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7th Annual Hill-Robinson-McNair Lecture

September 18 @4pm, UC Ballroom

Roots and Resilience Across Boarders:  Resisting Legal Death in and Across the U.S. and Mexico Dr. Yolanda Valencia, Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Systems,...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 3:21 PM

Graduate Research Assistant Opportunity

LLM Training Modules (R Programming)

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) at UMBC is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant to support the development of training modules that integrate Large Language Models...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 2:54 PM

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FREE: 10-Week Online Global Virtual Exchange Program

Connect across cultures and explore youth well-being

Hello undergraduate majors and minors in sociology, anthropology, and public health! NOTE: If you already participated in one of the previous 4 week programs, you ARE eligible to join this (new,...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 2:53 PM

Join the UMBC Camerata Chamber Choir!

Are you interested in singing with a dynamic group of individuals in pursuit of musical excellence and unique experiences? Then come and audition for the UMBC Camerata Chamber Choir! Auditions...

Posted: August 25, 2025, 12:17 PM

Dr. Eric Stokan awarded Elkins Professorship

Congratulations!

The Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) is proud to share that Dr. Eric Stokan, Director of CS3 and Associate Professor of Political Science, has been awarded the prestigious Elkins...

Posted: August 21, 2025, 4:17 PM

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Dept. of Education Research Seminar Series

Kicks off @noon on Sept 3rd w/ Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon

September 3 | 12-1pm | University Center, 310 UMBC Department of Education Research Seminar Series “Spirituality: How we define it, defines us” Dr. Jennifer Mata-McMahon, Professor, UMBC Dept. of...

Posted: August 21, 2025, 4:11 PM

Q Methodology: Mapping Shared Viewpoints

Adrian Lundberg, Malmö University, Sweden

September 9, 2025 | 3:00-4:00pm | Public Policy Building 451 | UMBC Main Campus Campus Map In this talk, I introduce Q methodology as a flexible approach for studying people’s viewpoints....

Posted: August 20, 2025, 3:02 PM

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Q Methodology: Mapping Shared Viewpoints

Research Methodology Talk

The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) graduate program; Language, Literacy, and Culture (LLC) doctoral program; and the Center for Social Science Scholarship (CS3) present a...

Posted: August 20, 2025, 12:52 PM

Dresher Center Fall 2025 Fellows

This fall, two UMBC faculty members and a graduate student were awarded fellowships from the Dresher Center. Jiyoon Lee, Associate Professor in Education, will work on two chapters of her...

Posted: August 19, 2025, 4:34 PM

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