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ENGL 386: Adult Literacy Tutoring: Theory and Practice

Interested in community engagement and/or adult education? If so, this course may be for you! The focus of this semester’s class is on the languages and literacies of recent immigrants and...

Posted: December 7, 2021, 11:04 AM

Asian Studies Last Week of Classes Updates

Good luck with finals!

It's the last week of classes for Fall 2021. There's still a lot happening on and around campus, though, so if you're feeling overwhelmed with studying and classes, take a minute and check out...

Posted: December 7, 2021, 9:49 AM

CS3's Podcast: Retrieving the Social Sciences

New Episode this Friday, 12/10!

New episode coming this Friday! Featuring Dr. Laura Girling,  Director of UMBC's Center for Aging Studies and Assistant Research Scientist in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and...

Posted: December 6, 2021, 12:47 PM

Spring 2022 Course Highlight - Kinship and Family

Register now!

Course Description This course explores anthropological approaches to understanding kinship, family, and other interpersonal relationships such as marriage and friendship. Through ethnographic...

Posted: December 3, 2021, 2:57 PM

Paid Research Position: Under-Grad Preferred

U.S. Police Reform Study Researcher Apps Due Dec 11

Work location: Remote Eligibility: Open to undergraduate and graduate students. (Undergraduate students preferred) Application deadline: December 11, 2021 Please email your resume and...

Posted: December 3, 2021, 12:01 PM

Another Exciting Winter Course Offering!

Poli 468 Disaster Politics

Class meeting asynchronously online, Winter 2022 The goal of this course is to introduce students to the political and policy dimensions of disaster. The two key questions we ask here are (a)...

Posted: December 2, 2021, 2:29 PM

Exciting Winter Course Offering!!!

Earn Upper Level Elective Credit with POLI 390

Dr. Brigid Starkey is teaching a dynamic winter course: POLI 390 American Foreign Policy  POLI 390 provides an overview of American foreign policy with a focus on the post WW-2 period.  Gain...

Posted: December 2, 2021, 12:49 PM

Demystifying MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar

Don’t be scared of the finish line!

By Shesh Batni When you first declare Media and Communication Studies as your major, you may notice at the end of the road sits a little course titled MCS 499: Capstone Senior Seminar. But beyond...

Posted: December 2, 2021, 10:51 AM

MCS alum Masongo Ogora

starts podcast using skills from both theory & production

By Shesh Batni Recently, I sat down with MCS alum Masongo Ogora 21’ to hear his experience of finishing the MCS program, graduating, and moving onto new adventures using all the skills he’s...

Posted: December 1, 2021, 2:50 PM