeks. Ann Christine Frankowski, associate director of the Center for Aging Studies, was quoted in the article and discussed how dementia symptoms tend to fluctuate and patients can often be lucid in the morning and significantly impaired in the afternoon. “What may be appropriate on one day may not be appropriate the next week, or at a different point that same day,” she said. In the article, Frankowski also discussed what she has discovered in her research with… Continue Reading Ann Christine Frankowski, Center for Aging Studies, in the New York Times

Aging-Self-Stereotypes: Obstacle or Pathway to Health? (4/13)

Apr 2, 2015 / 1 minute of reading

The Doctoral Program in Gerontology at UMB/UMBC, Department of Sociology and Anthropology and The Erickson School present “Aging Self-Stereotypes: Obstacle or Pathway to Health?” by Becca Levy, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Yale School of Public Health. Dr. Levy’s research explores psychosocial factors that influence elders’ cognitive and physical functioning, as well as their longevity. She is credited with creating a field of study that focuses on how positive and negative age stereotypes, which are assimilated from the culture, can have beneficial and adverse effects, respectively, on the health of older individuals. This event will take place on April 13, 2015 at… Continue Reading Aging-Self-Stereotypes: Obstacle or Pathway to Health? (4/13)

Center for Aging Studies Researchers Present at 2014 Gerontological Society of America National Meeting

Nov 18, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies had a strong presence at the 2014 Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Annual Meeting earlier this month in Washington, D.C. The conference brought together more than 4,000 leading researchers in the field of aging. The annual meeting is the premiere gathering of gerontologists from the United States and around the world. The theme of this year’s meeting was to challenge researchers to present aging-related connections and findings on alliances that improve policies and communities for older adults. Center for Aging Studies researchers presented several papers, posters, and symposia. A complete list can be found below.… Continue Reading Center for Aging Studies Researchers Present at 2014 Gerontological Society of America National Meeting

Center for Aging Studies Receives National Institute on Aging Grant for Adult Day Services Research

Oct 10, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

UMBC’s Center for Aging Studies has received a grant for well over one million dollars from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to research Adult Day Services (ADS). The research project, “Adult Day Services: Cultural Contexts and Programming Effects,” will focus on understanding the ways that ADS programming affects clients. More than 250,000 clients and family caregivers participate in more than 4,500 adult day centers across the country today. Adult Day Services provides a place for adults who need assistance during the day so they are able to continue living at home. By researching daily life in ADS, the Center… Continue Reading Center for Aging Studies Receives National Institute on Aging Grant for Adult Day Services Research

Maria-Theresa C. Okafor, Sociology and Anthropology, Speaks at NIH

Jul 30, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

Dr. Maria-Theresa C. Okafor, Sociology and Anthropology and Center for Aging Studies, was a guest speaker during the opening plenary session of the 2014 Professional Development and Data Systems workshop held at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from July 24-25. Dr. Okafor, a Clinical Gerontologist and Epidemiologist specializing in health in the African Diaspora, discussed her research using national data from the New Immigrant Survey and the successes and challenges in translating quantitative research for policymakers to improve immigrant health and well-being. The two-day workshop sponsored by the Hispanic Serving Health Professions Schools (HSHPS), aimed to help prepare scholars… Continue Reading Maria-Theresa C. Okafor, Sociology and Anthropology, Speaks at NIH

Leslie Morgan, Sociology and Anthropology, in The Baltimore Beacon

Jul 25, 2014 / 1 minute of reading

An article published in the August 2014 edition of The Baltimore Beacon newspaper examines the struggles and challenges caregivers can face while caring for elderly family members. The article covers topics ranging from finding support and treatment for caregivers’ own health to caregiver stress and benefits. Leslie Morgan, professor of sociology and co-director of the UMBC/UMB Ph.D. program in gerontology, was interviewed for the article and said the subject of caregiver stress has been a focus of research for almost three decades. “This is a time when you and your loved can be together and get closer,” Morgan said, “when hopefully, you’ll have the… Continue Reading Leslie Morgan, Sociology and Anthropology, in The Baltimore Beacon

Bambi Chapin, Sociology and Anthropology, on WYPR’s Maryland Morning

Jul 9, 2014 / 2 minutes of reading

Bambi Chapin, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology, is the author of a compelling new book which offers a global perspective on the transmission of culture and childhood development. The book, Childhood in a Sri Lankan Village: Shaping Hierarchy and Desire, describes the results of Chapin’s anthropological research done while living for nearly two years in a central Sri Lankan village observing and studying how mothers were raising their children. Chapin was interviewed on WYPR’s Maryland Morning about her new book and what she set out to discover: “How is it that people become the culturally shaped people we become? What happens in how… Continue Reading Bambi Chapin, Sociology and Anthropology, on WYPR’s Maryland Morning

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