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Political Science Advising Coordinator

Office Hours

Hello!  As advising coordinator, I am here to ensure that if you are a POLI major or minor, that you have a political science professor assigned to you as your adviser. Note that you should have...

Posted: January 29, 2018, 3:54 PM

Of Note: Dr. Kimberly Moffitt

Radio appearance "Midday with Tom Hall"

Dr. Kimberly Moffitt, Associate Professor of the Language, Literacy and Culture PhD program and the American Studies department, was invited to participate "Midday" in WYPR. Dr. Moffitt discussed...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 6:02 PM

Humanities Teaching Lab: Frederick Douglass Day

A Bday Party for Frederick Douglass and Transcribe-a-thon

The Dresher Center for the Humanities at UMBC invites you to celebrate the 200th birthday of Frederick Douglass at a digital “transcribe-a-thon,” to be held on February 14th in the UMBC Albin O....

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:49 PM

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies"

Call for Papers: "Futures of Feminist Science Studies" This special issue of Women's Studies: an interdisciplinary journal invites submissions that work at the intersections of science studies,...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:42 PM

TIRF's 2018 DDG Competition Now Open!

Doctoral Dissertation Grant

TIRF – The International Research Foundation for English Language Education – is pleased to announce its 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Grants (DDG) competition. Grants of up to US $5,000 will be made...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:42 PM

New issue of Public: A Journal of Imagining America

Digital Engagements; Or, the Virtual Gets Real

PUBLIC: A Journal of Imagining America is pleased to announce the publication of its latest issue: Digital Engagements; Or, the Virtual Gets Real, guest edited by Teresa Mangum, Director of the...

Posted: January 27, 2018, 5:42 PM

National Academies roll-out "Decadal Survey"

This survey is done every ten years by a large National Research Council panel comprised of representatives from academia and industry, and advises NASA, and the other space-faring agencies, of...

Posted: January 26, 2018, 5:46 PM

POLI 409 – Disaster Politics Spring 2018

This past fall, three hurricanes devastated the lives of U.S. citizens from Texas and Florida to Puerto Rico. This spring, learn the politics behind how the disaster system worked, and why it...

Posted: January 25, 2018, 2:46 PM

Digital Ethnography PhD School with Annette Markham

Aarhus University

The Graduate School, Arts at Aarhus University invites PhD students to apply for the Digital Media Ethnography: Concepts, Ethics, and Methods  PhD course at Aarhus University (April 16 - 20). Info...

Posted: January 25, 2018, 10:30 AM